Sports d'hiver dans les Vosges / Theo Doro ; Chemins de Fer de l'Est. – Antique 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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Few images capture their era like this vintage poster of Sports d'hiver dans les Vosges / Theo Doro ; Chemins de Fer de l'Est.. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Sports d'hiver dans les Vosges / Theo Doro ; Chemins de Fer de l'Est.
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Winter Sports in the Vosges," a 1931 poster, invites travelers to reach the snowy slopes of the low mountain range in northeastern France by train. It was issued by the Chemins de Fer de l'Est, the Eastern Railway, and printed in Paris by the firm C. Courtois. In the interwar years, railway companies commissioned posters like this one to fill seats on weekend and holiday trains, at a time when skiing was becoming a popular leisure pursuit in France. The design ties the sport to the ease of getting out of the city and into the mountains.
| Created / published | Paris : C. Courtois imp. edit., 1931. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : color. |
| Genre | Advertisements 1930-1940.Posters French 1930-1940.Prints Color 1930-1940. |
| Notes | Promotional goal: Fr. E3. 1931. |
| Subjects | Skiing--France--Vosges Mountains--1930-1940. Tourism--France--Vosges Mountains--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,195 × 1,494 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-218372 |
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