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Fly there by B.O.A.C


BOAC frequently issued posters promoting the airline's routes to the Far East in the 1950's and 1960's, without identifying a specificfic destination. Often these posters are labeled 'Far East' or 'Orient', but in this case the destination has been left blank, deemed unneccessary. This was to enable the advertiser to target potential passengers travelling to a range of destinations without needing to produce different posters for each place. The Chinese junk however, in both style and structure, certainly indicates that the airline was emphasizing its important route to Hong Kong. Note that in the early 1960's this was the only destination serviced by BOAC in the Greater China region.

Author / Creator David Judd
Format 1 poster : color ; 101 x 64 cm
Publisher British Overseas Airways Corporation
Year [1961]
HKBU Library collection Hong Kong Travel Poster Collection
Work type Painting Poster
Airline Company British Airways (Former: B.O.A.C)
Keyword(s) Junks
https://bcc.lib.hkbu.edu.hk/artcollection/pn138
Library record View the record in HKBU library catalogue
Copyrighted CC BY-NC 4.0

Cite this image as: David Judd, "Fly there by B.O.A.C", in Hong Kong Baptist University Library Art Collections, accessed 11/11/2024, https://bcc.lib.hkbu.edu.hk/artcollection/pn138.

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