The Broads (poster)

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Poster, London & North Eastern Railway, The Broads, about 1935. Coloured lithograph depicting bathers and a boat on the Norfolk Broads. A serious young woman in a swimsuit stands in the prow of a boat, dropping a bathrobe or towel, ready to jump in the water. A man and a woman are in the water, holding onto the boat, while another young woman in a swimsuit is crouched in the boat under a yellow and white canopy. There is another swimmer behind the boat, and beyond a red sail amid green rushes. Text below, "200 miles safe inland waterways" and "Holidays afloat £4 per week". Format double royal.

Details

Category:
Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills
Object Number:
1987-8964
Materials:
paper
type:
poster
credit:
British Rail, Records Office