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Imperial Airways : the greatest air service in the World

Description: Image is black and white, text is black and red; the logo for the company, known as the Speedbird, is printed vertically on the left hand side in red. "Travel in comfort : Europe, Africa, India, and the East"--alt title, text printed on the left side of the poster. "Printed in Great Britain by Rembrandt Photogravure Ltd., and Published by Imperial Airways Ltd., London"--text, small type in red, lower right corner.
Type: Visual Materials(Opens in new tab)
Date: ca. 1935
Call number: priJHK 00057
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Imperial Airways : the greatest air service in the World

Visual Materials

Publishers: Rembrandt Photogravure Ltd. for Imperial Airways Companies: Imperial Airways

priJHK 00057

"Golden Prospects" : Cunard Canadian Services

Visual Materials

Below the image is a blank space, probably for the attachment of text or information from the agent's office. "The British Colour Printing Co., Ltd., London & Liverpool"--text below image, lower left corner.

priJHK 00031

To Egypt : S.S. Ausonia & S.S. Esperia, weekly express service de luxe, newest & fastest vessels in the Mediterranean

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Title is below the image. Title and an image are framed by a heavy black border. "Sitmar Line"--text below title, large block type, crown logo of Sitmar on left side. "Edizione Sitmar, Stampa 8500 -XII-1928-VII"--text below image, in the margin, lower left corner. "Riproduzione vietata"---text below image, in the margin, center. "Offne. Graf. I.G.A.P. Roma Via D'Aracoeli 49"--text below image, in the margin, lower right corner.

priJHK 00046

London: trooping the colour, Whitehall

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"C. Clark"--artist's signature reproduced in image, lower left corner. Below the image is the title; on the left side of the title is "LMS"; on the right, the badge for the railroad company. "Further particulars obtainable from the London Midland & Scottish Corporation, 200 Fifth Avenue, New York"--printed below the title. "AD 3/3954"--printed lower left corner. "Printed in England by Charles & Read Ltd., London."--printed lower right corner.

priJHK 00132

A winter's evening : the Merseyside Express 6-5 p.m. from Euston

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Painted by Cecil King, R. I. [Royal Institute]. Below the image is the title; on the left side of the title is "LMS"; on the right, the badge for the railroad company. "E. R. O. 53351"--printed, lower left corner, recto, bottom. "Printed and engraved by W. E. Berry Ltd., Bradford"--printed, lower right corner, recto, bottom. Front view of passenger steam train leaving station in the evening.

priJHK 00865

Safety first, last and all the time

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"The value of a night of Sleep is hard to Estimate until the morning after a sleepless night"--text, large type, between the two images of the car. "Security"--text, in italics, framed in a box, on the left side of the title. "Comfort"--text, in italics, framed in a box, on the right side of the title. "©The Pullman Company, Chicago"--text, lower right corner, margin.

priJHK 00086

Imperial Airways : the greatest air service in the World

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