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Colour lithograph print poster advertising 'To Western Australia by Trans-Australian Railway'
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Colour lithograph print poster advertising 'To Western Australia by Trans-Australian Railway' |
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| Description |
Colour lithograph print that is linen backed and framed. Yellow background with text in red inscribed 'TO / WESTERN AUSTRALIA / by / TRANS- / AUSTRALIAN / RAILWAY...' above and below the illustration of Mundaring Weir in the top half. There are illustrations of 'Portion of The Golden Mile Kalgoorlie' at the bottom left and 'Crossing the Nullarbor Plain to W.A.' at the bottom right. In the National Historical Collection of the National Museum of Australia. |
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| Date | 1930 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Dimensions | 1050 x 670mm | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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2002.0047.0007 |
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| Object history | The Joseph Lebovic Gallery collection consists of 10 excellent examples of Australian advertising posters. Artists represented include Percy Tromf, James Northfield, Norman Lindsay and May Gibbs. The majority of the posters were produced as lithographs. The poster as a form of advertising was popular in Australian throughout the 20th century, particularly before the age of radio and television. The posters in this particular collection document a number of different types of advertising campaigns including wartime recruitment, public health and safety, product endorsement and railway travel. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Credit line | When using this image, please credit the photographer and the National Museum of Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Inscriptions | Pencil annotations on the reverse in the top right hand corner are inscribed 'C6' and 'P76' | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Source/Photographer | Self-photographed [1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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