A selection of stunning early to mid-20th century airline posters, from a collection donated to the San Diego Air and Space Museum.
 |
| San Diego Air and Space Museum |
 |
| San Diego Air and Space Museum |
 |
| San Diego Air and Space Museum |
Connecting to the people of the past through pictures
Showing posts with label posters. Show all posts
Showing posts with label posters. Show all posts
02 August, 2015
Fly Pan American
12 May, 2014
Go to Kew
High time for a revisit of the amazing poster collections of the London Transport Museum! Posters celebrating flowers and spring are some of the collection's loveliest. Some of my absolute favourites of these are those promoting Kew Gardens, the Royal Botanic Gardens of London (and a truly lovely place; the posters aren't exaggerating!). One of my earliest posts shared a number of great Kew posters; here is another set.
by Emilio Camilio Leopoldo Tafani, 1915. Source
by David Wilson, 1926. Source
by Althea Willoughby, 1933. Source
13 March, 2014
Grow Careful
Another collection to add to the rounds! Wellcome Images is a part of the Wellcome Collection, a terrific, quirky-yet-intellectual museum located in London (I highly reccomend a visit--it's free, too!). The site encompasses a huge number of photographs, "with themes ranging from medical and social history to contemporary healthcare and biomedical science" (Source). While on the one hand it is a commercial image library, specializing in medical images, they've also recently released a large number of historical images, available for free creative commons use. This is what we like to hear!
Anyway, so these are the fruits of my first jaunt into their holdings-- some terrific health and safety posters created by the British Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (which apparently still exists under that great name). Unfortunately, as this collection is image-based, very little contextual information is given, not even dates. Visually they look quite a bit like WPA posters and WW2-era British posters, so my guess is late 1930s to late 1940s, but I'm not at all a poster expert. Mid-century, almost certainly.
20 January, 2014
Wanted Posters of the 19th Century (With Photographs)
The Nova Scotia Archives has a terrific collection of wanted posters from 1868-1888 (assembled in a scrapbook from the time period), and something I find especially fascinating is the number containing photographs, even at this relatively early date in the history of photography. The photographs appear to come from prior studio sessions of the individuals in question, probably either reprinted (studios kept negatives on file) or re-photographed from a carte-de-visite or cabinet card and printed for the posters. It's an interesting contrast, the genteel carte-de-visite portrait paired with the crimes their sitters are accused of.
 |
| Nova Scotia Archives |
 |
| Nova Scotia Archives |
 |
| Nova Scotia Archives |
02 January, 2014
Posters, Photographed
While I love looking at old posters reproduced or displayed individually, this kind of presentation is often vastly different from the posters' original context. I always find it fascinating to see photographs of posters in situ, to see the places they were posted and the other posters they were displayed with (almost always many others, or repeats of the same). This blog has already had posts of wartime posters on the street and two editions of London Transport posters; today, a variety.
 |
| National Library of Ireland |
Ireland, ca. 1898. Source
 |
| Berenice Abbott, New York Public Library |
Film posters outside a cinema in New York City, 1936. Source
 |
| Yale Joel, LIFE © Time Inc. |
This only comes with the general subject heading "Posters - Greyhound Bus Poster - New York". Presumably 1960s. Source
18 February, 2013
Advertising the Turn of the Century
18 September, 2012
Snatch Summer's Closing Days
With a few days left of the season, let's enjoy these wonderful summertime posters from London Transport, 1920s and 30s.
From the collections of the London Transport Museum.
From the collections of the London Transport Museum.
10 May, 2012
The Art of Abram Games
Some of the striking posters of Abram Games, British Official War Poster Designer in World War Two (he also did many of these posters). After the war he worked freelance, creating striking images throughout the century, including some great ones for London Transport (see this post). He was also known by the name "Olympic" Games, which is just plain awesome.
From the Imperial War Museum (except one from the London Transport Museum).
02 May, 2012
London Transport Posters of the 1960s
While the 20s and 30s were a Golden Age of London Transport poster design, these 60s ones certainly have their charms!
19 April, 2012
War Posters on the Street
We've seen all kinds of wartime posters, from "enlist now" to "buy war bonds" to "save food". However, seeing the nicely scanned image on the page is something different to seeing it in context. Today, a collection of World War Two posters where they were meant to be seen.
08 April, 2012
Eastertide
Sweet Easter posters from London Transport!
Poster by Major, 1931. Source
Poster by an unknown artist. Source
Poster by Charles Sharland, 1913. Source
Poster by H C Aher, 1929. Source
Poster by Frederick Charles Herrick, 1922. Source
Poster by Scott Langley, 1929. Source
Poster by Tom Gentleman, 1932. Source
I have no idea what this has to do with Easter, except that it says 'Easter' in the corner... but it's great. By the Brothers Warbis, 1915. Source
Poster by I Reiner, 1939. Source
Poster by Vera Willoughby, 1935. Source
Poster by Charles Sharland, 1914 (obviously). Source
Poster by Gladys Mary Rees, 1921. Source
Poster by J L, 1925. Source
Poster by Dora M Batty, 1934. Source
01 April, 2012
Let Your Shopping Help Our Shipping
British World War Two food posters [with apologies for the lazy description... I'm busy lately and trying to save time for the pictures! :) ]
From the Imperial War Museum.
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)
