Beauty and grandeur - The Yangtsze (i.e., Yangtze) Gorges, in the heart of China, will amaze and thrill you! For information and reservations apply within - Butterfield & Swire. – Antique Print
![Beauty and grandeur - The Yangtsze (i.e., Yangtze) Gorges, in the heart of China, will amaze and thrill you! For information and reservations apply within - Butterfield & Swire., [S.l. : s.n., ca. 1930] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/fe/fe46f0fb3cc2-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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Few images capture their era like this vintage poster of Beauty and grandeur - The Yangtsze (i.e., Yangtze) Gorges, in the heart of China, will amaze and thrill you! For information and reservations apply within - Butterfield & Swire.. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Beauty and grandeur - The Yangtsze (i.e., Yangtze) Gorges, in the heart of China, will amaze and thrill you! For information and reservations apply within - Butterfield & Swire.
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The gorges promoted here are the steep limestone canyons of the Yangtze River in central China, pitched as a sight that will "amaze and thrill" the traveler. The poster was issued for Butterfield & Swire, the British trading house whose China Navigation Company ran steamers on the river, so it sold passage as much as scenery. Around 1930, river steamers gave many foreign visitors their main view of the gorges, and the boats shown here were central to that experience. The advertisement presents a busy commercial waterway as a natural wonder for tourists.
| Created / published | [S.l. : s.n., ca. 1930] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : screen print, color ; 101 x 62 cm. |
| Genre | Travel posters 1920-1940.Screen prints Color 1920-1940. |
| Subjects | Yangtze River Gorges (China)--1920-1940. Boats--1920-1940. Canyons--China--1920-1940. Tourism--China--1920-1940. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,982 × 5,000 px · prints to 13 × 17 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-223282 |
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