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Austrians! Choose Swissair

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Creator Henri Ott
Printing year 1951
Sheet size (cm) 102×64
Printing technique Linocut
Printer Jacques Bollmann
Condition A
Asking price 900 CHF
Categories Europe, in the air, Swissair & Aviation

Original Vintage Travel Poster designed by Henri Ott for Swissair, which was used in dozens of text variations in the early 1950s – in this case in Vienna agencies to appeal to Austrians who had to change planes in Zurich or Geneva to board another Swissair flight.

This made particular sense here, as Austria did not regain full sovereignty (and thus air sovereignty) until 1955 as a result of World War II – so it was not allowed to have its own airline in 1951.

maybe of interest as well:

Swissair – Austria