Images Dated 2021 January

Winter in the West publicity guide, 1933

This publicity brochure was produced by the GWR in 1933. It was designed by Leonard Cusden and used to promote winter holiday destinations. By the 1930s the GWR were using strong stylised images in their promotional campaigns. Exotic imagery was popular amongst Art Deco designers. The pier in the background of this image is reminiscent of a Chinese pagoda with the surrounding black trees adding a touch of the Orient

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Archirondel & St Catherine's Bay, Jersey, June 1925

A GWR publicity view of Archirondel & St Catherine's Bay on the eastern coast of Jersey in the Channel Islands, June 1925. In the foreground is the beach at Archirondel and its Martello Tower fortification. Behind it lies St Catherine's Bay and the St Catherine's Breakwater

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