New. The boat train. Sunday - a day on the open sea / Charles W. Holmes ; Litho. by University Press, Cambridge, Mass. – Antique Wall Art
![New. The boat train. Sunday - a day on the open sea / Charles W. Holmes ; Litho. by University Press, Cambridge, Mass., [S.l. : s.n., ca. 1925] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/2c/2c998e2b9172-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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New. The boat train. Sunday - a day on the open sea / Charles W. Holmes ; Litho. by University Press, Cambridge, Mass. comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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New. The boat train. Sunday - a day on the open sea / Charles W. Holmes ; Litho. by University Press, Cambridge, Mass.
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This poster promotes a combined rail and steamer trip: the "boat train" carried passengers from Boston to waiting Eastern Steamship Lines vessels, with the Boston and Maine Railroad providing the connection. Its title, "Sunday - a day on the open sea," points to the leisure cruise as much as the journey itself. Ca. 1925 was a prime period for American travel posters, when railroads and steamship companies used bold color lithography to sell vacations to a growing middle-class public. The design is credited to Charles W. Holmes and printed by the University Press in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
| Created / published | [S.l. : s.n., ca. 1925] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 117 x 81 cm. including support (image 108 x 70 cm.) |
| Genre | Travel posters American 1920-1930.Lithographs Color 1920-1930. |
| Notes | Eastern Steamship Lines Inc., Boston and Maine Railroad. Title from item. (DLC/PP-1984:146). |
| Subjects | Ocean travel--1920-1930. Railroad travel--1920-1930. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,841 × 2,709 px · prints to 6 × 9 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-224969 |
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