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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
Norway, the Land of the Midnight Sun (Othar Holmboe, 1905)
Othar Holmboe (1868-1928) · Norges Statsbaner, 1905
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 Othar Holmboe for Norges Statsbaner, the Norwegian State Railways, printed by the lithographic department of Aktietrykkeriet in Trondheim in 1905; 98.5 by 65 cm.
Why it matters
The lithographic department of Aktietrykkeriet in Trondheim printed it in 1905 for Norges Statsbaner, at 98.5 by 65 cm.
What to notice
The title is in English: the poster was made for visitors.
A new nation's first advertisement.
Provenance
- School
- Plakat — the Object Poster (Various)
- Designer
- Othar Holmboe (1868-1928)
- Printer / house
- Aktietrykkeriets lith. Afd., Trondhjem
- Format
- Travel poster
- Poster published
- Norges Statsbaner, 1905
- Source
- Nasjonalbiblioteket, National Library of Norway · Flickr 14266873086
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.
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