BERGSTROM (DATES UNKNOWN)
169
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COLORADO ROCKIES / BLACK HILLS AND UTAH. 1934.
40
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x26
3
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4
inches, 103x68 cm.
Condition B+: restoration and overpainting at edges; repaired tear in image.
During the 1930s, as American railroad companies scrambled to advertise their brand new streamlined
trains, “a coalition of nearly thirty railroads [out West] pooled their resources against the auto and
introduced the ‘Travel By Train’ campaign. Their cooperative effort produced nearly a dozen posters
portraying a range of national destinations” (Zega p. 109). This series depicted people involved in a
range of outdoor activities surrounded by the striking, majestic beauty of the Rocky Mountains.
[3,000/4,000]
