[Roundhill, Bernard], 1911-2005 :Peter the Pilot's Century of Progress. 1939 series; speed, air, sea, land sport, progress. [Timaru Milling Company Ltd. Picture card album cover, 1939].

[Roundhill, Bernard], 1911-2005 :Peter the Pilot's Century of Progress. 1939 series; speed, air, sea, land sport, progress. [Timaru Milling Company Ltd. Picture card album cover, 1939].
Date
1939
By
Roundhill, Bernard, 1911-2005
Reference
Eph-B-PICTURE-CARDS-Timaru-1939-01-front
Description

Cover shows a futuristic city with skyscrapers, motorways at different levels, a jet boat and ocean liner, with jetplanes zooming overhead. The sky is striped to indicate a rising light source from behind the buildings.

This cover appears to be the artwork of Bernard Roundhill of Coulls Somerville Wilkie, although unsigned.

Other Titles - Peter the Pilot

Quantity: 1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on cover.

Physical Description: Photolithograph on cover of scrapbook, 278 x 185 mm.

Additional description

Alternative form available: File print and colour transparency in Ephemera Room

Access restrictions
Partly restricted - Please use surrogate in place of original
Part of
Timaru Milling Company Ltd :Peter the pilot albums 1938-1943, 1946-1948, 1950-1953; and Famous flyers and their planes, 1936-1937. / Timaru Milling Company Ltd :Peter the Pilot's Century of Progress. 1939 series; speed, air, sea, land sport, progress. [Picture card album, printed by Coulls Somerville Wilkie, 1939].
Format
1 colour photo-mechanical print(s) on cover, Ephemera, Photolithographs, Advertisements, Pictures, Photolithograph on cover of scrapbook, 278 x 185 mm.
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Roundhill, Bernard, 1911-2005. [Roundhill, Bernard], 1911-2005 :Peter the Pilot's Century of Progress. 1939 series; speed, air, sea, land sport, progress. [Timaru Milling Company Ltd. Picture card album cover, 1939].. Timaru Milling Company Ltd :Peter the pilot albums 1938-1943, 1946-1948, 1950-1953; and Famous flyers and their planes, 1936-1937.. Ref: Eph-B-PICTURE-CARDS-Timaru-1939-01-front. Alexander Turnbull Library, Wellington, New Zealand. /records/22677549

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