Holland-America Line. Rotterdam-New York via Boulogne/sur mer and Southampton – Antique Print
![Holland-America Line. Rotterdam-New York via Boulogne/sur mer and Southampton, Amsterdam : L. van Leer & Co., [ca. 1950] — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/ff/ff57ba7fdd2c-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.)
Description
Holland-America Line. Rotterdam-New York via Boulogne/sur mer and Southampton comes to life in this vintage poster, reproduced from the original with every detail intact. An authentic image from the Library of Congress, it carries the weight of the real historical record.
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Holland-America Line. Rotterdam-New York via Boulogne/sur mer and Southampton
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The poster's subject is the transatlantic route itself, with the Statue of Liberty as its landmark: a Rotterdam-to-New York sailing that called at Boulogne-sur-Mer and Southampton before reaching the harbor. Holland-America Line ran passenger service on this route for decades, and after World War II it carried many emigrants and tourists who would have seen the statue as the first sight of America. Amsterdam printer L. van Leer & Co. produced the lithograph around 1950, when Dutch travel posters often used bold flat color and simplified maps to sell the crossing as an adventure.
| Created / published | Amsterdam : L. van Leer & Co., [ca. 1950] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 118 x 79 cm. |
| Genre | Travel posters Dutch 1940-1960.Lithographs Color 1940-1960. |
| Notes | Title from item. |
| Subjects | Holland Amerika Lijn. Statue of Liberty National Monument (N.Y. and N.J.)--1940-1960. Ships--1940-1960. Maps--1940-1960. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,000 × 1,522 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-224968 |
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