Nov 11, 2005 - Sale 2056

Sale 2056 - Lot 35

Price Realized: $ 1,265
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 700 - $ 1,000
O. SCHLIENGER WORLD CRUISE EMPRESS OF BRITAIN/ CANADIAN PACIFIC. 1937.
353/4x24 inches.
Condition B+: restoration, creases and repaired tears in margins.
Another in a series of graphically progressive posters issued by Canadian Pacific to promote their services. "To compete with such majestic ships as the Cunard Line's Aquitania, the French Line's Ile de France, and the United States Line's Leviathan, Canadian Pacific Steamships launched the 45,000-ton Empress of Britain in 1930 . . . it was the largest ship operated by Canadian Pacific, and proudly took its place as the flagship of the fleet." (Canadian Pacific p. 44). Here the poster's imprint announces a cruise from New York on January 9, 1937.