Wonder City of the World: New York City Travel Posters
Monday, August 12, 2024 | 6:00 PM ET
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Angelina Lippert ’07 has invited us to return to visit Poster House for an SCC NYC members-only private tour of “Wonder City of the World: New York City Travel Posters” at Poster House. The tour will be led by Nicholas D. Lowry, Curator and President of Swann Auction Galleries where he oversees the vintage poster department. He is also known for his appearances on the PBS television show “Antiques Roadshow” for which he has been appraising vintage posters for almost 30 years.
The phrase “Wonder City” in regard to New York was the brainchild of marketers. It appeared in newspaper and magazine advertisements and articles sporadically through the final decades of the 19th century. And although it didn’t specifically originate in New York City—a number of cities around the country and in Europe also used it in their promotions at that time—by 1914 the phrase appeared on a New York Souvenir booklet.
The city’s explosive growth beginning at the end of the 19th century ultimately led to the creation of more travel posters than were designed for any other world city: a host of images as varied as her ever-shifting identity, seen from the water, from the ground, and, eventually, from the air. This exhibition tracks how New York City was represented to decades of new travelers, immigrants, and tourists.
It is a visual, graphic experience in how artists were able to capture the multitude and the magnitude of the thriving metropolis, selling the hustle and the bustle, the bright lights and the imposing structures, as well as managing to capture some moments of intimacy and slice-of-life imagery within the canyons and among the ziggurats.
For more details about the exhibit, visit the exhibition web page: Click here!
Wonder City of the World: New York City Travel Posters
When: Monday, August 12, 2024 | 6:00 PM ET
Location: Poster House, 119 West 23rd Street, NY, NY 10011
Cost: Free for SCC NYC members. Please join or renew your membership!
Attendance: Limited to 40 SCC NYC members
For questions, contact events@smithclubnyc.com
Where:
Poster House
119 West 23rd Street
New York, NY 10011
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