Rock Island 1934 Worlds Fair Romance Of A Railroad Vintage Travel Poster
A Rock Island railroad poster for the 1934 World’s Fair, promising the Romance of a Railroad in multicolored travelogs. A theater audience watches a glowing Spanish mission scene on screen.
Description
This colorful poster advertises the Rock Island railroad at the 1934 World's Fair, offering the Romance of a Railroad through multicolored travelogs with special reduced fares. Below a stylized fairground tower, a rapt theater audience watches a luminous travel film of a Spanish mission and snow-capped mountains. With its sunny yellows and art deco geometry, it is a wonderful artifact of Depression-era American travel promotion.
