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POSTER: PERCY TROMPF (1902-1964) ACROSS AUSTRALIA / TRANS AUSTRALIAN RAILWAY. Circa 1935. 39x25 inches. Posters LTD., Sydney.
PERCY TROMPF (1902-1964) ACROSS AUSTRALIA / TRANS AUSTRALIAN RAILWAY. Circa 1935.
39 3/4x25 inches. Posters LTD., Sydney.
Condition B+: expertly restored losses at edges; overpainting in text at top; repaired tear through left margin into image; vertical and horizontal folds.
Begun in 1912, the Trans-Australian Railway wasn't completed until 1917. Covering over 1050 miles and connecting Port August with Kalgoorlie, the line, at one point, runs 309 miles without making a turn, creating the longest stretch of straight track anywhere in the world. As the line runs through the rough, arid and vast Australian desert, ads like this one needed to tout the luxury of the transportation. In addition to an inset, showing a well-appointed salon car, with a piano, lounge chairs, electric lights and more, the poster also shows an aborigine watching the train pass; an intimation of the great modernity of the system compared to the old days. Lebovic p. 13, Trading Places p. 4.
39 3/4x25 inches. Posters LTD., Sydney.
Condition B+: expertly restored losses at edges; overpainting in text at top; repaired tear through left margin into image; vertical and horizontal folds.
Begun in 1912, the Trans-Australian Railway wasn't completed until 1917. Covering over 1050 miles and connecting Port August with Kalgoorlie, the line, at one point, runs 309 miles without making a turn, creating the longest stretch of straight track anywhere in the world. As the line runs through the rough, arid and vast Australian desert, ads like this one needed to tout the luxury of the transportation. In addition to an inset, showing a well-appointed salon car, with a piano, lounge chairs, electric lights and more, the poster also shows an aborigine watching the train pass; an intimation of the great modernity of the system compared to the old days. Lebovic p. 13, Trading Places p. 4.
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