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52 Vintage Travel Ads to Inspire Your Bucket List ...

52 Vintage Travel Ads to Inspire Your Bucket List ...
By Neecey

As much as I love looking at high res travel photos, I find vintage travel ads just as inspiring. Eye-catching posters were used long before travel brochures and photo websites to entice tourists to fabulous destinations all over the world. Produced by some of the best graphic artists and designers of the day, these vintage travel ads are works of art in their own right.

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6. Wisconsin

Wisconsin Via Shine United

Loving how the train engine is cheese colored.

9. California

California Via SCN_0045
I'm ready to strap on you water skis - are you?

10. Houston

Houston Via andersondesigngroupstore.com

Don't you find it interesting that the 1950's stylisation of a jet airplane looks uncannily like a space shuttle?

12. Denmark

Denmark Via art.findartinfo.com

Probably one of the most unrealistic vintage travel ads out there. Denmark is a fabulous country but that picture is not representative.

13. Canine Travel

Canine Travel Via Buttercup Bungalow

I wonder if when they designed this they would have ever imagined dog passports and dogs traveling by airplane.

14. Palm Springs, USA

Palm Springs, USA Via Wedding Inspiration

Check out how much jewelry this gorgeous beach babe is
wearing.

15. Haiti

Haiti Via The Poster Lady - Travel ...

From the days when American tourists had a love affair with Haiti. Haiti was once the most popular destination in the Caribbean.

21. Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah, USA

Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah, USA Via bendbungalow.com

The elk is a magnificent specimen isn't he?

29. Leningrad,Russia

Leningrad,Russia Via "Leningrad," circa 1931

Am loving the use of Soviet gray to promote one of the great Russian cities.

32. Montana, USA

Montana, USA Via Welcome to Montana Travel Poster

What a great depiction of Montana.

33. Brittany, France

Brittany, France Via decologue

The essence of Brittany.

37. Chamonix-Mont. Blanc, France

Chamonix-Mont. Blanc, France Via Chamonix-Mont. Blanc

All year round advertising on one travel poster.

38. Chicago, USA

Chicago, USA Via Buckingham Fountain

A fountain as the focal point promises dramatic sighs on the streets of the Windy City.

39. Hyderabad, India

Hyderabad, India Via Hey Oscar Wilde!

Is it my imagination or is that Doctor Who's TARDIS in the bottom left?

41. Tokyo, Japan

Tokyo, Japan Via Lufthansa - Tokio

Minimalist yet effective - the essence of Japan.

44. Spain

Spain Via The Vintage Poster - Otto ...

Sultry Spanish ladies still beckon you to sample the charms of the Iberian Peninsula.

48. The Blue Mountains, Australia

The Blue Mountains, Australia Via Blue Mountains NSW Australia

The message couldn't be more clear.

51. Hangon Merikylpyla,Finland

Hangon Merikylpyla,Finland Via cometofinland.fi

Travel posters are also a great source of he fashions of the day.

52. The Titanic

Via Vintage Travel Posters We Want ...

Now you know what enticed all those passengers on board the greatest ocean-going liner the world had ever seen.

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