Railway Posters
Railway Posters
183 pages
color photos
Hard cover with dust jacket
32 x 25 cm
1,472 kg
English
Features posters by artists including Cassandre, Alesi, Dorival, Otto Ernst, Fix-Masseau, Villemot and Zenobel.
Contents:
Railways in the Nineteenth Century: The Construction of Lines and Networks in Europe and the USA
1900-1920 The Apogee: The Train as a Factor of Development
1919-1929 The Period of Consolidation: Happy Journeys!
1920-1945 The Difficult Years: Necessary Restructuring and Evolution
1950-2005 The Renaissance of Rail: Reconstruction and Modernisation of the European Networks