Italy this winter / Michahelles. – Historic Reproduction
(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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A window into the past: Italy this winter / Michahelles., preserved in this vintage poster. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Italy this winter / Michahelles.
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Italy is better known to most travelers for its ruins and summer coastlines, so a poster that presents the country as a winter destination is worth a second look. Issued by ENIT, the Italian national tourist agency, in Genoa in 1935, it reflects the agency's effort to promote skiing and other winter sports alongside the traditional tourist routes. Its artist, Michahelles, worked in the color-lithograph style that was common for travel posters of the 1930s, when governments across Europe used bold color and simplified forms to reach a growing audience of middle-class travelers.
| Created / published | Genova : ENIT, 1935. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : color. |
| Genre | Advertisements 1930-1940.Posters Italian 1930-1940.Prints Color 1930-1940. |
| Notes | Promotional goal: It. E8. 1935. |
| Subjects | Skiing--Italy--1930-1940. Tourism--Italy--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 758 × 1,207 px · prints to 3 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-218360 |
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