The Airline Route To Europe
One Sheet Silkscreen vintage travel poster, titled
"The Airline Route Europe", was produced by Canadian Pacific in the Art Deco style, likely in the 1920s or 1930s. The poster highlights the company's integrated rail and steamship (ocean liner) service, promoting a transatlantic journey with significantly "less ocean" travel time compared to other routes.
Poster Details
Company: Canadian Pacific, which at the time operated an extensive network including railways, steamships, hotels, and eventually an airline.
Route: The poster advertises travel via the St. Lawrence Route from North American cities like New York, Montreal, and Quebec to European ports such as London, Southampton, and Cherbourg.
Key Feature: The central claim is that this route involves "ONLY 3 or 4 DAYS OPEN OCEAN", a selling point designed to appeal to travelers by emphasizing a quicker journey and less time in potentially rough seas. The overall slogan of similar posters was often "39% less ocean to Europe".
Design: The poster uses bold colors and sharp typography typical of the era, illustrating a large ocean liner and a small biplane, symbolizing both established sea travel and the dawning age of air travel.
This poster is an iconic example of the sophisticated advertising used during the "golden age" of travel to promote Canadian Pacific's transcontinental network.
"The Airline Route Europe", was produced by Canadian Pacific in the Art Deco style, likely in the 1920s or 1930s. The poster highlights the company's integrated rail and steamship (ocean liner) service, promoting a transatlantic journey with significantly "less ocean" travel time compared to other routes.
Poster Details
Company: Canadian Pacific, which at the time operated an extensive network including railways, steamships, hotels, and eventually an airline.
Route: The poster advertises travel via the St. Lawrence Route from North American cities like New York, Montreal, and Quebec to European ports such as London, Southampton, and Cherbourg.
Key Feature: The central claim is that this route involves "ONLY 3 or 4 DAYS OPEN OCEAN", a selling point designed to appeal to travelers by emphasizing a quicker journey and less time in potentially rough seas. The overall slogan of similar posters was often "39% less ocean to Europe".
Design: The poster uses bold colors and sharp typography typical of the era, illustrating a large ocean liner and a small biplane, symbolizing both established sea travel and the dawning age of air travel.
This poster is an iconic example of the sophisticated advertising used during the "golden age" of travel to promote Canadian Pacific's transcontinental network.
Mounted
Before
Disclaimer
The object and/or subject of this report is private property. This page is for informational purposes only. Unless clearly stated otherwise, all conservation and restoration has been performed by Poster Mountain (PM) or Los Angeles Paper Group (LAPG)I) PM-LAPG has not knowingly withheld any significant information from its evaluation report and to the best of its knowledge all statements and evaluations in this report are true and correct.
II) PM-LAPG stated in the Evaluation Report its own personal, unbiased and professional analysis, opinions and conclusions, which are subject to the assumptions and limited conditions in this evaluation report as set forth hereinabove.
III) PM-LAPG has no present or prospective interests in the property which is the subject matter of this report and it has no present or prospective personal interests or bias with respect to the participants in this matter.
IV) PM-LAPG and its employment and/or compensation for performing this evaluation or any future anticipated evaluation was not conditioned on any agreement or understanding, written or otherwise, that it would report (or present analysis in support) as predetermined specific authenticity, a predetermined evaluation that favors the cause of any party or the attainment of any specific result or occurrence of a specific subsequent event, such as value or marketability.
V) PM-LAPG prepared all opinions and conclusions about the subject property that were set forth in this Evaluation Report. If it has relied on significant evaluation assistance from any individual or individuals in the performance of this evaluation or the appropriation of this evaluation report, PM-LAPG has named such individuals and disclosed the specific task performed in this evaluation report. PM-LAPG certifies that any individual so named is qualified to the same extent as PM to perform the task. PM-LAPG has not authorized anyone to make a change to any item in this evaluation report, therefore, any change made to this evaluation is unauthorized and PM-LAPG will not take responsibility for it.
VI) The Client may not disclose or distribute this Evaluation Report to any potential purchasers of the subject property without first obtaining PM-LAPG's prior written consent. This consent must be obtained before this evaluation report may be disclosed or distributed to any other party, including, but not limited to, the public through advertising, public relations, news, sales, or other media.