Opening Hours
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Visual Materials
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Visual Materials
Artists: Wilkinson, Norman, 1878- Printers: John Horn Limited Publishers: [London Midland & Scottish Railway Company] Companies: London, Midland and Scottish Railway Company
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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.
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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.
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Below the image is the title, followed by a short history of the Holyhead to Ireland mail service; on the left side of the history is "LMS" on the right, the badge for the railroad company. "E.R.O. 53331"--printed in lower left corner. "Printed in Great Britain by McCorquodale & Co. Limited, Glasgow"--printed in the lower right corner. "Property of John H. Kemble Nov. 1975"--on verso, typed label, upper right corner. Large print has been backed by a board and framed. The Cambria was transferred, 1 January 1923, from London and North Western Railway, following the creation of the London, Midland and Scottish Railway Company (LMS) as a result of the British Railway Act of 1921 which consolidated individual companies in larger units; the vessel operated for LMS until 1 January 1948 when LMS was fully nationalized and added to the British Transport Commission. Focus of item: Cambria.
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"Canadian Pacific"--printed at the top in bold script, red on the grey background. "Norman Wilkinson"--artist's signature reproduced in the lower left corner of the image. "Empress of Scotland, 26,000 gross tons"--printed below the image to the right, block type in white on grey background. "Printed in Great Britain by Nissen & Arnold Ltd., 11-12 Bury street, London, E.C.3"--small type, lower right corner, along the margin. "1951"--on verso, in ms., in pencil, lower right corner. The Empress of Scotland was the second Candian Pacific vessel with this name; originally she was named the Empress of Japan, but was renamed Empress of Scotland in 1942 following the attack on Pearl Harbor; returned to CP in 1948 and refurbished; sold by CP to Hamburg-Atlantic Line in 1958 and renamed Hanseatic. Focus of item: Empress of Scotland.
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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.
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