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Jan
2017

Come Visit Canada! Vintage Travel Posters

categories: travel, Vintage Advertising

Happy New Year! We made it to 2017 and I just have this wonderful feeling that its going to be an awesome year. One of the cool things happening in Canada this year, is our 150th Birthday, yes Canada is turning the big 1-5-0 and she is still looking good (even better if I may say). I’m excited this year to get out and explore more of my beloved country and share my adventures with all of you. So stay tuned!

For today’s post we will be exploring beautiful Vintage Canadian Travel Posters & Advertising.

Disclosure: Some of the links on my blog from Etsy , eBay, are Affiliate Links, meaning, at no additional cost to you, I will earn a commission if you click through and make a purchase. 

Vintage Canadian Travel Posters & Advertising

1920’s – 1960’s

Vintage 1920s Canadian Pacific Train Travel Poster

Join us in British Columbia. 1930s Vintage Map Cover.

vintage british columbia map cover-1930s vintage advertising
Source: eBay

Visit Whistler Blackcomb British Columbia-1940s Travel Poster (See Vintage Ski Poster HERE).

1940s Vintage Whistler travel poster featuring a downhill skier.
Source: eBay

The water is nice at Chateau Lake Louise, Alberta.

Further Reading: Vintage Travel To Do List: Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise

1920s Chateau Lake Louise Vinta
Source: DiMagio

The Mountie and the Rockies, iconic Canadian symbols. 1920s Travel Poster.

1920s Canadian Pacific Vintage Poster with Mountie and rockies
Source: Pinterest

Official Trail Ride: Banff to Badger Pass.

Vintage Canadian Travel Poster for Banff to Badger Pass featuring an illustration of 2 people on horses.
Source: Pinterest

Saskatoon, is the largest city in the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. There was also a song written about it in 1915, as seen in the sheet music image below.

Vintage Sheet Music 1915 called Saskatoon featuring an illustration of a women skier on the slopes.
Source: Collections Canada

Here is what the song sounded like. So very Ragtime!

Vintage Manitoba travel advertising circa 1950s.

Vintage Manitoba travel advertising from the 1950s featuring a family on the beach in their 1950s swimsuits.
Source: Click Americana

1940s Travel Brochure (1947) for visiting Ontario! Canada’s Vacation Province!

1940s vintage ontario vintage travel poster featuring two women on a dock with a blow up ball and a floatie in 1940s hairstyles and 1940s swimsuits.
Source: Made Man

Cruise the Great Lakes of Ontario. 1930s Travel Poster.

Are you interested in what one would wear on a cruise if your going for that vintage look? Check out the following post I have written: What to Wear on a Cruise-The 1930s-1950s Edition

1930s Canadian Pacific Cruise the Great Lakes travel poster featuring an illustration of a 1930s woman in 1930s cruisewear on a boat
Source: Allposters

You MUST go to Niagara Falls when you visit, it’s breathtaking.

Further Reading: Vintage Photo Tuesday: Visiting Niagara Falls, Canada

Vintage Niagara Falls Travel Poster for taking the greyhound bus there.
Source: Allposters

The poster is correct, Quebec is truly a Winter Wonderland (1940s Travel Poster).

Quebec Vintage Travel Poster from the 1940s.
Source: Pinterest

“See you in Montreal”. My dad attended Expo 67 in Montreal.

montreal expo 67 vintage poster
Source: Pinterest

Head to the East Coast to discover a truly charming part of Canada.

Canada East Coast Travel Poster Vintage
Source: Pinterest

Visit Nova Scotia-Digby Pines, “A Canadian Pacific Hotel”.

Nova Scotia Calling - Digby Pines vintage travel poster featuring an illustration of a woman in the 1940s / 1950s in her swimsuit at the pool.
Source: Collectors Weekly

1950s Travel Poster for Prince Edward Island. Known world-wide for the beloved and spunky character, Anne of Green Gables, Prince Edward Island will truly delight.

1950s Vintage Travel Poster for Prince Edward Island featuring an illustration and photos of people enjoying the island.
Source: Pinterest

New Brunswick-Canada’s Unspoiled Province by the Sea.

vintage new brunswick travel map
Source: Pinterest

‘Canada’s Happy Province’. This slogan from a 1965 ad for Newfoundland and Labrador made me giggle. I guess the rest of Canada’s provinces are grumpy and unwelcoming?

newfoundland-labrador vintage travel poster from the 1960s.
Source: I desire Vintage Posters

Canada also has 3 Territories: Yukon, Northwest Territory and Nunavut.

Yukon vintage travel poster
Source: Pinterest
Vintage travel Poster for Yellowknife, North West Terrorities featuring the Northern Lights.
Source: Allposters

For more vintage travel Canadian posters, check out my blog post ‘See Canada by Train-Vintage Advertising‘. OR you can visit my archive page on all the posts I have ever done on Travel..HERE.

Question Time: If you have travelled in Canada, where were your favorite places?

Vintage Travel:

Would you like to see Canada yourself? Viator is a tour company I have used on several of my trips and they have lots of fun tour options for visiting Canada. Take a look at just SOME of the options below!

Note: Viator is an Affiliate Link, meaning, at no additional cost to you, I will earn a commission if you click through and make a purchase. Thank you!

Thanks for dropping by!

Liz


Sep
2016

It’s Vintage Oktoberfest Poster Time!

categories: Oktoberfest, Vintage Advertising
It's vintage oktoberfest Poster time by the vintage inn blog

It’s one my favorite times of the year! It’s Oktoberfest time in Germany and in North America! I love getting dressed up in my dirndl, listening to a good Polka band and having fun with friends in big Oktoberfest halls. It’s truly a good way to start the Fall season.

For today’s post, I wanted to show off some of the wonderful vintage Oktoberfest Posters I have found while scouring the web.

Vintage Oktoberfest Posters

Lets begin our journey with Trans-Canada Airlines featuring an illustration of a German man in lederhosen holding a beer stein.

Vintage Travel Poster / Vintage Oktoberfest Poster for TCA-Trans Canada Airlines. Fly to Germany!
Source: Flickr

When I mentioned works of art, I was speaking of the next three images in particular. Not only are they fantastic to look at but also feature some of the history of the festival as well. Here is what you will see:

  • The grilled fish on a stick (Steckerlfisch) is a very popular meal at the Munich Oktoberfest
  • The Monk. Munich around 1100’s was founded by Monks and ‘Munichen’ literally means, ‘Founded by Monks’
  • Beer. Around 1818 the festival began to be more centered around beer and even installed rules (must be brewed in the city limits and have a minimum of 6% alcohol by volume)
  • Radishes, Pretzels & Heart cookie. A culinary delight
  • The Horse. For the inaugural Oktoberfest, a horse race in the presence of the entire royal family was the central activity of the event. It was this race – not the beer that the festival has become known for – that was the initial tradition that was repeated yearly as a celebration of Bavarian heritage in Munich. The races were cancelled in the 1960s (source).

1955 advertisement for Oktoberfest.

1950s vintage advertisement for Oktoberfest in Munich. 1950s German Oktoberfest poster in Munich-1955 featuring history of the festival in the illustration.
Source: Invaluable

1957 advertisement for Oktoberfest in Munich.

1950s Vintage Travel Poster / 1950s vintage advertisement for Oktoberfest in Munich in 1957.
Source: Pinterest

1952 Oktoberfest advertisement.

1950s Vintage Travel Poster / 1950s vintage advertisement for Oktoberfest in Munich-1952.
Source: Invaluable

Lowenbrau beer’s lion gets in on the festival fun.

Further Reading: Let’s Have A Beer! Vintage Beer Advertising

vintage poster / vintage ad for LOWENBRAU OKTOBERFEST BEER
Source: Pinterest

Hacker-Pschorr Brau Munchen (there is the horse again).

Hacker-Pschorr Brau Munchen vintage advertisement for Oktoberfest in Munich.
Source: Pinterest

Carnival rides and games are also a big part of Oktoberfest as seen in the poster below from 1954.

1950s vintage advertisement for Oktoberfest in Munich in 1954 featuring an illustration of a couple on a carnival ride.
Source: Zazzle

An integral part of the festivities..the Chicken Dance! As cheekily noted in our next poster from 1962.

1960s vintage advertisement for Oktoberfest in Munich featuring an illustration of a man drinking out of a large beer stein while a chicken looks on.
Source: AntikiBar

Belgium sure likes their Oktoberfest as seen in another Wieze poster this time from the 1970s.

1970s vintage advertisement for Oktoberfest in Belgium featuring an illustration of men in lederhosen blowing on horns. -1979
Source: Pinterest

Lastly, we are going to go way back into the image vault with this beautiful 1905 postcard.

Postkarte München Oktoberfest Paar 1905 - Early 1900's vintage postcard for Oktoberfest in Munich featuring an illustration of a man in women in 1900's fashions enjoying the party.
Source: Pinterest

Now for some fun! One of my favorite songs ‘Sierra Madre’ being sung with sparklers in Munich.

Question Time: Will you be celebrating Oktoberfest season or is the beer and polka music not your idea of fun?

Want to read more about my love of Oktoberfest season, check out my other posts:

September 2024 Update: I have created a fun Oktoberfest playlist on Spotify that is perfect for your next fest party. Enjoy!

Happy Festival Season!

Liz