Wednesday, June 23, 2010

Come away with me: Vintage Travel Posters

Everyone loves going on vacation. Being out of the office, enjoying new sites, eating yummy foods and of course the shopping!



During every trip I take I’m always on the look out for a cool trinket to bring home with me and remember the trip. Sometimes it’s an elephant to add to my collection or a vintage candlestick holder from a flea market in Florence.



Seeing this image from Design Sponge I was reminded of another way to remember your favorite locales….vintage travel posters!



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Boston Public Library has a flickr set full of vintage travel posters that you are allowed to save onto your computer so print away!

Here are some favorites:



We went to Italy a couple of years ago so I think this would be a good one to add to my collection:



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European Vacation:



europetravelposter

Of course I love the elephant in this one:

orienttravelposter

I also found a site with free vintage travel posters from America.



Loving the colors in Miami:



miamitravelposter



Home Sweet Home: New York



newyorktravelposter



What happens in Vegas stays in Vegas:



lasvegasposter



Chi-town:



Chicagotravelposter



I love how many different prints are available and at pennies!



I know one person that will be able to fill a gallery wall with them….Summer Lee! Congrats on winning the 3M give-away!

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14 Comments:

Anonymous AppleTree said...

I have always loved those. good find.

June 23, 2010 at 8:52 AM  
Blogger 1 Funky Woman said...

How cool are these? And some you can download for free, wow!

June 23, 2010 at 9:22 AM  
Blogger Lindsay said...

These are great! I have a desk calendar from Anthro of vintage travel posters. xx

June 23, 2010 at 9:26 AM  
Blogger Beth McC. said...

Love these!! Can you buy them??

June 23, 2010 at 9:54 AM  
Blogger Michelle said...

That is a great idea! I always try to find something on my trips, too!

June 23, 2010 at 10:39 AM  
Blogger Alaina @ Live Creating Yourself said...

Oh I love these!!

June 23, 2010 at 10:47 AM  
Blogger Nikki said...

Great idea! Now I just need to travel.

June 23, 2010 at 11:23 AM  
Blogger Unknown said...

These ons are so much fun, I 've seen some great ones from time to time at Cost Plus...I love all the vintage travel posters like this!

June 23, 2010 at 12:12 PM  
Anonymous Carla said...

Thanks so much for linking to my vintage travel posters page. I hope your visitors enjoy the posters!

June 23, 2010 at 12:46 PM  
Blogger Lissa Pierce said...

These are great! I would like to find an Italy one also since that is where we went for our honeymoon.

June 23, 2010 at 2:02 PM  
Blogger Lynett said...

Seriously, have I ever told you you post the best links? So getting some of these for my new apartment!

June 23, 2010 at 2:54 PM  
Anonymous Laura@JourneyChic said...

Fantastic! I'm a Boston gal and had no idea the BPL offered these posters. I've bookmarked the link and am thinking about ways to use them!

June 23, 2010 at 2:58 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

I love vintage travel posters! The only problem is, I can never decide which one to get. So excited these are free which makes my indecision a little more acceptable!

June 23, 2010 at 4:22 PM  
Blogger Amanda said...

That Las Vegas one is so splendid! It reminds me of the Pixar short film they played right before Toy Story 3 (if you've seen it yet).

June 25, 2010 at 12:36 PM  

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