Lot 414: BEN NASONNew Haven Railroad/Boston.

BEN NASON
New Haven Railroad/Boston.
The New Haven Railroad was an extremely passenger-oriented line and a great proportion of its revenues came from New England vacation travel. Posters in no small part contributed to an awareness of the railway and Ben Nason contributed greatly to this lithographic consciousness with a series of approximately seven designs first appearing circa 1941. In 1945, after the conclusion of WW II, the posters were once again widely distributed and continued to run as late as 1955. Boston was the northern end point of the New Haven Railroad's 'Shoreline Route'. The Nason poster depicts four famously familiar structures that to this day remain popular tourist attractions for visitors: The Massachusetts State House, the Bunker Hill Monument, the Old State House, and the Old North Church.

27 3/8 x 41 1/2 in./69.5 x 105.5 cm

Cond B-/Restored tears.