Travel by Trans-Australian Railway across Australia / Northfield. – Antique Wall Art
(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 Travel by Trans-Australian Railway across Australia / Northfield., 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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Travel by Trans-Australian Railway across Australia / Northfield.
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The record lists camels alongside the train, a detail that sets this color lithograph apart from many rail posters of its time. It promotes travel on the Trans-Australian Railway, which crosses the Nullarbor Plain between Port Augusta in South Australia and Kalgoorlie in Western Australia and was completed in 1917. Issued around 1930 by Northfield Studios Pty. Ltd. with J. E. Hackett, it pairs the modern railway with the outback, where camels had long carried goods before rail reached the interior. The poster reflects the interwar effort to attract travelers to Australia's remote country.
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 100 x 63 cm. |
|---|---|
| Notes | [S.l.] : Northfield Studios Pty. Ltd. & J. E. Hackett, [ca. 1930] |
| Subjects | Travel--Australia--1920-1940. Railroads--Australia--1920-1940. Camels--Australia--1920-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,878 × 2,933 px · prints to 6 × 10 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-225654 |
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