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Growing up, the vacations my family took were never to anywhere warm, nope not ever. My family went downhill skiing. My parents loved it and for many many years my brother and I did as well. It was fun to put 2 sticks on our feet and zoom down the hill as fast as we possibly could (I even won some races back in the day). Those are family memories I will hold dear for all the days I have left on this earth.

Now that I am older, I sadly don’t ski. My knees are crummy and I am disliking being cold more and more. So I appreciate the sport from afar now. So afar that today’s post is being written on my couch with a big warm sweater on and a hot cup of coffee while I admire Vintage Ski Posters from places like Canada, Vail, the Alps, Sun Valley and more without actually skiing.

Let the ski season begin!

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Vintage ski poster of a polar bear skiing

Southern Pacific Railroad – Play the Snow – 1936 vintage train travel ski poster.

1936 Vintage Ski Poster Illustration travel by train featuring downhill skiers enjoying the slopes.

Visit Switzerland for the ideal winter vacation -1940s Travel Poster. Our lady skier’s sweater is just so darn cute! People enjoying all winter sports.

1940s Vintage Ski Poster for Switzerland featuring a 1940s woman skier

Source: Pinterest

Ski in Quebec Lac Beauport Canada-1940s.

Souce: Antikbar.co.uk

Cool vintage original ski poster designed by Sascha Maurer and issued by Felxible Flyer who licensed Splitkein skis in the US. The poster was printed for use by destinations who printed their local info in lower part of the poster. This one has an overprint by Smugglers Notch, Mt. Mansfield, Stowe (Source).

1940s Vintage Ski Poster for Splitkein skis in the US, Smugglers Notch, Mt. Mansfield, Stowe

Source: Posters Team

Winter Pleasures in Austria / Winterfreuden in Osterreich-1950s. Fantastic artwork by Paul Aigner (1909-1984) featuring a smiling young lady wearing warm clothing and leaning on her ski pole in the foreground with the snowy mountains of the Austrian Alps.

1950s Vintage Ski Poster-Winter Pleasures in Austria / Winterfreuden in Osterreich

Source: Mad on Collections

Ski Sunny Alberta a Winter Wonderland in the Canadian Rockies!

Vintage travel poster for skiing in Alberta Canada in the Rockies

Source: Etsy

1948 Sun Valley, Baldy Mountain poster.

1948 SUN VALLEY - Baldy Mountain - Vintage Ski Poster

Source: Etsy

Aspen, Colorado for all your skiing needs.

1940s 1950s Vintage ski Poster for Aspen Colorado

Source: Ebay

Ski Piedmont Italy- 1940s Ski Poster.

Source: Italian Ways

This winter visit the Alpine Inn in the Laurentian Mountains Ste. Marguerite Sta, Quebec, Canada.

Source: Cardigans & Cravats

Switzerland has always been on my must visit list and Grindelwald looks pretty darn fantastic! 1943 Ski Poster.

1943 Vintage Ski Poster Grindelwald Switzerland

Source: Galerie 123.com

Lastly, hopefully when you get to your skiing destination there is snow, unlike our unfortunate gang in White Christmas (video link).

Question Time: Are you a skier? Downhill or cross country? If so please share in the comments below where you have gone that has been your favorite hills (I adored Vermont & The Rockies).

FURTHER READING: Love vintage travel? Then please check out my archived posts on that exact topic HERE.

Liz

1950s Vintage Travel Poster / Travel Ad for Ontario- Canada's Vacation Province. — Source: I Desire vintage Posters

Today’s post is going to showcase Vintage Travel Posters of Ontario in the 1920’s-1960’s. Ontario is where my home of Toronto is located (and TO is the capital of Ontario) and it also is home to my childhood home of Sarnia. So Ontario is very special to me and since it’s Canada’s 150th birthday I want to show-off the vintage side of my beloved province.

Lets Begin!

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In 1924 a Tourist and Publicity Bureau was set up to promote Ontario’s attractions, especially those associated with nature and the outdoors.

To encourage tourism, the Bureau published an annual guide to “point out some of the advantages of the Province of Ontario as a tourist centre in summer and winter”(Source).

1926 Ontario Travel Guide- “The Lake-Land Playground“.

1926 Ontario Travel Guide Booklet — Source: Archives of Ontario Library Collection

Ontario Canada Resorts, 1920s vintage poster.

Archives of Ontario State:

By the 1930s, three out of every four Americans visiting Canada chose Ontario for their vacation. The government’s tourism marketing strategy through the forties and fifties was to target Americans who wanted an outdoor vacation. This advertising was directed at families who desired to holiday on one of the many lakes, as well as at individuals who wanted to hunt and fish in Ontario’s forests and streams.

Publications and photographs promoting Ontario as “the Lakeland Playground of America” were forwarded to travel editors and inserted in newspapers and magazines throughout the United States (Source).

1930's Ontario travel pamphlet vintage — 1930’s. Source: Archives of Ontario Library Collection

1940s traval poster: “Ontario-Canada’s Vacation Province! For Your Victory Vacation”

1940s vintage travel poster for Ontario Canada featuring two women in 1940s swimsuits and 1940s hairstyles playing on a dock. — Source: Made Man

Ontario has lots of lovely lakes and you can see many of them by traveling by train (I have).

Ontario vintage travel poster illustration for Ontario's Lakelands — Source: Pinterest

1950s Travel Poster: Ontario is this way! Bring the family!

Ontario 1950s travel poster vintage — Source: Pinterest

Ontario Travel & Publicity Bureau wants you to know all about “Ski-ing in Ontario. It’s so convenient for you”.

As a person who used to downhill ski a lot, i will say that this statement is true.

vintage skiing in Ontario Canada Travel Brochure -1940s — Source; Pinterest

1950s Travel Ad: “Make your vacation a family frolic in…Ontario”. The ad is targeted to Americans.

1950s Vintage Travel Ad for Ontario Canada featuring a family visiting all the sites. — Source: Etsy

“Last one in’s a loser….” “Don’t wait – don’t be late planning to spend your holiday in Ontario”. 1953 vintage travel ad.

1953 Ontario Canada vintage travel ad featuring an illustration and photos of people enjoying visiting Ontario. — Source: Etsy

Fishing is one of the actvities you could do when visiting Ontario in the 1950s and today.

1950s vintage travel poster illustration for Ontario Canada.

“Plenty to do and see in Ontario. 33 vacation areas”. Cute 1950s travel brochure.

1950s Vintage Ontario Travel Brochure featuring 3 women in 1950s swimsuits sitting on a dock at a lake. — Source: PicClick

Inside of above travel brochure.

1950s Vintage Ontario Travel Brochure — Source: PicClick

Here is another 1950s travel brochure featuring all that fishing you could do on the cover.

vintage Ontario Travel Brochure from the 1950s. — Source: Flickr

And that friends was your virtual visit to Ontario. Hope you enjoyed your trip!

FURTHER READING: You can also check out my archived blog posts on all things Vintage Travel HERE.

On an end note, there will be no blog post next week as I will be in London, UK and Paris, France celebrating my husband and I’s 5th wedding anniversary and my Big 4-0 birthday. March 30th, 2022 Update: Here is the link to part of my Paris Trip.

Liz

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Vintage Ski Posters 1930s-1950s

Vintage Travel Advertising for Ontario-Canada’s Vacation Province!