'Saltcoats', LMS poster, 1935.
Poster produced for London, Midland & Scottish Railway (LMS) to promote cheap holiday tickets to Saltcoats, North Ayrshire, Scotland, 'The Finest Tidal Lake on the Firth of Clyde'. The poster shows some people in swimming costumes enjoying themselves in the water, with the resort thronged with people visible in the background. Artwork by Tom Gilfillan.
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'Holidays you'll Leap At!', FTS poster, 1981.
Poster produced for the French Travel Service to promote France as a holiday destination, and showing leaping frog with beret, baguettes in one hand, beers in the other. Printed by Impres, Ltd.
'Rock of Cashel', LMS poster, c 1930s.
Poster produced for the London, Midland & Scottish Railway (LMS) to promote Ireland as a holiday destination. Artwork by Norman Wilkinson (1878- 1971). Dimensions: 1015mm x 630mm. Printed by John Horn Limited of London and Glasgow.
'Gleneagles Hotel', LMS poster, 1924-1947.
Poster produced for the London, Midland & Scottish Railway (LMS) to promote rail travel to Perthshire, Scotland. The poster shows a view of the Gleneagles Hotel seen across the famous golf course. The Gleneagles Hotel was built with its own railway station by the Caledonian Railway Company, and when it opened in 1924, it was described as 'a Riviera in the Highlands'. It became a fashionable high society holiday destination. Artwork by Norman Wilkinson (1878-1971), who studied art at Portsmouth and Southsea Schools of Art. A famous marine painter, he designed posters for the London & North Western Railway (LNWR), the London & Midlands Railway (LMR) and Southern Railway (SR).
'The East Coast for Holidays', BR poster, 1948-1965.
Poster produced for British Railways (BR) to promote train services to the East Coast for holidays. Artwork by Charles 'Shep' Shepherd, who studied art under Paul Woodroffe and was head of the studio at the Baynard Pres. He designed posters for the Royal Mail Packet Steam Company and London Transport as well as SR.
'The Broads Wherryman', LNER poster, 1931.
Poster produced for the London, Midland & Scottish Railway (LMS) to promote rail travel to the east coast of England. This was the first in a series called 'East Coast Types', which illustrated the types of people frequently encountered during holidays on the east coast. Artwork by Frank Newbould (1887-1951), who studied at Bradford College of Art and joined the War Office in 1942. He designed posters for the LNER, GWR (Great Western Railway), Orient Line and Belgian Railways. Dimensions: 1016 mm x 635 mm.
'Tourist Resorts in the Peak of Derbyshire', MR poster, 1923-1947.
Midland Railway poster; ''''Holiday Resort Series No 4'''', showing beauty spots in the Peak District.