Japan Air Lines Douglas DC-7C

£250.00

Original vintage travel advertising poster for Japan Air Lines (JAL) featuring a watercolour sumi-e Japanese brush painting style illustration depicting a Douglas DC-7C plane marked Wings Of The New Japan on the side with the Japan Air Lines colours and red rising sun flag logo on the tail fin flying in front of an orange shaded sky over mist covered hills and a sailing boat on water with a snowy Mount Fuji mountain on the horizon and a tree in the foreground. Established in 1951, Japan Air Lines (Nihon Koku Kabushiki-gaisha / Nikko) is the national airline of Japan; in 1958 JAL began operating international routes from Tokyo to San Francisco via Honolulu on Douglas DC-7C planes; in 1959, the airline operated non-stop services between Seattle and Tokyo. The Douglas DC-7 transport aircraft was built by the Douglas Aircraft Company (1921-1967) from 1953-1958. Horizontal. Very good condition, pinholes at corners and minor creasing.

Country

Japan

Year

1950s

Style

Travel Posters

Artist

J Nagai

Size (cm)

40x51