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Culture, Posters & Adverts · 1923 · Waverley corridor

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Adverts, posters & visual culture · 1923

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LNER Silver Jubilee railway poster from 19351935The Silver JubileeFarrah's grocery shop advertisement published in 19231923Farrah's grocery shop advertisementWartime promotional image showing a glamorous woman reclining with a book and smoking a cigaretteSecond World WarWartime glamour and cigarette promotionHarvey Nichols fashion advertisement published in 19211921Harvey Nichols fashion advertisementPalmolive soap advertisement from 1924 headed What's Become of the Homely Girl1924What's Become of the ‘Homely’ Girl?1922 hosiery advertising illustration showing a woman adjusting a stocking1922Holeproof Hosiery illustrationElizabeth Arden cosmetics advertisement photographed by Adolf de Meyer in 19271927Elizabeth Arden cosmetics1941 British government poster asking women to come into the factories1941Women of Britain — Come into the FactoriesBritish government Operation Pied Piper civilian evacuation poster from the Second World WarSecond World WarOperation Pied Piper evacuation posterGuinness advertisement from about 1925 promoting a large family-size bottle for the homec. 1925Order this large Guinness for the homeColourful 1928 Spirit of Haig Great Scot whisky poster1928Spirit of Haig — Great Scot!1919 Tabu cigarette-paper poster showing a stylish woman smoking1919Tabu and the modern smoking womanBritish 1943 At War Against the Axis poster1943At War Against the AxisBritish film poster for The Lodger from 19271927The Lodger: A Story of the London FogBritish film poster for Juno and the Paycock from 19301930Juno and the Paycock1930 British Medical Journal advertisement for Wellcome insulin1930Wellcome Insulin1930s advertisement headed Keep Your Hands Soft and White with Zam-Buk1930sKeep Your Hands Soft & White with Zam-Buk1935 LNER Scotland poster showing Black Watch pipers1935Écosse — Black Watch Pipers1928 LNER poster of the Forth Bridge1928The Forth BridgeLNER poster titled Over the Forth to the North1928Over the Forth to the NorthLNER Fraserburgh beach poster from about 1930c. 1930FraserburghArt Deco LNER golf poster for St Andrewsc. 1930St Andrews — GolfLNER Bridlington poster with stylish woman and Pierrotsc. 1926Bridlington1925 LNER Filey family beach poster1925Filey — For the Family1939 LNER camping coach holiday poster1939Camping Coaches in England and Scotland1929 LNER poster for Munich and Central Europe1929Munich and Central Europe1925 LNER Harwich Antwerp travel poster1925Harwich–Antwerp1928 publicity poster for Easy Virtue1928Easy Virtue1926 poster for The Mountain Eagle1926The Mountain Eagle1929 British film poster for The Manxman1929The ManxmanGerman poster for the 1928 British film Weekend Wives1928 film; 1929 posterWeekend WivesColour Chesterfield cigarette advertisement from Cosmopolitan in 19291929Chesterfield CigarettesHistoric Imperial Airways Cape Town to London poster1930sCape Town to London — Imperial AirwaysHistoric Imperial Airways poster advertising Switzerland1930sSwitzerland by Imperial AirwaysCanadian Pacific poster showing RMS Empress of Britainc. 1931RMS Empress of Britain — Canadian Pacific
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Wartime campaign · 1943

At War Against the Axis

A dated British government poster presenting the Allied war effort against the Axis. It supplies a national frame for the railway's wartime operation without claiming local placement.

UK Government / US National Archives, via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain – UK government work

British cinema poster · 1927

The Lodger: A Story of the London Fog

Edward McKnight Kauffer's British poster for Alfred Hitchcock's silent thriller shows the bold modern graphic language encountered by cinema audiences during the LNER era.

Edward McKnight Kauffer / Woolf & Freedman Film Service, via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

British cinema poster · 1930

Juno and the Paycock

The poster promoted Alfred Hitchcock's 1930 adaptation of Sean O'Casey's play. Scottish actor John Laurie appeared in the film; the item records contemporary cinema publicity rather than local screening evidence.

Unknown artist, via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain – UK anonymous work

Medical advertising · 1930

Wellcome Insulin

An illustrated British Medical Journal advertisement marketed Burroughs Wellcome insulin to doctors in 1930, recording how a major therapeutic innovation entered professional commercial culture.

Historical medical advertising; this record is not current medical guidance.Wellcome Collection · CC BY 4.0

Hand-care advertising · 1930s

Keep Your Hands Soft & White with Zam-Buk

The coloured Zam-Buk advertisement addressed women directly and associated hand care with softness, whiteness and nightly domestic routine, preserving the period's gendered language of appearance.

Historical beauty advertising reflects period assumptions about gender and appearance.Wellcome Collection · CC BY 4.0

LNER destination poster · 1935

Écosse — Black Watch Pipers

Christopher Clark's square LNER design sells Scotland through the ceremonial spectacle of Black Watch pipers.

Christopher Clark / LNER, via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

LNER railway poster · 1928

The Forth Bridge

Henry George Gawthorn turns the Forth Bridge into a monumental Art Deco emblem of modern railway travel.

Henry George Gawthorn / LNER, via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

LNER destination poster · 1928

Over the Forth to the North

Gawthorn's forceful geometry presents the bridge as the gateway to northern destinations.

Henry George Gawthorn / LNER, via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

LNER resort poster · c. 1930

Fraserburgh

A fashionably dressed beach crowd sells Fraserburgh as a stylish rail holiday destination.

Henry George Gawthorn / LNER, via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

LNER leisure poster · c. 1930

St Andrews — Golf

Reginald Higgins promotes St Andrews through the prestige and visual elegance of golf on the Old Course.

Reginald Higgins / LNER, via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

LNER resort poster · c. 1926

Bridlington

A Jazz Age woman and Pierrot entertainers embody the glamour and playfulness used to sell seaside travel.

Reginald Higgins / LNER, via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain

LNER resort poster · 1925

Filey — For the Family

A fashionable family at the beach presents rail travel as comfortable, modern and socially aspirational.

Reginald Higgins / LNER, via Wikimedia Commons · Public domain