Move to Osterley - 1920's poster for ruralization

This was one of many posters and other ads designed to lure people out of London to build or buy suburban houses. I love the way the smoke from the factories morphs into trees!

 

This relates to "The Forsyte Saga", since a central idea, Soames' building of a country mansion in Richmond, 12 miles from London, is actually part of a larger trend that Galsworthy wonders may be starting in the late 1880's.

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Uploaded on March 4, 2012
Taken on March 3, 2012