The Colne River at Uxbridge by tram / E. McKnight Kauffer '24. – Historic Print
![The Colne River at Uxbridge by tram / E. McKnight Kauffer '24., [London] : The Baynard Press, [19]24. — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/2b/2b001f3ef661-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Step back in time with The Colne River at Uxbridge by tram / E. McKnight Kauffer '24., a vintage poster rich in period detail. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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The Colne River at Uxbridge by tram / E. McKnight Kauffer '24.
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Few posters from the period single out a river crossing so directly. This one takes the Colne at Uxbridge, a market town on London's western edge, and puts a bridge at its center. Designed by the American-born E. McKnight Kauffer and printed in London by the Baynard Press in 1924, it belongs to the wave of travel advertising that encouraged Londoners to explore the countryside just beyond the city. Kauffer, who worked in London throughout the 1920s, favored flat areas of color and simplified shapes, and the bridge and water here show that approach at work.
| Created / published | [London] : The Baynard Press, [19]24. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : color. |
| Genre | Advertisements 1920-1930.Travel posters British 1920-1930.Prints Color 1920-1930. |
| Notes | No. 713 1000 5-24. Promotional goal: Gt. Brit. E2. 1924. |
| Subjects | Bridges--England--London--1920-1930. Tourism--England--London--1920-1930. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 749 × 1,195 px |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-218913 |
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