| Dates: | 1910-1941 |
| Size: | 113 posters |
| Repository: | Chicago Public Library, Harold Washington Library Center, Special Collections, 400 S. State Street, Chicago, IL 60605 |
| Collection Number: | c00112 |
| Provenance: | Chicago Public Library and various donors |
| Access: | No restrictions. |
| Citation: | When quoting material from this collection the preferred citation is, Travel and Railway Poster Collection, [Accession #] Special Collections, Chicago Public Library. |
| Processed by: | Michelle McCoy, 2019 |
Abstract
The collection contains 20th century posters from Chicago, North America and international destinations. The chromolithographic posters employ graphic design and illustration to advertise tours, travel agents, and transportation to destinations by railroad as well as ship and bus lines.
Arrangement
The posters are arranged into two series based on geographic location:
Series 1: Chicago, Illinois and North America
Series 2: International
Subject Terms
- Canadian Pacific Steamships, Ltd.
- Chicago, North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad
- Chicago, South Shore and South Bend Railroad
- Cie. Gle. Transatlantique. French line
- Compagnie des chemins de fer de Paris à Lyon et à la Méditerranée
- Compagnie du chemin de fer de Paris à Orléans
- Cooper, Austin, 1890-1964
- Cunard Line, Ltd.
- Elmes, Willard Frederic, 1900-1956
- Hanson, O.R. (Oscar Rabe)
- Italy. Direzione generale delle ferrovie dello Stato
- Krollmann, Gustav Wilhelm, 1888-1962
- Laurence, Sydney, 1868-1940
- Leslie Ragan
- Lithographs--Color--1920-1930
- The London & North Eastern Railway
- Mansbridge, John
- Metzl, Ervine, 1899-
- New York Central Lines
- Northern Pacific Railway Company--Public relations--1920-1930
- Schweizerische Bundesbahnen
- Tourism
- Travel posters
- Underground Electric Railways Company of London Limited
Inventory
Series 1: Chicago, Illinois and North America
| 75.1037 | AlaskaNorthern Pacific - North Coast Limited, art by Sydney Lawrence, circa 1920s | Northern Pacific Railway |
| 75.1050 | Autumn Along the North Shore Line, art by Arthur A. Johnson, Chicago: Illinois Litho. Co., 1926 | Chicago, North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad |
| 75.1051 | Autumn in the Dunes via South Shore Line, art by Oscar Rabe Hanson, Chicago: Illinois Litho. Co., 1928 | Chicago, South Shore and South Bend Railroad |
| 75.1085 | Building the First White House, Washington D.C. 1798 - Modern Washington is Served by the Pennsylvania Railway, undated | Pennsylvania Railroad |
| 75.569 | Chesapeake and Ohio Railway, art by Aos Sewell, Cleveland, Ohio, undated | Chesapeake and Ohio Railway |
| 75.1209 | Chicago - New York Central Lines, art by Leslie Ragan, Long Island City, NY: Latham Lithograph & Printing Co., 1930 | New York Central Lines |
| 75.1055 | Evanston Lighthouse by the Elevated Lines, art by Ervine Metzl, Chicago: Illinois Litho. Co., 1923 | |
| 75.1075 | Field Museum by the Elevated Lines, art by Ervine Metzl, Chicago: Illinois Litho. Co., 1923 | |
| 75.1076 | [Fishing] by the North Shore Line, art by Ervine Metzl, Chicago: Illinois Litho. Co., 1923 | Chicago, North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad |
| 75.1021 | Football Notre Dame (South Bend) by South Shore Line, art by Oscar Rabe Hanson, Chicago: Illinois Litho. Co., 1925 | Chicago, South Shore and South Bend Railroad |
| 75.1022 ; 75.1085 | Going Home Christmas? North Shore Line, art by Ivan V. Beard, Chicago: Illinois Litho. Co., 1927 (2 copies) | Chicago, North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad |
| 75.1074 | Going to Visit the Folks? Take the North Shore Line, Milwaukee, WI: Gugler Lithographic Co., 1920s [Thanksgiving] | Chicago, North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad |
| 75.1020 | Hiking along the North Shore Line, art by Willard Frederic Elmes, Chicago: Illinois Litho. Co., 1924 | Chicago, North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad |
| 75.1053 | Hudson Lake by South Shore Line, art by Leslie Ragan, Chicago: Illinois Litho. Co., 1927 | Chicago, South Shore and South Bend Railroad |
| 75.1049 | Hunting by the North Shore Line, art by Oscar Rabe Hanson, Chicago: Illinois Litho. Co., 1923 | Chicago, North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad |
| 75.1057 | Michigan Resorts, Rail and Water Routeby the North Shore Line, art by Willard Frederic Elmes, Chicago: Edwards & Deutsch Litho. Co., 1924 | Chicago, North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad |
| 75.1054 | Milwaukee by the North Shore Line, art by Arthur A. Johnson, Chicago: Illinois Litho. Co., 1926 | Chicago, North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad |
| 75.1078 | Milwaukee - Washington Park Zoo by the South Shore Line, art by Navigato, Chicago: Illinois Litho. Co., 1926 | |
| 75.1038 | Mission Range, [Montana], art by Gustav Krollman, North Coast Limited, undated | Northern Pacific Railway |
| 75.1039 | Montana, art by Gustav Krollman, North Coast Limited, circa 1935 | Northern Pacific Railway |
| 75.1042 | New Hampshire, art by Hechenberger, 1941 | New Hampshire State Planning and Development Commission |
| 75.1041 | New Hampshire, art by Hunter, 1941 | New Hampshire State Planning and Development Commission |
| 75.1019; 75.1084 | New North Shore, Where Homes Are Homes,Skokie Valley Route, North Shore Line, art by Willard Frederic Elmes, Chicago: Illinois Litho. Co., 1928 [willow branches in foreground] (2 copies) | Chicago, North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad |
| 75.1058 | New North Shore, Where Homes Are Homes,Skokie Valley Route, North Shore Line, art by Willard Frederic Elmes, Chicago: Illinois Litho. Co., 1928 | Chicago, North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad |
| 75.1045 | New Union Terminal Cleveland, art by Leslie Ragan, Long Island City, NY: Latham Litho. & Printing Co., | New York Central Lines |
| 75.1009 | North Shore Line, Chicago: Edwards & Deutsch Litho. Co., undated | Chicago, North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad |
| 75.998 | Over Old Indian Trails - The North Shore Line, art by Oscar Rabe Hanson, Milwaukee, WI: Gugler Litho., Co., 1920s | Chicago, North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad |
| 75.1002 | Peristyle - North End Grant Park by the Elevated Lines, art by Ervine Metzl, 1921 | |
| 75.1036 | Rainier National Park, art by Gustav Krollman, North Coast Limited, undated | Northern Pacific Railway |
| 75.1092 | Ringing Out Liberty - July 8, 1776, Philadelphia, art by N.C. Wyeth, undated | Pennsylvania Railroad |
| 75.1044 | Rockefeller Center - New York - New York Central Lines, art by Leslie Ragan, Long Island City, NY: Latham Litho. & Printing Co., undated | New York Central Lines |
| 75.1023 | Seasons Greetings South Shore Line, art by Leslie Ragan, Chicago: Illinois Litho. Co., 1927 | Chicago, South Shore and South Bend Railroad |
| 75.1016 | Service - The North Shore Line to Milwaukee, art by Oscar Rabe Hanson, 1924 | Chicago, North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad |
| 75.1004 | Ski Jumping Milwaukee – Milwaukee : Racine - North Shore Line, art by Willard Frederic, Chicago: Illinois Litho., Co., 1928 [torn] | Chicago, North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad |
| 75.1017 | Spring Along the North Shore Line, art by Oscar Rabe Hanson, Chicago: Edwards & Deutsch Litho, Co., 1924 | Chicago, North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad |
| 75.1018 | Steel Mills at Gary-by South Shore Line, art by Norman Erickson, Chicago: Illinois Litho. Co., 1925 | Chicago, South Shore and South Bend Railroad |
| 75.1052 | Visit Duneland - Tremont, “The Gateway to the Dunes” - 100-minutes from Downtown Chicago via South Shore Line, art by Arthur A. Johnson, National Printing & Eng., Co. 1925 | Chicago, South Shore and South Bend Railroad |
| 75.1000 | Visit the Workshop of America by South Shore Line, art by Brennemann, Chicago: Illinois Litho. Co., 1926 | Chicago, South Shore and South Bend Railroad |
| 75.1035 | Washington the City Beautiful, art by Grif Teller, circa 1940 | Pennsylvania Railroad |
| 75.1048 | Wild Life Along the North Shore Line, art by Oscar Rabe Hanson, Chicago: Illinois Litho. Co., 1926 | Chicago, North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad |
| 75.1026 | Winter in the Dunes by South Shore Line, art by Raymond Huelster, Chicago: Illinois Litho. Co., 1927 | Chicago, South Shore and South Bend Railroad |
| 75.1024 | Winter in the Dunes - South Shore Line, art by Oscar Rabe Hanson, Chicago: Illinois Litho. Co., 1925 | Chicago, South Shore and South Bend Railroad |
| 75.1025 | Winter Sports in the Dunes by South Shore Line, art by Oscar Rabe Hanson, printed by Chicago: Illinois Litho. Co., [1927] | Chicago, South Shore and South Bend Railroad |
| 75.1088 | Winter Sports in the Lakeby South Shore Line, Chicago: Illinois Litho. Co., 1927 | Chicago, South Shore and South Bend Railroad |
| 75.989 | Wisconsin Lakes by the North Shore Line Railroad Motor Coach, art by Oscar Rabe Hanson, Chicago: Illinois Litho. Co., 1925 | Chicago, North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad |
| 75.1056 | Wisconsin Resorts by the North Shore Line - Rail and Bus Routes, art by Oscar Rabe Hanson, 1923 | Chicago, North Shore and Milwaukee Railroad |
| 75.1040 | Yellowstone Park, reproduction of National Gallery painting, art by Thomas Moran, North Coast Limited, undated | Northern Pacific Railway |
Series 2: International
| 72.1087 | Accoutrements - Arms and the Man - United Service Museum, art by Austin Cooper, London : The Bayard Press, undated | Underground Electric Railways Company of London Limited |
| 75.1068 | Aix les Bains, art by E. Virenque, Paris: Atelier E. Virenque, 1920 | |
| 75.1028 | Anchor Line - Glasgow & New York, art by W.T.N., Glasgow and London: McCorquodale, undated | |
| 75.997 | Assisi, art by Vittorio Grassi, 1926 | |
| 75.643 | Australia - the Tallest Trees in the British Empire - Marysville, Victoria, art by Percy Trompf, Melbourne, circa 1930 | Australian National Travel Association |
| 75.642 | Australian Parrots, art by James Northfield, Melbourne, Australia, 1930 | Australian National Travel Association |
| 75.1015 | Avez-vous ce qu’il vous faut pour la mer et la campagne? art by Helen Smith, undated | |
| 75.1071 | Avigon-le Palais des Papes - Paris - Lyon - Mediterranee, Paris, art by Roger Broders, 1922 | Compagnie des chemins de fer de Paris à Lyon et à la Méditerranée (PLM) |
| 75.1207 | Boston on the London & North Eastern Railway of England and Scotland, art by Vincent Brooks, London: Day & Son, Ltd., undated | London & North Eastern Railway (LNER) |
| 75.1046 | Bridlington - Illustrated Guide from Information Bureau Brindlington, York: Ben Johnson & Co., undated | London & North Eastern Railway |
| 75.1080 | The Cambrian Coast - Great Western Railways, art by Norman Wilkenson, London: The Dangerfield Printing Co., Ltd., undated | Great Western Railway (GWR) |
| 75.1006 | Capri Napoli, art by M. Borgoni, Richter & C. Napoli, Italia, undated | Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane S.p.A. |
| 75.1027 | Chateau of Amboise - Motor Car Tours of Touraine - Paris - Orléans Railway, art by Constant-Duval, Paris: Imp. Champenois, 1922 | Compagnie du chemin de fer de Paris à Orléans |
| 75.1011 | Chateau de Sully-Sur-Inire - Chemin de fer de Paris a’Orleans, Constant-Duval, 1931 | Compagnie du chemin de fer de Paris à Orléans |
| 75.994 | La Cote d’Emeraude - Chemins de fer de l’etat, art by Marie Toussaint, Paris: Imp. Chaix, 2-23, undated | Chemins de fer de l‘État (“State Railways”) |
| 75.1066 | Cook’s Nile & Palestine Tours, art by Tony Binder, London: Thomas Cook & Son, Ltd., David Allen & Sons, Ltd., 1921 | Thomas Cook & Son |
| 75.1063 | Cortina D’Ampezzo e le Tofane - Italia, Rome: Stab. L. Salomone, circa 1920 | Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane S.p.A. |
| 75.1208 | Cunard Line to All Parts of the World, art by Ulrich Gutersohn, Nottingham, UK, circa 1920 | Cunard Line, Ltd. |
| 75.1073 | Dauphine - Paris, Lyon, Mediterranee, art by Roger Soubie, Imp. Corrille & Serre, undated | Compagnie des chemins de fer de Paris à Lyon et à la Méditerranée (PLM) |
| 75.1013 | Davos, Suisse - Switzerland - Schweiz, Zurich, Switzerland: printed by L.C. Art Institut Orell Fussli, undated | |
| 75.1007 | Duchesses of the Atlantic - Newest and Largest Cabin Steamship on the St. Lawrence River route, art by Norman Wilkenson, lithographed in Canada, undated | Canadian Pacific Steamships, Ltd. |
| 75.1206 | Edinburgh on the London & North Eastern Railway - Travel by East Coast Route, London: Adams Bros. & Shardlow, Ltd., undated | London & North Eastern Railway (LNER) |
| 75.1061 | Fastest to the Orient - The White Empresses of the Pacific, lithographed in Canada, undated | Canadian Pacific Steamships |
| 75.1077 | Foire de Lyon - La Grande Reunion Mondiane - Paris, Lyon, Mediterranee, art by Roger Broders, Paris: Cornille & Serre, Imp., undated | Compagnie des chemins de fer de Paris à Lyon et à la Méditerranée (PLM) |
| 75.990 | For the Zoo - Regents Park - Camden Town - Chalk Farm- Underground, art by Arnold Johnston, Vincent Brooks, Day & Son, Ltd., London, 1930 | Underground Electric Railway Company Ltd. |
| 75.1034 | Fore! Gleneagles - The Golf Course the Great in Scotland, art by Harry Roundtree, London: Dobson, Malle & Co., 1910 | Caledonian Railway |
| 75.1030 | French Line - Cie. Gle. Transatlantique - New York - Havre - Paris, art by Albert Sebille | Compagnie Général Transatlantique, (French Line) |
| 75.1029 | French Line - Cie. Gle. Transatlantique - S.S. ‘Paris,’ art by Albert Sebille, Paris, undated | Compagnie Général Transatlantique, (French Line) |
| 75.1014 | Furka-Oberalp, Brig-Gletsch-Andermait-Disentis, Suisse - Switzerland - Schweiz, art by Ernst, Trub & Cie, Aarau, Switzerland, undated | Swiss Federal Railways |
| 75.1067 | Grenoble - Service Automobiles de la Route de Alpes - Chemins de fer Paris-Lyon-Mediterranee., art by Roger Broders, Paris: Les Imprimeries Daude Freres | Compagnie des chemins de fer de Paris à Lyon et à la Méditerranée (PLM) |
| 75.1064 | Hyeres - et le Littoral des Maures Paris, Lyon, Mediterranee, art by George Dorival, Office Francais Du Tourisme, New York, 1914 | Compagnie des chemins de fer de Paris à Lyon et à la Méditerranée (PLM) |
| 75.1008 | Les Iles de l’Ocean, Englise de St.-Martin-de-Re - Chemins de fer de l’etat, art by Jean Chaboseau, Paris: Imp. Chaix, 1930 | Chemins de fer de ‘État (“State Railways”) |
| 75.1210; 75.1211 | Jaipur-Rajputana, London: Avenue Press, 1930 (2 copies) | Bombay, Baroda & Central India Railway |
| 75.1005 | Lago d’Orta, Napoli, Italia, undated | Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane S.p.A. |
| 75.1012 | Lausanne, Ouchy - Suisse, Switzerland, Schweiz, art by Rene Martin, Switzerland: Lithographie Simplon Lausanne, 1937 | Swiss Federal Railways |
| 75.991 | Lepidoptera - Natural History Museum... South Kensington, art by Austin Cooper, Sanders Phillips & Co. at The Bavnard Press, 1928 | Underground Electric Railways Company of London Limited |
| 75.1069 | La Loire & ses Chateaux - Chemin de fer de Parisà Orléans, Paris: printed by G. de Malherbe & Cie. Imp., undated | Compagnie du chemin de fer de Paris à Orléans |
| 75.1070 | Le Maroc via Marseille, art by Louis E. Lessieux, Paris: Cornille & Serre, Imp., 1913 | Compagnie de Navigation Paquet |
| 75.1032 | La Mayenne pittoresque - Chemins de fer de l’etat, art by C. H. Hallez, Hachard & Cie., France, 1925 | Chemins de fer de ‘État (“State Railways”) |
| 75.1079 | Meals Taste Better Out-of-Doors - What about It? art by Austin Cooper, London: Adams Bros .& Shardlow Ltd., 1923 | Underground Electric Railways Company of London Limited |
| 75.1057 | Most Picturesque Trip in Sweden - Gota Canal, art by Stroin, undated | Gota Canal Steamship Company |
| 75.1089 | No. 2 Mansbridge, art by John Mansbridge, London: Sanders Phillips & Co., Ltd., The Baynard Press, 1930 | Underground Electric Railways Company of London Limited |
| 75.1081 | No. 4 Mansbridge, art by John Mansbridge, Sanders Phillips & Co., Ltd., The Baynard Press, London, 1930 | Underground Electric Railways Company of London Limited |
| 75.1062 | Norway in September, art by Freda Lingstrom, London: Adams Bros. & Shardlow, Ltd., undated | Norwegian State Railways |
| 75.1043 | Orient Line Cruises Norway, London: Eyre & Spottiswoode Ltd., H.M. Printers, undated | Cunard Steam Ship Co., Ltd |
| 75.1090 | Post Godstone Slip Here, art by John Mansbridge, London: Sanders Phillips & Co., Ltd., The Baynard Press, 1927 | Underground Electric Railways Company of London Limited |
| 75.1083 | Post Hadley Slip Here, art by John Mansbridge, London: Sanders Phillips & Co., Ltd., The Baynard Press, 1928 | Underground Electric Railways Company of London Limited |
| 75.1082 | Post Knockholt Slip Here, art by John Mansbridge, London: Sanders Phillips & Co., Ltd., The Baynard Press, 1928 | Underground Electric Railways Company of London Limited |
| 75.995 | Punta di Balbianello – Lago di Como, [Italia], undated | Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane S.p.A. |
| 75.996 | Rocamadour - Chemin de fer d’Orleans, art by A.L.O., Paris: printed by G. de Malherbe & cic. Imp., 1921 | Compagnie du chemin de fer de Paris à Orléans |
| 75.1072 | Route des Pyrenees, le Col d’Aubisque et le Pic du Ger - Services d’Auto - Cars de la Cie du Midi, art by Roger Soubie, Paris: E. Baudelot, Imp., circa 1925 | Compagnie des chemins de fer du Midi (CF du Midi), |
| 75.1010 | Route des Vosges, en trois étapes, art by Julian Lucaze, France: Imp. Lucien-Serre, 1919 | Alsace & Lorraine Railways |
| 75.1060 | Royal Mail Line Cruises Norway, art by Ivan V. Beard, London: Sanders Phillips & Co., Ltd., The Baynard Press, circa 1920 | Royal Mail Line |
| 75.1059 | Scotland Straight as the Crow Flies - Shortest & Quickest Way to the Border, art by Norman Howard, London: McCorquodale & Co., Limited, circa 1928 | London Midland and Scottish Railway |
| 75.1031 | Siam - Beautiful Bangkok - The Jewel City of Asia - State Railway Express Service, art by Wening, Cornille & Serre Imprimeurs, undated | Siam. Department of Royal State Railways |
| 75.1065 | Siam Through Sunny Scenic Siam by the State Railways, art by Wening, Chicago: Thomas Cook & Son Tourist Managers, undated | Siam. Department of Royal State Railways |
| 75.1003 | Switzerland, Schloss Heidegg, undated | [Swiss Federal Railways] |
| 75.1033 | Switzerland, Schloss Heidegg, undated | [Swiss Federal Railways] |
| 75.999 | Taormina, Italia, art by M. Borgoni, printed in Italy, undated | Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane S.p.A. |
| 75.1091 | To St. Albans by Bus - To Dorking by Bus, art by Austin Cooper, Underground Electric Railways Company Ltd., The Baynard Press, London, 1930 | Underground Electric Railways Company of London Limited |
| 75.993 | Vallee des Rhone Avignon - Cité des Papes, Paris, Lyon, Mediterranee, art by A.L.O., circa 1920 | Compagnie des chemins de fer de Paris à Lyon et à la Méditerranée (PLM) |
| 75.1205 | York on the London and Northeastern Railway, London: Vincent Brooks, Day and Son, undated | London & North Eastern Railway (LNER) |
| 75.992 | Zoo - Camden Town, Regents Park, Chalk Farm, art by Gregory Brown, The Dangerfield Printing Co., Ltd., London, 1930 | Underground Electric Railways Company of London Limited |
