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Göta Canal--Sweden's scenic waterway – Vintage Wall Art

Göta Canal--Sweden's scenic waterway, Meyer & Köster, [1936] — vintage poster
Göta Canal--Sweden's scenic waterway, Meyer & Köster, [1936]. Vintage poster from the Steamboats collection.

(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 Göta Canal--Sweden's scenic waterway. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.

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This 1936 color travel poster promotes the Göta Canal as a scenic waterway, presenting the route as a voyage across southern Sweden rather than a simple shipping lane. The canal links Gothenburg on the west coast with Stockholm on the east coast, using a chain of rivers, lakes and locks that include Lake Vänern, Lake Vättern and Lake Mälaren. Completed in 1832, it became a popular passenger route, and by the 1930s steamers carrying tourists were a familiar sight along its waters.

Created / publishedMeyer & Köster, [1936]
Medium1 print (poster) : color.
GenreTravel posters Swedish 1930-1940.Prints Color 1930-1940.
SubjectsTourism--Sweden--1930-1940. Ferries--Sweden--1930-1940.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan1,137 × 1,467 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-216428

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