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Eastern Bermuda. Early 1970s. Large glossy black poster emphasizing Union Jack, white roofs, red pillar box, view from a cave and mopeds on Front Street. 76cms x 104. $100 |
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Furness Cruises to the West Indies. 1960s. 80cms x 101. Linen backed poster designed by Adolph Treidler. Furness, Withy and Company had the government contract for regular weekly schedules between Bermuda and the USA for about 40 years. Occasionally, particularly during the winter months, the Queen of Bermuda and the Ocean Monarch were pulled off the route for cruises further south. This is the case with the scene of a man on a donkey with Caribbean beach and red funneled liner in the background. $450 |
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Treidler, Adolph. South Shore. 1950s. 78cms x 52. Linen backed. A view somewhat resembling John Smith’s Bay. A wall hanging rather than a poster. Treidler, who was a painter of considerable note in the popular field worked hard after the Second World War to promote Bermuda’s tourist industry. $350 |
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Wreck of St David. Scarce framed poster. 34cms x 42. Produced by Associated News Service, this dates from 1932, right at the end of the Prohibition period in the USA which had seen many liners coming to Bermuda so that thirsty Americans could escape the rigours of their ‘dry’ homeland. This liner, owned by the Canadian National Railways, was not so lucky. The poster says that she was a total loss on her second trip to St Georges from St John’s and Boston in March of that year. However a recent book on the Queen of Bermuda by Piers Plowman and Stephen Card revises that. According to them, though the vessel did hit the reef, it was lucky to escape. $750 |
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Weiss. Panorama of the City of Hamilton. Hand tinted by Bermuda photographer. c1912 $120 |
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