This beautiful reproduction poster has been re-mastered from an original 1927 illustration by famed artist Sascha Maurer for the New Haven Railroad, promoting their summer routes to New England.
The high-resolution image is printed on heavy archival photo paper, on a large-format, professional giclée process printer. The poster is shipped in a rigid cardboard tube, and is ready for framing.
The 13"x19" format is an excellent image size that looks great as a stand-alone piece of art, or as a grouped visual statement. These posters require no cutting, trimming, or custom framing, and a wide variety of 13"x19" frames are readily available at your local craft or hobby retailer, and online.
A great vintage print for your home, shop, or business!
HISTORY OF THE NEW HAVEN RAILROAD
The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad (reporting mark NH), commonly known simply as the New Haven, was a railroad that operated in the New England region of the United States from 1872 to 1968, dominating the region's rail traffic for the first half of the 20th century.
Beginning in the 1890s and accelerating in 1903, New York banker J. P. Morgan sought to monopolize New England transportation by arranging the NH's acquisition of 50 companies, including other railroads and steamship lines, and building a network of electrified trolley lines that provided interurban transportation for all of southern New England. By 1912, the New Haven operated more than 2,000 miles of track, with 120,000 employees, and practically monopolized traffic in a wide swath from Boston to New York City.
The line became bankrupt in 1935. It emerged from bankruptcy, albeit reduced in scope, in 1947, only to go bankrupt again in 1961. In 1969, its rail assets were merged with the Penn Central system, formed a year earlier by the merger of the New York Central Railroad and Pennsylvania Railroad. Already a poorly conceived merger, Penn Central proceeded to go bankrupt in 1970, becoming the largest bankruptcy in the U.S. until the Enron Corporation superseded it in 2001.
The remnants of the system now comprise Metro-North Railroad's New Haven Line, much of the northern leg of Amtrak's Northeast Corridor, Connecticut's Shore Line East and Hartford Line, parts of the MBTA, and numerous freight operators such as CSX and the Providence and Worcester Railroad. The majority of the system is now owned publicly by the states of Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Massachusetts.
ARTIST SASCHA MAURER
Sascha Maurer (1897-1961) was a famed poster illustrator-graphic designer, and watercolor artist. The son of an artist, Maurer was born in Germany, in 1897. He studied at the School of Applied Arts and the Academy of Fine Arts, both in Munich. His works are highly collectable, and his original works are often very expensive. From 1953 to 1958, Maurer was a major contributor to the The Ford Times magazine, a free magazine given to everyone who purchased a Ford automobile.
During World War I, Maurer served in the German Navy, and after the war, he migrated to Brazil, where he learned lithography and became a talented muralist. He moved to the US in 1925, and worked as a commercial artist. In the 1930's and 1940's he began using his unique style to create ski posters that were influenced by his childhood in the Bavarian Alps. Maurer understood the sport of skiing, and his ski art caught the attention of advertisers at the New Haven Railroad. His work for the railroad brought him a whole new clientele - the travel/railroad/airline industry.
Maurer’s graphic illustrations and artistic watercolors have wide crossover appeal among art collectors and devotees. His watercolors were popular magazine illustrations. Maurer also created images of popular motels in summer locations, that were used for postcards and advertisements, making you wish that you were there.
