Description
Vintage Travel Poster
This vintage travel poster for the Pennsylvania Railroad is a well-known piece of promotional art titled "Washington, the City Beautiful". It was created around 1940 by the artist Grif Teller, who was famous for producing many of the railroad's calendar illustrations and posters from 1928 into the late 1950s.
Artwork Details
Artist: Grif Teller (1899–1993).
Year: Circa 1940.
Subjects: The lithograph depicts prominent Washington D.C. landmarks, including the U.S. Capitol, the Washington Monument, and the Lincoln Memorial.
Locomotive: A streamlined Pennsylvania Railroad electric locomotive, identified as a GG1 class with the number 4800 visible on its side. The GG1 was a marvel of industrial design for its time.
Purpose: The poster was designed as a travel advertisement to encourage people to visit Washington D.C. using the Pennsylvania Railroad.
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This vintage travel poster for the Pennsylvania Railroad is a well-known piece of promotional art titled "Washington, the City Beautiful". It was created around 1940 by the artist Grif Teller, who was famous for producing many of the railroad's calendar illustrations and posters from 1928 into the late 1950s.
Artwork Details
Artist: Grif Teller (1899–1993).
Year: Circa 1940.
Subjects: The lithograph depicts prominent Washington D.C. landmarks, including the U.S. Capitol, the Washington Monument, and the Lincoln Memorial.
Locomotive: A streamlined Pennsylvania Railroad electric locomotive, identified as a GG1 class with the number 4800 visible on its side. The GG1 was a marvel of industrial design for its time.
Purpose: The poster was designed as a travel advertisement to encourage people to visit Washington D.C. using the Pennsylvania Railroad.
