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OSCAR RABE HANSON (1901-1926) COMFORT. Circa 1924. 37 3/4x26 1/4 inches, 90 3/4x60 3/4 cm. Condition B+: restored tears and restoration in margins and image. Bottom text trimmed off. In the 1920s the Chicago train companies, including The North Shore Line, The South Shore Line and Chicago Rapid Transit Company "commissioned the city's finest graphic designers to produce advertising posters that encouraged Chicagoans to use rapid transit for more than commuting to work" (www.Chicago-L.org). This image, for the North Shore Line (a bottom line of text has been cut off) is an exquisite portrait of an elegant traveler, complete with elaborate details on her dress and hat, as well as details of the comfortable car she is sitting in.
