See America this Year!/Cunard White Star
c. 1935
Artist / Maker / Culture
Designer Unknown
DIMENSIONS
39 3/4 x 24 1/4 in. (101 x 61.6 cm)
OBJECT NUMBER
PH.8204
COUNTRY OF ORIGIN
City, Nautical, New York, New York City, Ship, Transportation, Travel, United Kingdom, United States
CREDIT LINE
Poster House Permanent Collection
KEYWORDS
City, Nautical, New York, New York City, Ship, Transportation, Travel, United Kingdom, United States
This poster shows the RMS Majestic sailing into New York toward the Hudson River. Pier 54 at 14th Street, where the ship docked, is visible in the distance. The composition represents one of the earliest uses of photography in a travel poster promoting New York as a destination. As the Cunard Line and the White Star Line merged in 1934, and the RMS Majestic took its final crossing on February 13, 1936, this poster is a record of a very small period of time in the history of these shipping companies.
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