New Zealand the playground of the Pacific. Get in the "queue" for Queenstown: Best reached by rail
Maker and role
New Zealand Railways. Publicity Branch, Maker
C. M. Banks Limited, Printer
Production date
1930s
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Object detail
Accession number
ART-2019-20.11
Production period
Description
Colour illustrated poster designed by the Railway Studios, printed by C.M. Banks Limited.
Poster aimed at the domestic market advertising rail journeys and tourism in Queenstown. Illustration shows a bird's eye view of Queenstown with the Remarkables in the distance, and a group of climbers in the foreground. One sits on the lower curve of the "Q" and waves. The text below the image describes rail journey: "By Rail to Kingston or Cromwell, for round trips connecting by Lake Steamer and Motor, over Lake Wakatipu and through the Kawarau Gorge.
Poster aimed at the domestic market advertising rail journeys and tourism in Queenstown. Illustration shows a bird's eye view of Queenstown with the Remarkables in the distance, and a group of climbers in the foreground. One sits on the lower curve of the "Q" and waves. The text below the image describes rail journey: "By Rail to Kingston or Cromwell, for round trips connecting by Lake Steamer and Motor, over Lake Wakatipu and through the Kawarau Gorge.
Media/Materials
Physical description
1 poster : colour illustration ; 63 x 101 cm
Collection
Credit Line
New Zealand Railways. Publicity Branch et al. 1930s. New Zealand the playground of the Pacific. Get in the "queue" for Queenstown: Best reached by rail, ART-2019-20.11. Walsh Memorial Library, The Museum of Transport and Technology (MOTAT).
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Production place
Wellington
New Zealand
New Zealand
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