WHEN SIGHT SEEING VISIT FRANKLIN PARK ZOO VIA BOSTON ELEVATED. 1925.
44¾x33 inches, 113½x83¾ cm. Eastern Advertising Co., [Boston.]. Condition B+: overpainting and restoration in margins; creases, abrasions and minor restoration in image.
One of a series of at least 15 posters put out by Eastern Advertising Co. around 1925, promoting all of the leisure activities and historical destinations reachable by the Boston "L," and pointing out the safety and convenience. Some of the posters, found in the collection of the Boston Athenaeum, including the Aquarium at City Point and the Bunker Hill Monument, are also signed with the initial "P," and the text "Courtesy of Eastern Advertising Co.." The others with no artist initial just feature the Easter Advertising Co.'s "EA" monogram, and state that they were printed by Bucks Printing Co.
