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New Zealand Railways: Queenstown, New Zealand. Scenic trip by train & railway motor. [c...
Date: 1938 - 1939
By: New Zealand Railways. Publicity Branch; Holmwood, Edward John Evelyn, 1910-1987
Reference: Eph-E-TOURISM-Queenstown-1930s-01
Description: Shows view over Queenstown waterfront towards the Remarkables in the background. In conversation with Hamish Thompson in 2005, Jim Morrison, an employee of the Railways in 1947-1987, attributed this poster to artist John Holmwood. Dated with reference to the fact that the poster may be one of the six new posters mentioned in the Railways Department's annual report for 1938-1939. They are described as reaching "a new standard for New Zealand" with "excellence in their design and printing". Peter Alsop reports (email 28 January 2020) that three of the six appear in a photograph held by Rotorua Museum; the photograph also shows a poster for the New Zealand Centennial, suggesting a date of around 1939. Other Titles - Poster Inscriptions: Recto - beneath image - Issued by the N.Z. Railways Publicity Branch. Quantity: 1 colour art print(s). Physical Description: Lithograph, colour, 1005 x 630 mm.