Posters of International Trains And Railways
Publisher Description
This book has 620 train and railway posters and will please anyone interested in trains as well as poster aficionados. This book provides a brief history how international railroads used posters as key method of attracting customers. The posters in this book will provide the reader with a comprehensive review of the best train and railway posters from 1880 until 1985. This was a period when incredible trains were being built and the railroads were expanding into every part of the world. During this period, many of the best international artist were being commissioned by the railroads to design their advertising posters. This book contains posters with various artistic styles. With many of the images, there is brief summary about the history of classic locomotives and the expansion of the railroads in Europe, South America, Africa, Asia and Russia. The reader will find this book to be informative with an incredible selection of beautiful, vintage posters.