Monday, May 9, 2011

More Railroad Printing and Advertisement

The railroads printed quantities of travel posters evoking the romance of somewhere far away, a place you could get to if only you bought a ticket. Here's a circa 1923 poster by Frank Hazell, published by the New York Central and illustrating West Point and the U. S. Military Academy there. This was offered recently for sale on eBay.


Here West Point has been magically transformed to a fantasy castle out of the Arabian Nights. As always, click image for a larger version.

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