New York/United Air Lines
Designer
Joseph Feher
United States, 1908 - 1987
Datec. 1950
Dimensions40 x 25 1/4 in. (101.6 x 64.1 cm)
ClassificationsPoster
Credit LinePoster House Permanent Collection
Object numberPH.8203
DescriptionRather than focusing exclusively on the impressive cityscape in this advertisement for United Airlines flights to New York City, Joseph Feher juxtaposes the urban with the pastoral. The foreground is dominated by a picturesque rendering of the Gapstow Bridge over the Pond in Central Park. Behind it stand several Fifth Avenue landmarks, including the Sherry-Netherland Hotel, the Savoy-Plaza Hotel (replaced by the GM Building in 1968), and the Squibb Building, as well as a sliver of the celebrated Plaza Hotel. The plane at the upper right is a Douglas DC-6 that United Airlines brought into service in the late 1940s. Known as the “Skymaster,” it was an updated version of the DC-4 and was the main competitor to the Lockheed Constellation used by other airlines.On View
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