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    Posters of the Canadian Pacific / Marc H. Choko, David L. Jones.

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    • Title:Posters of the Canadian Pacific / Marc H. Choko, David L. Jones.
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    • Author/Creator:Choko, Marc H., 1947-
    • Other Contributors/Collections:Jones, David Laurence, 1953-
      Pat Bush Railway Collection.
    • Published/Created:Richmond Hill, Ontario : Firefly Books, 2004.

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    • Library of Congress Subjects:Canadian Pacific Railway Company--Posters--Catalogs.
      Travel posters, Canadian--Catalogs.
    • Genre/Form: Catalogs.
    • Description:223 pages : illustrations (some colour) ; 32 cm
    • Summary:Three hundred vintage advertising and promotional posters. During the late nineteenth century and early twentieth century, the Canadian Pacific Railway Company (CPR) was widely hailed as "The World's Greatest Travel System." The Canadian Pacific transcontinental railroad spanned North America from the Atlantic to Pacific oceans. The company also operated luxury hotels and resorts, passenger ocean liners, cargo ships, and an airline. To promote the company and Canada to the world, Canadian Pacific produced more than 2,500 stunning lithographic and silkscreen posters -- 1,000 of which were created in its own graphic studio. Posters of the Canadian Pacific is a treasury of three hundred of the finest posters published by the company. They were displayed in Canadian Pacific offices and independent travel agencies worldwide from the 1880s until the 1970s. These posters enticed millions to visit and even settle in Canada. The posters span the years 1883-1973 with special focus on the Art Deco style posters of the 1920s and '30s. They focus on travel and leisure -- activities on ski slopes, golf courses, beaches, and luxury resorts. Other posters feature Canadian Pacific ocean liners in exotic locations around the globe such as the West Indies, Rio, Hawaii and the Orient. Posters of the Canadian Pacific will appeal to a wide audience including art lovers, history buffs and railroad enthusiasts.
    • Notes:Artists include: Ashburner, A.W. ; Balitiplis, W.S. ; Barribal, William H. ; Book, W. ; Burger, Carl ; Couillard, Roger ; Crockart, James ; Dane, Clement ; Erny, E. ; Ewart, Peter ; F. (Norman Fraser) ; Finch, W.C. ; de Forest ; Fraser, Norman ; Gardner, Fred ; Gillespie, Gordon Fraser ; Greenwood, Charles James ; Gribble, Bernard Finegan ; Grier, Edmund Geoffrey ; Hall, Thomas ; Hamilton, Edward ; H.B. ; Hicks, V. ; Hill, Bern ; Holling, R. ; Jackson, Alexander Young ; J.P.G. ; Kauffman, G.Y. ; Kihn, Wilfred Langdon ; Lamy, J. ; Leighton, Alfred Crocker ; Lendon ; Logan, Maurice ; Mann, James Scrymgeour ; McElroy, George E. ; McKell, James C. ; Nong ; Palenske, Reinhold H. ; Perrigard, Hal Ross ; Purvis, Tom ; Richmond, Leonard ; Rigal, Morley ; Ritchie, Alick ; Rodmell, Harry Hudson ; Rosenvinge, Odin ; Sasek ; Schlisinger ; Schroder, Robert ; Shoesmith, Kenneth Denton ; Staynes, Percy Angelo ; T.F. ; Valentine, J.C. ; Vickery, John ; Ward, Dudley ; White, A.E. ; Whitmore, Olive ; Wilkinson, Norman.
      Includes bibliographical references (page 219) and index.
    • ISBN:1552979172 (alk. paper)
      9781552979174 (alk. paper)
    • Contents:Foreword
      Preface
      Introduction
      The Golden Northwest: Building a company and creating a national identity
      Bring Your Families to Canada: Immigration and colonization
      The Five-Day Atlantic Giantess: Empresses and Duchesses rule the North Atlantic
      The World's Greatest Travel System: Luxury cruises in the 1920s and 1930s
      Canada for Holidays: Vacations in the New World and Old
      Rolling Towards Victory: On the job during the war years
      Canadian Pacific Spans the World Again: Tourism in the postwar era
      The Artists: Biographic Notes
      Dating the Posters.
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