Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Travel Advertisements

Remember when travel was glamorous?  The field of advertising and mass-circulated magazines exploded in the prosperous 1920s, and the luxury and excitement of travel was a key feature in ads from this era. Click "Read more" below to view more advertisements.
"The summer season in Venice...."  From L'Illustration, 1920s.

Soviet Union travel ad.  From Travel, April 1932.

Matson and Ocean Lines.  Travel, December 1932.

Mobiloil and Normandie ocean liner.  From L'Illustration, 1920s.
Canadian Pacific.  Town Tidings, 1933.
Japan Tourist Bureau.  From Travel, September 1932.
Hotel Bermudiana.  From Travel, January 1932.

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