"Take Your Dog With You By Rail" Poster

"Take Your Dog With You By Rail" Poster

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Poster, Great Western Railway; London, Midland and Scottish Railway; London and North Eastern Railway; and Southern Railway. 'Take your Dog with you by Rail' featuring a drawing by Mabel Gear of a scottie dog next to a suitcase, 1935.

Posters and eye-catching travel guides were used by railway companies at stations to promote leisure activities, holidays and travel opportunities to passengers waiting for their train. Railway companies regularly commissioned graphic artists to design the posters to make them visually engaging and market attractive things to do by train to encourage more customers.

Details

Category:
Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills
Object Number:
1978-9637
Materials:
paper (fibre product)
Measurements:
overall: 1021 mm x 637 mm
type:
poster