Nov 11, 2005 - Sale 2056

Sale 2056 - Lot 112

Price Realized: $ 1,955
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
H. M. VEENTSTRA COLORADO ROCKIES / BLACK HILLS AND UTAH. Circa 1935.
41x27 inches.
Condition B+: repaired tears, creases and restoration in margins and image; minor paper loss in image along lower right edge.
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. Most notable were New York's Fifth Avenue by Fred Mizen and western landscapes by Denver artist H. M. Veenstra." (Zega p. 109)