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Prepared from the source scan: surroundings removed and the sheet levelled where required. The source record remains available below.
Five Schools, Built to Deepen · Travel, Rail, and Liner
The Electric Simplon Line, Switzerland (Emil Cardinaux, 1928)
Emil Cardinaux (1877-1936) · The Electric Simplon Line, 1928
Format
Archival pigment giclée on museum-grade matte art paper, color-managed to the source scan — the flat inks and stone grain intact. The 40×60 is the room-changer.
Size
$39.00
What it is
A travel poster by Emil Cardinaux in English, The Electric Simplon Line, Switzerland, dated 1928 and held by SBB Historic as P A05 0002.
Why it matters
The Swiss railways electrified their main lines in the 1920s and advertised smokeless travel through the Alps abroad.
What to notice
The word electric leads the title: the selling point was the current, not the mountain.
Hydroelectric Switzerland, in a travel poster.
Provenance
- School
- Plakat — the Object Poster (Various)
- Designer
- Emil Cardinaux (1877-1936)
- Format
- Travel poster
- Poster published
- The Electric Simplon Line, 1928
- Source
- SBB Historic, Bern · SBB Historic P A05 0002
Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (published 1930 or earlier). Gated by the poster’s own publication year. Cleared by registry on 2026-11-01. The Commons master is a 7532x12068 TIFF; the catalogue hangs its JPEG rendition, which is what is measured and printed.
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