Hull - Britain's third and cheapest port - folder issued by the London & North Eastern Railway, c1925
What a cracking folder this is - opening out to a large scale sketch map of the port of Kingston-upon-Hull, one of the many jewels in the London & North Eastern Railway's portfolio of docks and harbours. I do like the strapline 'cheapest' - I can't possibly say anything about the city being in Yorkshire (the East Riding) and, if I'm fair, I'd have to say I wonder where the cheapest and second cheapest were given the LNER's operating territory!
The LNER was formed in 1923 and so, given the portage and dues dates in the folder are for 1924, this feels like quite an early item of LNER publicity and it does illustrate the company's early use of striking, commissioned artwork for their publications. The striking silhouettes in three colours show the commerical and fishing docks that made the city such a busy and famous port. It also shows the Wilberforce Memorial column in its original location adjacent to Princes and Queens Docks prior to their closure and before it was relocated in the 1930s. The artist - well, the initials are very muted but they could be FHM and that means this may be by that brilliant marine and poster artist Frank Mason (1875 - 1965) , who was certainly associated with the LNER and maritime artworks. But it isn't certain until I can do some more research.
Hull - Britain's third and cheapest port - folder issued by the London & North Eastern Railway, c1925
What a cracking folder this is - opening out to a large scale sketch map of the port of Kingston-upon-Hull, one of the many jewels in the London & North Eastern Railway's portfolio of docks and harbours. I do like the strapline 'cheapest' - I can't possibly say anything about the city being in Yorkshire (the East Riding) and, if I'm fair, I'd have to say I wonder where the cheapest and second cheapest were given the LNER's operating territory!
The LNER was formed in 1923 and so, given the portage and dues dates in the folder are for 1924, this feels like quite an early item of LNER publicity and it does illustrate the company's early use of striking, commissioned artwork for their publications. The striking silhouettes in three colours show the commerical and fishing docks that made the city such a busy and famous port. It also shows the Wilberforce Memorial column in its original location adjacent to Princes and Queens Docks prior to their closure and before it was relocated in the 1930s. The artist - well, the initials are very muted but they could be FHM and that means this may be by that brilliant marine and poster artist Frank Mason (1875 - 1965) , who was certainly associated with the LNER and maritime artworks. But it isn't certain until I can do some more research.