Le Markstein. La Nouvelle Station des Vosges / Chauffard. – Historic Print
![Le Markstein. La Nouvelle Station des Vosges / Chauffard., Paris : Lucien Serre & Cie, [1925] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/85/8548139e77e9-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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Step back in time with Le Markstein. La Nouvelle Station des Vosges / Chauffard., 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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Le Markstein. La Nouvelle Station des Vosges / Chauffard.
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Le Markstein, a mountain station in the Vosges, is the subject here, promoted as a new winter destination under the title "La Nouvelle Station des Vosges." Paris publisher Lucien Serre & Cie issued the color poster around 1925, and the artist's signature reads Chauffard. In the 1920s, French tourism boards and transport companies used posters like this to draw city dwellers to snowfields that were newly reachable by rail and road, and skiing was just becoming a fashionable pastime. The image reflects that moment, when winter sport was being sold as a modern, healthful escape.
| Created / published | Paris : Lucien Serre & Cie, [1925] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : color. |
| Genre | Advertisements 1920-1930.Travel posters French 1920-1930.Prints Color 1920-1930. |
| Notes | Promotional goal: Fr. E3. 192-. La montagne s'affiche / Daniel Hillion. Rennes : Ouest-France, c1991, p. 125 & 131 |
| Subjects | Skiing--France--Vosges Mountains--1920-1930. Mountains--France--Vosges Mountains--1920-1930. Tourism--France--Vosges Mountains--1920-1930. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,169 × 1,465 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-218367 |
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