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During the late 19th and early 20th centuries, the Canadian Pacific Railway Company was hailed as one of the wonders of modern travel. The Canadian Pacific railroad spanned North America from the Atlantic to Pacific. The company also operated luxury hotels, passenger ocean liners, cargo ships, and an airline.

To promote the company and also Canada as a destination, the Canadian Pacific produced more than 2,500 lithographic and silkscreen posters -- 1,000 of which were created in its own design studio.
Posters of the Canadian Pacific showcases 300 of the best posters from this company. These posters were displayed in Canadian Pacific offices and travel agencies worldwide from the 1880s until the 1970s. They enticed millions to visit and perhaps even settle in Canada. The imagery is often about travel and leisure and the great outdoors -- skiing, golf, hunting and beach life.

There is a stunning array of Art Deco style work of the 1920s and '30s.

This book is a fascinating insight into commercial art in an era where travel was special rather than mundane. This railway helped to shape modern-day Canada but stepping back 50 years shows how fast things have changed.