Total Eclipse of the Sun Original New Haven R.R, New England Steampship Lines, New England Transportation Co. Brochure
- 1932
- John Held Jr.
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4 x 9 inches ~ (10 x 22 cm)4 x 9 opens to 8 x 9$285
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New England Eclipses All as a Vacation Land
Rare brochure advertising train travel to view the total solar eclipse on August 31, 1932. Especially visible in New England, the brochure uses a creative map showing the PATH OF TOTAL ECLIPSE with list of times the eclipse becomes total at different latitudes Surrounded by vignettes of Held iconic caricatures of tourist, locals and even roosters experiencing total darkness in the middle of the day.We also have the for poster this train using the same Held artwork.
John Held, Jr., the King of Jazz Age Illustration was a frequent contributor to The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Life, Harper's Bazaar, Redbook and other popular magazines. One of America's top cartoonists in the 1920s and 1930s, his immediately recognizable iconic figures including flapper girls and guys were a tremendous sensation and came to visually epitomize the roaring 20s. Among his many works was a significant series of travel posters and accompanying brochures/timetables.
