Gdynia--Nowy port nad Baltykiem / S. Norblin. – Historic Print
(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: Gdynia--Nowy port nad Baltykiem / S. Norblin., preserved in this vintage poster. Sourced directly from the Library of Congress, it represents an authentic piece of documented history.
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Gdynia--Nowy port nad Baltykiem / S. Norblin.
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Gdynia was a small fishing village on the Baltic coast when Poland, reborn as an independent state after 1918, set out to build a seaport of its own, and this chromolithographed poster presents the new harbor as a national achievement. Printed in Bydgoszcz and issued under the sponsorship of the Ministry of Communications, it carries captions in Polish, English, French, and German, signaling that it was aimed at foreign travelers and shippers as well as domestic viewers. Its promotional purpose was to present Poland as a sea-facing nation, a message that mattered because the country had limited coastline before Gdynia's development in the 1920s.
| Created / published | w Bydgoszczy : Zakl. Graf., Bibljoteka Polska |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : chromolithograph ; 100 x 63 cm. |
| Notes | [ca. 1930] |
| Subjects | Title translated: Gdynia--A New Port on the Baltic. Sponsored by Wydawnictwo Ministerstwa Komunikacji. Printed in Poland. Poster also captioned in English, French, and German. Promotional goal: Poland. E6. 1930. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,820 × 4,652 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-220651 |
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