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Weston-super-Mare Collection: NRM - Railway Posters, Notices & Handbills Object Name: poster Maker: Riley, Harry; British Railways; Waterlow and Sons Limited Date Made: c. 1960 Materials: paper |
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Description: Poster, British Railways (Western Region), Weston-super-Mare, The Smile in Smiling Somerset, by Harry Riley, about 1960. Coloured lithograph depicting an attractive woman wearing striped shorts and a red strapless top, holding the hand of a young blonde girl wearing a blue swimsuit and yellow blouse, and carrying a bucket and spade. They are ascending a flight of stairs with a cafe, holidaymakers and the beach beneath them, and a pier in the background. Additional text reads "Travel by Train. Guide Free from A. R. Turner, Town Hall, Weston-super-Mare." A blue British Railways 'totem' is at bottom right. At bottom margin text reads: "Printed in Great Britain by Waterlow & Sons Ltd., London & Dunstable". Reference PR 140. Format double royal. |
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| Weston-Super-Mare copyright agreement British Railways 1952 | |
| Weston-Super-Mare copyright agreement British Railways 1959 | |
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| Waterlow and Sons Limited 1810-c. 1960, poster printer; printer, Dunstable and London | |
| British Railways, Western Region 1948-1992, railway company regional authority, United Kingdom | |
| British Railways 1948-1969, railways management company, United Kingdom | |
| Riley, Harry Arthur 1895-1966, artist, painter, British | |
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