Nov 13, 2006 - Sale 2093

Sale 2093 - Lot 161

Price Realized: $ 4,320
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,000
BERGSTROM (DATES UNKNOWN) COLORADO ROCKIES/ BLACK HILLS AND UTAH. 1934.
41 3/8x27 inches.
Condition A: minor repaired tears in margins.
During the 1930s, as American railroad companies scrambled to advertise their brand new streamlined trains, "a coalition of nearly thirty railroads [out west] pooled their resources against the auto and introduced the 'Travel By Train' campaign. Their cooperative effort produced nearly a dozen posters portraying a range of national destinations" (Zega p. 109). This series depicted people involved in a range of outdoor activities, surrounded by the striking, majestic beauty of the Rocky Mountains.