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Far East
BOAC daybill
vintage British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) travel poster from the 1950s titled "Fly to the Far East" or "Fly to the Orient". The poster was designed to promote air travel to Asian destinations.
Poster Details

Airline: BOAC (British Overseas Airways Corporation)
Title: "Fly to the Far East" or "Fly to the Orient"
Decade: c. 1950s
Artist: The artist is generally listed as anonymous. Some sources attribute the design to the British design team Negus & Sharland (Dick Negus and Philip Sharland), who created a well-known series of posters for BOAC around 1954.
Description: The artwork features a person in the foreground wearing a traditional straw hat and carrying a balance pole with baskets, passing by a floating market boat and pagodas in the background. A BOAC airplane is visible in the upper right. The illustration employs vivid colors to evoke a sense of adventure and exotic travel.
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Far East