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Cunard Cruise Line Poster, New York
Cunard poster advertising '6000 Miles Cruise to the New World, New York, Niagara Falls and The Great Chicago Exhibition' and featuring the Statue of Liberty and New York skyline
'Discretion', LNER poster, 1933.
Poster produced by London & North Eastern Railway (LNER) to advertise the excellent service passengers can expect from LNER waiters in the dining restaurant carriages. The poster reads, 'Discretion in mixing coctails and servig crusted port - Regard for our passengers' eupeptic welfare - These are the qualities that distinguish the LNER waiter'. Artwork by Austin Cooper (1890-1964), a Canadian who studied art in Cardiff and Arbroath. He began his career as a commercial artist in Montreal, but returned to London in 1922 and designed posters for LNER, Indian State Railways and London Transport. His first show was held at the London Gallery in 1948. Dimensions: 1016 mm x 635 mm.
Central London Railway Advertising poster: 20th century
Central London Railway Advertising poster. The image shows a woman dressed in green, who is purchasing a train ticket. Behind her is a poster printed 'Central London Railway Cool in Summer Warm in Winter 2d Any Distance'. The line - subsequently referred to as the 'Twopenny Tube' -initially provided a cross-London link between Bank and Shepherd's Bush.
'Dorchester', SR poster, 1948.
Poster produced for Southern Railway (SR) to advertise the naming ceremony of the new 'West Country' clas locomotive, the 'Dorchester', which was performed by Councillor H G Longman, the Mayor of Dorchester, at Dorchester Station on 23 September 1948. Artwork by Leslie Carr, who painted marine, architectural and river scenes and who also designed posters for London & North Eastern Railway (LNER) and British Railways (BR). Dimensions: 1016 mm x 635 mm.
Advertising The Suffragette: 1912
Advertising The Suffragette. Part of a series of posters advertising the Women's Suffrage Newspaper.
'The Continent via Folkestone-Calais', BR poster, 1948.
Poster produced for British Railways (BR), Southern Region (SR), promoting travel to the Continent. The poster was isued to advertise the resumption of the daily sea service which departed from Victoria Station, London. The poster shows a pasenger ferry crosing the English Channel. Artwork by Walter Thomas.
The Caledonian Canal, MacBrayne/LMS poster,
The Caledonian Canal, MacBrayne/LMS poster, c 1930s. Poster produced for the London Midland & Scottish Railway (LMS) and MacBrayne's Steamers, advertising cruises on the Caledonian Canalin the Scottish Highlands. The image shows monks walking in the grounds of a monastery or abbey, with water in the foreground and mountains and fields in the background. Built as a ship canal by Thomas Telford (1757-1834), the Caledonian Canal was later used by small cargo boats and pleasure craft. Artwork by Tom Gilfillan. Printed by John Horn Ltd, Glasgow & London.
'Absinthe La Picardine', c 1900.
Advertising poster for the Marseilles-based Absinthe Picardine.
'Worthwhile jobs on British Railways', BR (LMR) poster, 1951.
Worth Your While - Worthwhile Jobs on British - Railways', BR (LMR) poster, 1951. Poster produced for British Railways (BR), advertising employment vacancies including lengthmen, relayers and signal and telegraph labourers, detailing conditions of employment and minimum rates of pay. Printed by McCorquodale & Co Ltd, London NW.
InterCity Nightrider, BR(CAS) poster, 1985.
Poster produced for British Rail (Central Advertising Services), advertising intercity night services from London to Scotland, showing the head of a highwayman, in profile against the moon, with a moon-lit train travelling at speed along the tracks.
'The South Wales Pullman', BR poster, 1955.
The South Wales Pullman', BR poster, 1955. Poster produced for British Railways (Western Region), advertising train timetables and fares. Dimensions: 1016mm x 635mm.
'Straight through to Europe', BR poster, c 1970s.
Poster produced for British Rail (BR) to advertise Inter-City services and the connections into the rest of Europe. Poster shows skyline of London, Sealink ferry, and a spectrum of trains and their destinations. Printed by Leonard Ripley & Co Ltd.
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Posters have been used for hundreds of years to reach the general public with motives as simple as advertising, right through to their use as powerful vehicles of protest and propaganda. This poster, an early advertisement for Nestle's milk, is by Swiss artist Theophile Steinlen. It shows a seated little girl drinking milk from a bowl while three cats look up expectantly.
National Railway Museum', poster, c.1975.
National Railway Museum', poster, c.1975. Poster advertising the National Railway Museum, York, depicting the Mallard locomotive, an APT, the Great Northern summersault signal and a piece of railway track. Artwork by Peter Cybulski. Dimensions: 760mm x 550mm.
'British Rail - Yorkshire', BR (E) poster, 1977.
Poster produced for British Rail (Eastern) to advertise their services within Yorkshire. Illustrated with stylised white rose of Yorkshire and reproduction of the railway network.
'See the Splendour of the Countryside by Tr
See the Splendour of the Countryside by Train - - Beautiful Britain', BR (CAS) poster, 1983. Poster produced for British Rail (BR), Central Advertising Services (CAS), promoting rail travel acros Britain, showing a tree-shaped photograph of a train travelling beside a canal. Printed by Xeniacrest Ltd.
Gary Glitter advertising the Young Persons Railcard, c 1988.
'For a limited period, we're offering a Young Persons Railcard to people who are older. (Sorry Gary, not that much older.)' British Rail poster advertising the extension of the Young Persons Railcard to 24-25-year-olds. Gary Glitter (born Paul Francis Gadd in 1944) became famous as the singer in the glam rock Glitter Band during the 1970s. In 1997 he took his computer to be mended. Staff called police after finding pornographic images of children on the hard drive. Glitter served a prison sentence and when released moved to Cuba and then Cambodia.
'Family Railcard', BR (AS) Intercity poster, 1992.
Poster produced for British Rail (BR) by Advertising Services (AS), promoting BR's Family Railcard scheme, which gave adults a discount of 25 percent on rail fares, while children travelled for only £1. The poster shows an amusing illustration of a family of three crabs of various sizes, balancing one on top of the other, on a sunny beach. Artwork by J M. Printed by Edward Wright Ltd. Dimensions: 1020mm x 640mm.
