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ROGER COUILLARD (1910 -) TRAVEL THE CANADIAN / CANADIAN PACIFIC. 1955. 39x25 inches.

ROGER COUILLARD (1910 -) TRAVEL THE CANADIAN / CANADIAN PACIFIC. 1955.
39 3/4x25 inches.
Condition B+: repaired tears and restored losses in margins and image.
"No post-war railway development . . . received as much public attention as the brief renaissance in passenger train service, led by the Canadian Pacific Railway's The Canadian . . . Inaugurated April 15, 1955, The Canadian presented a new look in Canadian railway trains with its stainless-steel coaches, scenic domes and over-all streamlined contours. Amidst a flurry of modern newspaper and magazine advertisements, flyers, pamphlets and brochures, many of the posters for The Canadian harked back to the heyday of the Trans-Canada Limited, favoring mountain scenery to showcase the service (Canadian Pacific p. 59). Canadian Pacific np.

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