London Melbourne Mac Robertson Race, 20 October 1934

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London Melbourne Mac Robertson Race, 20 October 1934
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  • Title :     London Melbourne Mac Robertson Race, 20 October 1934
  • Artist:     Unknown, Designer Flying Dutchmen Publisher Van Dooren Printing Works Printer
  • Accession:     TD1990.335.9
  • Country:     Netherlands
  • Date:     1934
  • Dimensions:     Inches 29-1/2 46-5/8, Centimeters 74.9 118.4
  • Collection:     Object
  • Category:     Posters and Printed Ephemera
  • Collection Theme:     Travel, Transportation, and Tourism
  • Subject:     Aviation , Leisure/Sports , Advertising , Geography
  • Credit Line:     The Wolfsonian–Florida International University, Miami Beach, Florida, The Mitchell Wolfson, Jr. Collection
  • URL:     TD1990.335.9.JPG
  • Tags:     Health, Hygiene, and Fitness~Travel, Transportation, and Tourism~Posters and Printed Ephemera
Description:
Ink on paper offset color lithograph for a bi-plane Centenary Air Race; image depicts a world map with information on speed and handicap routes providing distances in both miles and kilometers; each corner has four black and white photographic reproductive images which illustrate various aircrafts such as an TWA Douglas DC2 at top left, an Amstrong Whitworth XV at top right, a Vickers Vincent at bottom left and a Fairey Long Range Monoplane at bottom right.