Scotland, Straight as the Crow Flies

artist:
Norman Howard
printer:
McCorquodale and Company Limited
publisher:
London Midland & Scottish Railway Company
Poster, Scotland, Straight as the Crow Flies. Poster, London Midland & Scottish Railway, Scotland Scotland, Straight as the Crow Flies (poster)

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Poster, Scotland, Straight as the Crow Flies.
© The Board of Trustees of The Science Museum, London
National Railway Museum, York

Poster, London Midland & Scottish Railway, Scotland
© The Board of Trustees of The Science Museum, London
National Railway Museum, York

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Poster, London Midland & Scottish Railway, Scotland, Straight as the Crow Flies, Shortest and Quickest Route to the Border, by Norman Howard, about 1928. Coloured lithograph depicting a crow flying above a steam locomotive hauling a passenger train. The train is passing along a straight line next to an embankment, with a viaduct in the distance. The black outline of the crow dominates the foreground of the image, which is completed in orange, white and black. The word "Scotland" is at the top of the image, with the remaining text below. Number 21 in the LMS Best Way Series. Format double royal.

Details

Category:
Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills
Object Number:
1986-8778
Materials:
paper
type:
poster
credit:
Onslow's Auctioneers