Oostende Dover--Snelle en geriefelijke overvaarten / Guy Depière. – Antique Print
![Oostende Dover--Snelle en geriefelijke overvaarten / Guy Depière., [194]6 (Antwerp : Printed in Belgium by L.F. De Vos & Co.) — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/e3/e3e8d309a1b4-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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Oostende Dover--Snelle en geriefelijke overvaarten / Guy Depière. comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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Oostende Dover--Snelle en geriefelijke overvaarten / Guy Depière.
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Its Dutch title, "Snelle en geriefelijke overvaarten" (fast and comfortable crossings), makes the poster's pitch plain: it sells the Ostend to Dover ferry as a quick, pleasant way to reach England. Printed in Antwerp in 1946, it appeared just as cross-Channel travel was returning after World War II. The route tied the Belgian coast to the British rail network, so the poster also speaks to the postwar push to bring tourists and business travelers back to Belgium. Designed by Guy Depière and printed by L.F. De Vos & Co., it is a good example of the bright, simplified style Belgian travel posters used in the late 1940s.
| Created / published | [194]6 (Antwerp : Printed in Belgium by L.F. De Vos & Co.) |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : color. |
| Genre | Travel posters Belgian 1940-1950.Prints Color 1940-1950. |
| Notes | Promotional goal: Bel. E6. 1946. |
| Subjects | Ferries--Belgium--1940-1950. Tourism--Belgium--1940-1950. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,145 × 1,466 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-216423 |
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