This series features maritime or nautical posters from between the 1880s to the 1950s, many published by the famous shipping lines of the day like Canadian Pacific, Cunard White Star, and the Orient line, many illustrated by well-known graphic artists of the day. Perhaps the most well-known is Adolphe Mouron-Cassandre, whose posters from the 1930s have become collectable classics. If the name is not familiar, the posters will be. Some of the famous vessels will be familiar to you too - there are posters advertising the maiden voyage of the ill-fated Titanic for instance.
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| A steamship ticket from 1859 |
This is part 1 of a 5 - part series on maritime posters:
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1884 North German Lloyd
New York and Bremen |
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| 1889 La Veloce |
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1894 Cunard Line
From Liverpool to New York & Boston |
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1895 Orient Co's Pleasure Cruise by the SS. "Lusitania"
To The West India Islands, Madeira, Teneriffe, Azores &c.
Note: not to be confused with RMS Lusitania launched in 1906, and sunk by the Germans during World War 1 |
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1898 Mala Real Inglesa (Royal Mail Line) Brazil
poster by Fred Simpson |
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1898 Red Star Line
Antwerp - New York
poster by Henri Cassiers |
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| 1899 American Line |
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1899 Red Star Line
Antwerp - New York
poster by Henri Cassiers |
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1899c Cie. des Messageries Maritimes
poster by Abel Brun |
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1900 Sylt Steamship Company
poster by Felix Schwormstädt |
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| 1900c Hamburg - Süd-Amerikanische |
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| 1900c Nordsee - Bädern |
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1900c Summer Cruises to Norway
poster by Anton Reckziegel |
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| 1900c The Royal Mail Steam Packet Company |
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| 1900s Hamburg - Amerikanische Packelfahrt A.G. |
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1900s Nelson Line Argentina and Brzil
poster by Odin Rosenvinge (1880-1959) |
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1900s White Star Line
Liverpool to New York |
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1900s White Star Line
Liverpool to New York |
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| 1901c Hamburg-Amerika Linie |
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1903 Hamburg-Amerika Linie
poster by Hans Bohrdt |
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1903 Norddeutscher Lloyd, Bremen
poster by Friitz Rehm |
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1904 Dominion Line, Liverpool to Canada
poster by William Cossens |
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1904 Winter in the West Indies
poster by A. S. Forrest |
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1904c Hamburg-Amerika Linie
poster by Felix Schwormstädt |
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1905 Nordlandfahrten Hamburg - Amerika Linie
poster by Carl Langhein |
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1905 Sylt Steamship Company Nordseebäder
poster by Willy Stöwer |
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| 1905c Riviera Dienst Hamburg-Amerika Linie |
This is the SS Lusitania that was sunk by the Germans during World War 1. Plus three recruitment posters after the event:
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1907 Cunard Line Royal Mail Steamers
The Lusitania |
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1907 Cunard Line Monarchs of the Sea
"Lusitania" and "Mauretania" |
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| 1915 WWI Recruitment Poster |
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| 1915 WWI Recruitment Poster |
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| 1915 WWI Recruitment Poster |
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1907 Exposition Maritime Internationale Bordeaux
poster by Antoine Ponchin |
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1908 Red Star Line
poster by Hendrick Cassiers |
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| 1910 Cunard Line Liverpool to New York & Boston |
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1910 Cunard Line
Liverpool. New York. Boston. Via Queenstown. |
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1910 Österreichischer LLoyd : Triest
poster by Adolf Karpellus |
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| 1910c Hamburg-Amerika Linie |
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1910c Westerland-Sylt
poster by Franz Korwan |
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1910s R.M.S.P. "Arcadian"
poster by Frank Newbould (1887-1951) |
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| 1912 Österr-Lloyd Triest |
1912 Titanic
The sinking of the RMS Titanic
occurred on the night of 14 April through to the morning of 15 April 1912 in
the North Atlantic Ocean, four days into the ship's maiden voyage from
Southampton to New York City. The "unsinkable" vessel was holed after striking an iceberg.
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| An artists impression of the disaster at the time, featured in The Daily Mail newspaper |
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1912 White Star Line
"Titanic" |
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1912 White Star Line
"Titanic" |
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1912 White Star Line
"Olympic" and "Titanic" |
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| 1912c Orient Line to Australia |
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1913 A Winter Tour by P & O. India Ceylon Egypt
brochure |
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1913 Allan Line Royal Mail To and From Canada
poster by James S. Mann |
