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‘The French Riviera’, SR poster, 1928

Object Description

Poster produced for Southern Railway (SR) to promote services to the French Riviera in summer, a place promoted as ‘inexpensive, amusing and gloriously warm’. The poster shows a view of the promenade and beach, which is filled with colourful beach umbrellas.

Description (English)

Poster ontwikkeld voor Southern Railway (SR) om diensten naar de Franse Riviera in de zomer te promoten, een plek die wordt gepromoot als 'goedkoop, vermakelijk en glorieus warm'. De poster laat een beeld zien van de wandeldreef en het strand, welke gevuld zijn met kleurrijke strandparasols.


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Object Information

Language
Engels

Date
Jaar van productie: 1928

Contributor
Southern Railway

Publisher
Science & Society Picture Library

Rights
NRM/Pictorial Collection

Identifier
10170809

Creator
F. Whatley, Southern Railway

Subject
1920s; advertisement; beach; coast; Europe; France; French Riviera; holiday; poster; parasol; rail transport; summer; sea; united kingdom, whatley. f

Type
Object

Source
NRM/Pictorial Collection