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Travelling Through Asia - An online exhibition of vintage posters, luggage labels and travel ephemera from 1900 to 1980 28 March - 30 April, 2022
Discover Asia through the eyes of travellers of a bygone era at Picture This Gallery's carefully curated exhibition of travel-related advertising dating from 1900 to 1980. This exhibition for sale is a celebration of uncommon, important and beautiful Asian travel advertisements in the form of promotional posters, hotel luggage labels, and other travel memorabilia from destinations including Hong Kong, Indonesia, the Philippines, China, Japan, Taiwan, Australia and Singapore. Highlights of this exhibition include a group of 1930's stone lithographic posters issued by K.P.M. Line promoting travel to the Indonesian islands of Java, Bali and Sumatra.  The "Travelling Through Asia" exhibition also brings together a collection of alluringly-designed luggage labels several of which were issued by The Hong Kong & Shanghai Hotels and designed by notable hotel label artist Dan Sweeney, as well as other leading hotels: Raffles Singapore, The Strand Rangoon and the Boa Vista in Macao.

PLEASE NOTE that all items in the exhibition are immediately available for sale - you should contact us to enquire or purchase.
 

Lloyd Triestino India. Express S...
Marcello Dudovich (1878-1962)

See Sumatra
Carl Shreve (1901-1988)

See Bali
Carl Shreve (1901-1988)

Canberra - Federal Capital & Gar...
James Northfield (1887-1973)

Straits China Japan by P&O - A...
Unknown artist

Java Wonderland of Colour - Trav...
Harry Marriott Burton (1882-1979)

Air France Near East - Far East
Lucien Boucher (1889-1971)

Iraqi Airways
Wilson

Singapore - Air India Internatio...
Unknown artist

Air France Asie
André Golven

Air France - Extreme Orient
Guy Georget

Far East - Fly there by B.O.A.C.
G.J. Galsworthy

Northwest Orient Airlines - See ...
Unknown artist

The Noon Day Gun in Hong Kong
Dong Kingman (1911-2000)

The Orient is Hong Kong
Miroslav Sasek (1916-1980)

The British Crown Colony of Hong...
Dong Kingman (1911-2000)

The Orient is Hong Kong - Fly th...

Hong Kong - Fly TWA
David Klein (1918-2005)

Hong Kong - Fly Canadian Pacific

Hong Kong - More than You'll Bar...

Hong Kong
Attributed to Kronfeld

The Orient is Hong Kong
Unknown photographer

HONG KONG

Hong Kong
Keith Macgregor (b1946)

CP Air - Hong Kong
Unknown photographer

Jet to Hong Kong by B.O.A.C. - B...
Arnold Fujita

Jet to Japan by B.O.A.C. - Briti...
Arnold Fujita

Japan - Red Kimono
Uemora Shoen

Scandinavian Airlines System - ...
Netzler

Japan Air Lines - Formosa
Unknown photographer

Taiwan, Republic of China
Unknown photographer

JET YOUR WAY TO BANGKOK BY B.O.A...

Northwest Airlines Manila - Stra...
Unknown photographer

Fly PAL Jet One-Eleven to Manila
Unknown artist

Fly PAL Jet One-Eleven to Bacolod
Unknown artist

Fly Philippine Air Lines to Zamb...
Unknown artist

Dacca - The City of Mosques and ...
Motahar

Fly by B.O.A.C. - Middle East
Dick Negus & Philip Sharland

John Vickery - Outposts of Empire, Ceylon vintage poster

Outposts of Empire, Ceylon
John Vickery (1906-1983)

Pan Am Pacific & Orient
Anonymous

Luggage Label - Continental Pal...
Dan Sweeney (1880-1958)

Luggage Label - Grand Metropole...
Dan Sweeney (1880-1958)

Luggage Label - Majestic Hotel,...
Dan Sweeney (1880-1958)

Luggage Label - Astor House Hot...
Dan Sweeney (1880-1958)

Luggage Label - Astor House Hot...

Luggage Label - Palace Hotel, S...

Luggage Tag - Grand Hôtel de Pékin

Luggage Label - "Boa Vista" Hot...

Luggage Label - Hotel Central, ...

Luggage Label - Astor House Hote...

The Dan Sweeney Repulse Bay Hote...
Dan Sweeney

Luggage Label - Hong Kong Hotel...

Luggage Label - Strand Hotel, R...

Luggage Label - Raffles Hotel, ...

Luggage Label - Raffles Hotel, ...

Luggage Label - Grand Oriental ...

Raffles Hotel (Singapore) Wine a...

Roy's Pavilion Restaurant, Orcha...

Souvenir Passenger List - Matson...
Dan Sweeney (1880-1958)