Affiches Du Candien Pacifique

9781554070206

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Between 1883 and 1963, the Canadian Pacific Railway Company turned out more than 2,500 poster designs, including better than 1,000 of the finest examples produced by its own in-house silkscreen studio. It was a publicity effort unrivalled until the advent of the electronic age. Now more than 300 of the most eye-catching examples of these colorful posters have been faithfully reproduced in Posters of the Canadian Pacific, chronicling the fascinating tale of the railway that welded a nation from sea to sea, launched the 20th century's most extensive immigration and tourism campaign, and earned the unchallenged title of "The World's Greatest Transportation System." Read about the famous transcontinental name trains, the spectacular chain of Chateau-style hotels and the majestic "Empress" steamships that plied the seven seas. Discover the many forgotten involvements of the giant transportation octopus known as the CPR, from folksong and handicraft festivals to big-game hunting and sport fishing, and much more. Find out who created these masterpieces of popular persuasion. But most of all, feast your eyes on some of the finest and most memorable graphic images and representations ever devised, in full-color, in many cases for the first time in decades. From the simple woodcut productions of the poster's infancy, through the fine-lined work of the bank note companies, to the awesome beauty of the classic designs of the 1920s and thirties, this publication transcends nostalgia to offer a virtual museum and gallery of poster art. There's something here for everybody. Take a peek, you'll be hooked.