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Antikbar halfsheet vintage travel poster titled Winter Sports in France (Sports d'Hiver en France), created by the artist Vecoux in 1947. It was published by the Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Français (SNCF), the French National Railways, to promote winter tourism.
Poster Details
Artist: Vecoux
Year: 1947
Publisher: SNCF (Société Nationale des Chemins de Fer Français)
Medium: Lithograph
Theme: The poster promotes travel to various French mountain ranges for skiing and other winter sports.
Destinations: The flags on the ski poles name the major French mountain destinations:
Alpes
Vosges
Jura
Pyrénées
Auvergne
The design cleverly depicts a steam locomotive ascending a snowy slope, with its white steam merging with the snow to form ski runs. |
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