The book's cover image.

24 October 2011

Video Review of Posters of the Canadian Pacific

Victoria Vancouver Island British Columbia - This video review (Link fails 2 Jun 2013) showcases some beautiful, beautiful, posters.
 
I found Posters of the Canadian Pacific by Marc H. Choko and David L. Jones to be hard to put down.
 
During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the Canadian Pacific Railway Company was hailed as one of the wonders of modern travel.
 
The Canadian Pacific railroad spanned North America from the Atlantic to Pacific.
 
The company also operated luxury hotels, passenger ocean liners, cargo ships, and an airline.
 
To promote the company and also Canada as a destination, the Canadian Pacific produced more than 2,500 lithographic and silkscreen posters, 1,000 of which were created in its own design studio.
 
"Posters of the Canadian Pacific" showcases 300 of the best posters from this company.
 
These posters were displayed in Canadian Pacific offices and travel agencies worldwide from the 1880s until the 1970s.
 
They enticed millions to visit and perhaps even settle in Canada.
 
The imagery is often about travel and leisure and the great outdoors, skiing, golf, hunting, and beach life.
 
There is a stunning array of Art Deco style work of the 1920s and 1930s.