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Antikbar one sheet vintage
travel poster for The New Zealand Shipping Co., Ltd.. It advertises regular services from continental European ports to New Zealand via the Panama Canal, likely dating from the 1930s when the company's "Rangitata" class of motor vessels were in service.
Details
Company: The New Zealand Shipping Co., Ltd.
Route: Continent (Hamburg, Bremen, Rotterdam, Antwerp) to New Zealand (Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch, Dunedin) via the Panama Canal
Era: Circa 1930s, as indicated by the style and the mention of the Panama route becoming standard after the Canal opened in 1914.
Vessels: The poster depicts a "Modern motor vessel" (the ship pictured is likely an image of the Rangitata or a similar vessel in the fleet). The artist for the original vintage poster is most likely
Henry George Gawthorn (1879-1941). Some sources, however, list the artist as unknown or suggest the possibility of Maurice Poulton.
Gawthorn was a British artist well-known for his stylish railway and travel posters. The poster in the image is a widely reproduced piece of vintage advertising art, with the ship depicted being the MV Rangitata or a similar vessel in the fleet. |
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