Free Colouring Book from Travellers-Fare and Pepsi
- Made:
- 1979-06 in United Kingdom
Free Colouring Book from Travellers-Fare and Pepsi to celebrate 100 Years of refreshment on the move, includes paper colouring book with card box of wax crayons all encased in a plastic bag. Printed by the Karran Press for British Rail and Travellers-Fare, June 1979. Crayons made by the Stadium Chalk & Crayon Co. Ltd. Sponsored by Pepsi. Includes cut-out HST 125. Bag has not been opened.
Toys and games have been used by railway companies as a source of marketing and promotion since the nineteenth century. This colouring book shows British Rail promoting its refreshment services to children and their families.
Details
- Category:
- Toys & Games
- Object Number:
- 2007-7074
- Materials:
- wax, paper (fibre product), plastic (unidentified) and cardboard
- Measurements:
-
overall: 310 mm x 225 mm
- type:
- colouring book
- credit:
- Darlington Railway Museum
