The Travelling Eye - Advertising Spaces Poster

Made:
1923-1947 in England
publisher:
London & North Eastern Railway
artist:
Frederick Charles Herrick
The Travelling Eye - Advertising Spaces Poster

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Poster, London & North Eastern Railway, "The Travelling Eye - Advertising Spaces", by Herrick.

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:
1988-8012
Materials:
paper (fibre product)
Measurements:
overall: 1021 mm x 630 mm
type:
poster
credit:
Onslow's Auctioneers

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