New York. Along The Way of TWA
c1950s. Colour process lithograph, 64.5 x 82cm. Slight crazing, minor paper loss to upper left portion of image. Linen-backed. Text continues “The lights of Manhattan. Colorfoto by TWA. Trans World Airlines.”. More
International
Rome, The Eternal City
c1950s. Colour lithograph, signed “Stewart” in image lower right, 102.2 x 76cm. Missing portions, repaired tears, slight stains, surface wear. Linen-backed. Text continues “Fly QEA and BOAC. Australia-England Kangaroo Service. Posters P/L Sydney.”. More
Cunard To Canada
c1950s. Colour process lithograph, signed in image lower left, 101 x 64cm. Repaired edges and tears, discolouration to lower portion. Linen-backed. Text continues “B800. Printed in England.” Comment from the Australian National Maritime Museum “Charles Eddowes Turner was a British painter specialising in landscape and marine views. He was proficient..... More
“The Advertiser.” Uneasy Lull In Korea
1950. Letterpress newspaper headline, 66.4 x 46.6cm. Missing portions and repaired tears, slight foxing. Linen-backed. Text continues “US Marine’s long search for family. Advertiser print, Adelaide. Monday, August 7, 1950.”. More
Britain. P&O Orient Lines
c1950s. Colour process lithograph, 101.1 x 64cm. Repaired tears and missing portions overall, slight foxing. Linen-backed. Text continues “World wide services. Printed in Great Britain at the Baynard Press.” Shows the SS Iberia which was commissioned by P&O as an ocean liner in 1954. It mainly provided passenger service between..... More
St. Moritz [Skiing, Switzerland]
1950. Colour lithograph, 101.7 x 64.5cm. Repaired minor creases to upper right corner. Linen-backed. Text in German and English continues “Photo: [Andreas] Pedrett, St. Moritz. Graphik: [Fredy] Hilber. Druck: Eidenbenz – Seitz & Co., St. Gall. Printed in Switzerland. Imprime en Suisse.” Held in Museum of Design, Zurich. St. Moritz..... More
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Japan Travel Bureau [Geisha In Red Kimono]
c1950s. Colour and process lithograph, artist’s chop in image lower right, 101.1 x 62.9cm. Repaired missing portions, creases and tears. Linen-backed. Text continues “PD6 3-EPO 14-5552 Mitsumura. Printed in Japan.” This poster is after a 1936 watercolour by Japanese artist Uemura Shoen. It was originally entitled The dance of the..... More
Japan. Qantas
c1950s. Colour lithograph, signed in image lower left, 100.1 x 71.8cm. Repaired tears to lower portion of image. Linen-backed. Text continues “Australia’s international airline. Qantas Empire Airways in association with British Overseas Airways Corporation and Tasman Empire Airways Ltd. Posters Pty Ltd, Litho. Sydney.” Held in NLA. More
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Flims [Switzerland]
c1950s. Colour process lithograph, 100 x 70cm. Repaired minor creases, and tears to margins, slight stains to image upper centre. Linen-backed. Text in German and English continues “Graubunden, Schweiz. Farbenphoto Jules Geiger, Flims, Waldhaus. Kummerly & Frey, Bern. Procede Lux-Tandem. Printed in Switzerland, advertising material.” Self-taught photographer Jules Geiger specialised..... More
Hong Kong. Qantas
c1950s. Colour screenprint, 50.8 x 38.2cm. Minor creases. Qantas flights between Sydney and Hong Kong commenced on 29 June 1949, using DC4 aircraft. Ref: Qantas. More
Pan American [Airlines]
c1950s. Colour process lithograph, 99.6 x 61.7cm. Repaired missing portions, creases and tears, pinholes and slight scuffing. Linen-backed. More
Biel-Bienne [Switzerland]
c1950s. Colour lithograph, 100.2 x 69.8cm. Repaired creases and tears to left and right margins, slight foxing. Linen-backed. Text continues “Druck Hertig – Biel. Entw. Hungstew-Abt Kant Technikum Biel.” Biel/Bienne is a Swiss town “on the language boundary between the French-speaking and German-speaking parts of Switzerland and is throughout bilingual..... More
BOAC Monarch Stratocruiser
1951. Colour lithograph, signed “Wof” in image lower left, 95.8 x 59.6cm. Replaced portions to upper right and left edges, repaired minor tears. Linen-backed. Text continues “London to New York. London to Montreal. British Overseas Airways Corporation. 51/615. Printed in Great Britain.”. More
Keeping In Touch. The Post Office At The Airport [Royal Mail, Great Britain]
c1951. Colour process lithograph, 73.3 x 91.7cm. Minor stains, slight creases. Linen-backed. Text continues “283,000,000 items of mail a year. 72,000 tons [of] weight, 500 destinations, £12,000,000 annual cost. GPO. 51-7589 CP Ltd. PRD 1347.”. More
The Commonwealth Of Nations and Resources & Products Of The Commonwealth
1951. Pair of colour and process lithographs, one poster stamped “16 Feb 1951” on image upper right, 64.1 x 101.1cm (approx. each). Minor foxing. Linen-backed. Text includes “S.O. Code No. 70-538-5-9. Price 1s 6d. Prepared by the Central Office of Information and published by H.M. Stationery Office. Printed in Great..... More
United Kingdom Of Great Britain And Northern Ireland Natural And Industrial Resources
1951. Colour lithograph, 101.1 x 77.4cm. Minor foxing overall, old folds. Linen-backed. Text includes “Printed in Great Britain by Alf Cooke Ltd, Leeds and London. 51-9209.” Shows the North Sea, Atlantic Ocean and English Channel, as well as a key for agriculture and industries. Held in IWM (UK). More
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[US Invaders Must Be Defeated]
1951. Colour woodcut, dated “51.7” in image lower right, 80.3 x 54.5cm. Minor discolouration to margins. Linen-backed. The following is an extract from the British Library concerning Chinese revolutionary prints: “The Chinese Communist Party (CCP) promoted new or ‘revolutionary’ nian hua as early as the second half of the 1920s..... More
New Zealand Tourism Posters
c1951. Six photogravures, 75.8 x 50.8cm (approx. each). Tears, creases, slight discolouration. Titles read (1) Large-scale butter production; (2) Wellington, city and harbour; (3) [Map of New Zealand with historical information]; (4) Karapiro Hydro-Electric Station; (5) Lake Matheson, South Westland; (6) On a New Zealand sheep station. Text on all..... More
XV Olympiske Lege Helsingfors [Olympic Games, Helsinki, Finland]
1952. Colour process lithograph, signed “Ilmari Sysimetsä” in image upper left, 101.1 x 61cm. Replaced upper and lower portions, repaired tears, creases and surface loss, minor soiling. Linen-backed. Text in Danish continues “Flyv derop med SAS. 19.VII [July] – 3.VIII [August], 1952.” This poster design was originally intended for the..... More
Travel To London By P&O. The Royal Exchange
c1952. Colour process lithograph, signed “Kay Stewart” in image lower right, 100.8 x 63.7cm. Repaired tears to edges. Linen-backed. Text continues “Cornhill. 1712. Do you want any matches. Six pence a pound fair cherryes [sic]. Fair lemons. Old satten [sic] or velvet. Twelve pence a peck – oysters. A merry..... More
[Ice Cream]
1952. Pair of colour process lithographs, printer’s proofs, 44.6 x 56.9cm; 36.5 x 56.7cm. One with repaired pinholes to corners. Linen-backed. Text includes (a) “IC 806. Litho’d in USA. The Weiller Co., Phila.” and (b) date “12/11/52.”. More
If You Possess A Broadcast Receiver Be Sure You Have A Current Listener’s Licence
1952. Colour lithograph, signed “Shar” in image lower left, 33.2 x 37.7cm. Foxing and creases overall, slight tears and stains to margins. Text continues “A radio licence covers all receivers operated by a family living at the same address. P.M.G. 52/9.”. More
Fly To Europe. Qantas And BOAC [Arc De Triomphe]
c1952. Colour process lithograph, signed “Morley” in image centre, 98.8 x 70cm. Missing portions, repaired tears. Linen-backed. Text continues “Qantas Empire Airways in association with British Overseas Airways Corporation and Tasman Empire Airways Limited.” Includes a VH-EAB Lockheed Constellation. More
Visit The Canadian International Trade Fair
1952. Colour lithograph, 100.3 x 63.9cm. Repaired tears and perforations to upper portion, slight foxing. Linen-backed. Text continues “June 2 to June 13, 1952, Toronto, Canada. Dedicated to the promotion of international trade by the government of Canada. Travel Canadian Pacific. Lithographed in Canada, p.1315.”. More