Bidspirit auction | Ski Poster Cooks For Winter

Ski Poster Cooks For Winter Sports British Railways Steamer. Original vintage ski travel poster - Cooks for Winter Sports Travel by British Railways Train and Steamer Services - featuring a fun design depicting a couple racing down a snowy mountain with two peaks below the title text on the blue sky above, the hat flying off the man skiing at speed and the lady in a red headscarf looking at him, the information text below - Ask for free programme at any office of Cooks, Dean Dawson, Pickfords or appointed booking agents. Founded in 1841 by Thomas Cook (1808-1892), this British travel agency initially offered excursions by train in the UK before expanding to tours of Europe and America; the company name changed to Thomas Cook Son in 1871 (known as Cook's Tours) and was later renamed Thomas Cook Group plc; the company was liquidated in 2019. One of the oldest travel agencies, Dean Dawson was founded in the late 1800s as a merger between Joseph Dean (who formed a travel agency 1871 and printing company in 1890) and businessman John Dawson; the agency's first holiday package tour was to Paris in 1878 and the company was run in partnership with the railways; in 1938 it was taken over by Thomas Cook; the printers still exist today as Deanprint and the travel agency offers bespoke and specialist holidays as Dean Dawson. Fair condition, large restored paper losses on the image, restored tears, staining, ink stamp on the top left corner, writing on the reverse, backed on linen. Country of issue: UK, designer: Unknown, size (cm): 101x63, year of printing: 1950s.