Nov 13, 2006 - Sale 2093

Sale 2093 - Lot 133

Unsold
Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800
STANLEY BROWER (DATES UNKNOWN) SOUTHERN PACIFIC'S 4 SCENIC ROUTES. 1938.
23 1/8x16 inches.
Condition A.
One in a series of posters promoting Southern Pacific's new streamlined trains. Here the "Daylight" is blazing its way out of a map of the United States, superimposed over a star-spangled emblem that looks like a railroad spike. In the mid-1930s, Southern Pacific's advertising manager, F. Q. Treadway, chose to illustrate "bold speed-styled portraits" on the company's posters. Zega 109.