Southern Railway Poster, Winter pastime series

Poster, Southern Railway, 'Winter Pastime series - No 1. To your Whist Drives, Card Parties, Social Clubs' by Helen Ray Marshall. Poster shows an array of games. Format: double royal.

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.