Ellerman City - Hall - Bucknall Lines : advert in "Travel Notes" : booklet issued by the Southern Railway of England : 1923
A reproduction of a poster as an advert and as seen in a small booklet/folder called "Travel Notes" issued by the Southern Railway to assist travellers to the Continent. The folder includes a pocket for travel documents as well as many pages of adverts.
The folder must have been issued just after the 1923 Grouping as although the main text refers to the Southern Railway, elsewhere it appears as the either still the South Eastern & Chatham Railway or the Southern Railway (S. E. & C. Section) as well as including adverts such as this for the Caledonian that would have been, by the time of printing, part of the London Midland & Scottish Railway.
The Ellerman Lines were a long established shipping group with its origins in Liverpool. Formed in 1892 the company expanded agressively and would in time become one of the largest shipping concerns in the world with a particular presence in the Mediterranean and Near East. Amongst the many concerns acquired the Bucknall Line became part of the group in 1908 to become, by 1914, the Ellerman-Bucknall Line. At the outbreak of World War One it consisted of Ellerman City Line; Ellerman and Bucknall Steamship Company; Ellerman and Papayanni Lines; and Hall Line (though the City and Hall line were often referred to as one — Ellerman City & Hall Lines).
I can find little about the artist of this work "E. Hamilton" but they certainly designed posters for other shipping companies including the Royal Mail Line. Given the lettering style I am inclined to think the poster design may be pre-WW1.
Ellerman City - Hall - Bucknall Lines : advert in "Travel Notes" : booklet issued by the Southern Railway of England : 1923
A reproduction of a poster as an advert and as seen in a small booklet/folder called "Travel Notes" issued by the Southern Railway to assist travellers to the Continent. The folder includes a pocket for travel documents as well as many pages of adverts.
The folder must have been issued just after the 1923 Grouping as although the main text refers to the Southern Railway, elsewhere it appears as the either still the South Eastern & Chatham Railway or the Southern Railway (S. E. & C. Section) as well as including adverts such as this for the Caledonian that would have been, by the time of printing, part of the London Midland & Scottish Railway.
The Ellerman Lines were a long established shipping group with its origins in Liverpool. Formed in 1892 the company expanded agressively and would in time become one of the largest shipping concerns in the world with a particular presence in the Mediterranean and Near East. Amongst the many concerns acquired the Bucknall Line became part of the group in 1908 to become, by 1914, the Ellerman-Bucknall Line. At the outbreak of World War One it consisted of Ellerman City Line; Ellerman and Bucknall Steamship Company; Ellerman and Papayanni Lines; and Hall Line (though the City and Hall line were often referred to as one — Ellerman City & Hall Lines).
I can find little about the artist of this work "E. Hamilton" but they certainly designed posters for other shipping companies including the Royal Mail Line. Given the lettering style I am inclined to think the poster design may be pre-WW1.