travel posters

Scenic promotional prints

Travel posters are advertisements promoting destinations, typically featuring idealized imagery of landscapes, landmarks, or cultural attractions.

The genre flourished in the early twentieth century when railways and steamship lines commissioned artists to create stylized, colorful designs.

Vintage travel posters are now collected as art: She decorated her apartment with old travel posters from the 1930s.

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  • beachSandy waterside margin
  • trainRail vehicle or instruct
  • oceanMassive saltwater body
  • sunsetDay yielding to darkness
  • skylineUrban profile against atmosphere

horizon · tower · steamship · cruise ship · Mountains · lithograph · TWA · Pan Am · jet set · destination · airline · wanderlust · see the world · sailboat · National Parks · Art Nouveau · retro design · bridge

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Opposites
medium/artistic representation

travel postersphotojournalism

Visual news reporting

news photography · raw footage · satellite imagery · mugshots · medical imaging

destination idealization

travel posterswar photography

Capturing armed conflict visually

travel warnings

subject matter

travel postersneighborhood maps

Local area diagrams

Family

travel, posters

Familiarity
Top 200,000
Profile
Known to kids · Used worldwide · Timeless · Concrete · Positive · Everyday, not technical · Rated G