DSB / Aage Rasmussen. – 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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This vintage poster of DSB / Aage Rasmussen. brings a moment of history to your wall. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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DSB / Aage Rasmussen.
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Issued by the Danish State Railways (DSB) and printed in Copenhagen in 1937, this color poster is the work of the artist Aage Rasmussen and was made to encourage travel by train. Its notes tie it to a promotional goal labeled "Den. E3," which points to a specific campaign rather than general advertising. In the 1930s, state railways across Europe used posters like this to draw holidaymakers as cars and buses began to compete for passengers. Danish railway posters of the period often combined bold graphic design with scenes of the countryside and coast, so the piece is worth looking at for how it set the appeal of rail travel in a single image.
| Created / published | København : Andreasen & Lachmann, 1937. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : color. |
| Genre | Travel posters Danish 1930-1940.Prints Color 1930-1940. |
| Notes | Promotional goal: Den. E3. 1937. |
| Subjects | Tourism--Denmark--1930-1940. Railroads--Denmark--1930-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 778 × 1,263 px · prints to 3 × 4 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-216430 |
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