Description: I have collected railroadiana for more than fifty years and thoroughly enjoy finding the rare and beautiful European and British railroad travel posters that were wildly popular from the late 1880s into the 1950s, many of which were printed on stone with incredible precision in color placement. Some reflections of my arm bending over can be seen in the photograph, as I placed a sheet of plexiglass over the poster in order to photograph it. Dimensions are 23" x 31" (57.5 x 79cm). I am hopeful that this poster will go to someone who is also an avid collector. This is an original Swiss travel poster advertising the summer (May to September) schedules for railroad passenger trains between Arth and Rigi, via Goldau. This is an original, vintage poster, printed in Zurich -- and NOT a reproduction. It has been mounted on linen per standard museum guidelines for preservation; there are no pin holes indicating that this sheet was ever mounted in a cabinet in a station and the colors are absolutely superb. It is hard to believe that in 1906, gold inks were so carefully printed as the use of metallic inks in lithography was challenging. The entire poster is a riot of colors with a wonderful view of a mountain rack railroad train operating with a small steam engine through very dramatically overdone mountain cuts. The text is in French, although there are German place names and some very short bits of German. The backdrop shows a map from Lucerne to Arth-Goldau to the Zugersee and Waedensweil and Zurich. If you have ever ridden narrow gauge and rack railroads in the Swiss Alps, you will find the feel of those incredible grades and peaks and lakes in this poster, printed by Polygrapisches Institut A.G., in Zurich. This poster was graded A/A- from the original poster gallery where I purchased it, a couple of decades ago. Reasonable offers will be considered. This will be shipped in a heavy poster tube for protection.
Price: 480 USD
Location: Amesbury, Massachusetts
End Time: 2024-11-02T14:26:28.000Z
Shipping Cost: N/A USD
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Item Specifics
All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Type: Poster
Year of Production: 1906
Theme: Art
Features: 1st Edition, Travel Poster
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Subject: Railroad, Switzerland, Tourism, Trains
