Better Travel Shaw Savill Round the World : SOUTHERN CROSS - NORTHERN STAR
Maker
Shaw Savill & Albion Line
(British, founded 1882)
Date1962 - 1973
Object number00047893
NamePoster
Mediumink on paper
DimensionsOverall: 735 x 495 mm
Copyright© Furness-Withy
ClassificationsPosters and postcards
Credit LineANMM Collection Gift from Christopher Beazley
DescriptionA poster titled 'Better travel Shaw Savill - Round the world - SOUTHERN CROSS - NORTHERN STAR', showing a beach and buildings in Acapulco.SignificanceThis poster is part of a series that are an excellent record of the height of a period of passenger line travel and the advertising of exotic tourist destinations, as well as the advertsing of iconic state tourist attractions. They display a range of promotional iconography - from images of overseas cultures to images of cruise ship luxury service, in a large glossy, colour format typical of the 1960s and 1970s.