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Antikbar, One sheet
vintage travel poster is titled "Fly By Imperial Airways Paris Prague Vienna" and was created by the British commercial artist Stanley Herbert (1905–1967). It dates to the 1930s.
Poster Details
Artwork: The artwork features a vibrant, busy scene outside a French café, where people, some with small angel wings, are enjoying drinks and reading a newspaper.
Purpose: It was produced to advertise Imperial Airways flights from London to various European cities, highlighting the speed of air travel by suggesting passengers could "lunch" during the flight.
Routes & Times: The poster lists specific flight durations:
London to Paris — while you lunch
Prague — 6 hours
Vienna — 7 1/2 hours
Budapest — 9 hours
Historical Context: Imperial Airways was a predecessor of modern-day British Airways, operating from 1924 until it merged into the British Overseas Airways Corporation (BOAC) in 1939. |
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