Wayback Wednesday: Advertising Posters

I have always loved vintage marketing posters.  I guess advertising was much more of an art back in the day.  Now we are so bombarded with ads.  It's rare that we think of an advertisement as artwork.  That's why I stopped when I came across this article with these vintage posters.  They are old train posters advertising seaside resorts.  Apparently, there is going to be an auction next month in New York to sell these.

Take a look at some of the beautiful artwork from these posters.

They just make you want to go on vacation (if only in your head).

~M

You can view the article here:

Back to the good old days! Beautiful vintage railway posters promoting British seaside resorts up for auction in New York

Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/travel/travel_news/article-2701367/Vintage-rail-posters-raise-fortune-sale-New-York.html#ixzz38FLWfZnL 

Wayback Wednesday

It's in the middle of summer here in Cincinnati.  Most people I know have been on or are leaving soon for vacation.  I've heard that most people dread looking at other people's vacation photos.  It used to be that you had to sit with a large photo album or watch a slide show and look at every single photo that the person took from their trip.  Now with Facebook, it's so much easier to view (or ignore) other peoples' photos.  I actually enjoy when my friends put up photos of their summer vacations.  Maybe it's because I view them on my own time and I don't feel forced. 

While searching for vintage summer photos, I came across

 this Pinterest Board: Old Photos Hot Fun in the Summertime

It's pretty neat to see these old black and white photographs from summer vacations of the past. 

Take a look for yourself!

~m