A large selection of original posters from France and its many regions including Normandy, the Paris area, the North of France, Alsace, the Basque region, the Côte d’Azur and different mountain resorts…All posters in the Elbé catalogue are dated originals, fully restored and mounted on canvas.
These original posters all represent areas located in mainland France. They depict the first holiday destinations on the Côte d’Azur, in Brittany, the Basque Area, the Bay of Arcachon, the Atlantic Islands, the beaches of Normandy and the North of France. The selection includes France’s regions and scenic or historic terroir from the 1860s to the 1960s as well as many tourist destinations most commonly around Paris seen from a tourist’s perspective. The posters are part of promotional campaigns commissioned predominantly by the railway industry, tourism bureaus and ministries to promote travel and French culture.
Original posters of the early summer destinations feature areas such as the Bay of Arcachon, Biarritz, La Baule, Dinard, Le Touquet Paris-Beach, Cabourg, Deauville and Trouville, as well as Nice, Villefranche, La Turbie, Le Cap Ferrat, Antibes, Toulon further south. The Elbé catalogue also includes health resorts and spas such as Vichy, Allevard, Brides, Aix, Luchon and Superbagnères. All posters capture the magic of the first ski and winter sport resorts in places like Chamonix, the Vosges and Jura regions, Combloux, Saint-Gervais and Megève, Morzine and the Pyrenees. These original posters promote the many regions of France and such scenic sites as the Puy Mary in the Mount of Cantal, the Dordogne, the Rhône valley, the Berry region, Alsace and the Pyrenees.
The main illustrators of the time were Constant Duval, Julien Lacaze, Pierre Commarmond, Hugo d’Alesi, Paul E. Champseix, Roger Broders, Charles Hallo, David Dellepiane, Léo Lellée, Geo Dorival, Léandre.
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Original vintage travel poster created by E. Paul Champseix Circa 1925, The Tarn Gorges - Midi Railways - Coach Tours departing from Millau - France
Printed by: Lucien Serre
Type of printing: Lithography
Dimensions: 41.3 x 29.3 inches
Linen backed
Condition: A+
Original vintage travel poster created by Constant Duval in 1924, Vallon d’Autoire - Lot - Haut Quercy - Paris to Orléans Railway - Vallon d'Autoire - Automobile Tours of Haut-Quercy
Printed by: Imp. Champenois
Printing type: Lithograph
Dimensions: 41.3 x 29.1 inches
Linen backed
Condition: A+
Original vintage travel poster created by Charles Hallo in 1923, Auvergne - Plomb du Cantal (highest point of the Monts du Cantal)
Printed by: Cornille et Serre
Printing type: Lithograph
Dimensions: 41.3 x 28.7 inches
Linen backed
Condition: A+
Original vintage travel poster created by Maurice Toussaint in 1923, The Emerald Coast - The Port of Saint-Malo - State Railways
Printed by: Imp. Chaix
Printing type: Lithograph
Dimensions: 41.34 x 29.53 inches
Linen backed
Condition: A+
Original vintage travel poster by Charles Hallo from 1920, The Marais Poitevin - State Railways - Surroundings of Niort - France
Printed by: Lucien Serre et Cie
Printing type: Lithography
Dimensions: 41.3 x 29.5 inches
Linen backed
Condition: A+
Original vintage poster realised by Savignac in 1990, Dijon France
Printed by : Imp. IPA
Type of print : Lithograph
Size : 20.1 x 14.6 inches
Linen backed
Condition A
Original vintage travel poster created by Charles-Jean Hallo in 1930, Lille, Business and Tourism Center - 1st provincial museum - Northern Railways
Printed by: Imp J. E. Gossens
Printing type: Lithography
Dimensions: 41.9 x 29.9 inches
Linen backed
Condition A+
Original vintage travel poster created by Louis Touzin in 1910, Touraine - Château de Chambord - Orléans Railway
Printed by: Imp. Champenois - Paris
Printing type: Lithography
Dimensions: 41.3 x 29.5 inches
Linen backed
Condition A+
Original antique travel poster created by Constant Duval in 1921, Touraine - Château de Chenonceaux - Orleans Railway - France
Printed by: Affiches Edia
Printing type: Lithography
Dimensions: 41.5 x 29.7 inches
Linen backed
Condition A+
Original vintage travel poster created by Géo François in 1926, The Jura - Its Coach Routes - PLM
Printed by: Imp. de Vaugirard - Paris
Printing type: Lithography
Dimensions: 42.5 x 30.7 inches
Linen backed
Condition A+
Original vintage travel poster created by Géo Dorival in 1920, Automobile services of the Jura route - The descent of the sickle from Geneva and the Mont Blanc range - PLM
Printed by: Les Imprimeurs d'Art - Marseille
Print type: Lithography
Dimensions: 42.1 x 30.5 inches
Linen backed
Condition A+
Original vintage travel poster created by Géo François in 1927, Briançon - Staging area for the coaches of the Route des Alpes in the Briançonnais, Queyras, and Valouise - PLM
Printed by: Lucien Serre & Cie - Paris
Print type: Lithography
Dimensions: 42.1 x 30.5 inches
Linen backed
Condition A+
Original vintage travel poster created by F. Hugo d'Alési in 1901, War Port - Toulon - old frigate
Printed by: Imp. Hugo d'Alési
Printing type: Lithography
Dimensions: 41.73 x 29.13 inches
Linen backed
Condition A+
Original vintage travel poster created by M. LE. Meilleur in 1930, Saint-Flour - Coach circuit: Massif Central - Gorges du Tarn - Midi Railway
Printed by: Lucien Serre & Cie - Paris
Printing type: Lithography
Dimensions: 39.2 x 24.8 inches
Linen backed
Condition A+
Original vintage travel poster created by Geo Dorival in 1913, Excursions in Normandy - The mare of Criqueboeuf - State Railways - Excursions in Normandy - Seaside Resorts of the English Channel
Printed by: Cornille & Serre - IMP, Paris
Printing type: Lithography
Dimensions: 41.3 x 29.7 inches
Linen backed
Condition A+
Original vintage travel poster created by Charles-Jean Hallo in 1923, Circuit du Vercors - Pont-en-Royans - PLM - Paris Lyon Méditerranée - Automobile excursion services around Grenoble
Printed by: Cornille & Serre - IMP, Paris
Print type: Lithograph
Dimensions: 41.7 x 30.3 inches
Linen backed
Condition A+
Original vintage travel poster created by Roger Soubie in 1922, Dijon - Capital of Burgundy - Paris Lyon Mediterranée - PLM
Printed by: Cornille & Serre - IMP, Paris
Printing type: Lithograph
Dimensions: 41.7 x 30.3 inches
Linen backed
Condition A
Original vintage travel poster created by Roger Soubie in 1920, Les Aiguilles d'Arves - La Maurienne - PLM - Paris Lyon Méditerranée - Automobile service Grenoble - Saint Jean de Maurienne
Printed by: Cornille & Serre, Paris
Printing type: Lithograph
Dimensions: 42.7 x 31.1 inches
Linen backed
Condition A+
Original vintage travel poster created by Charles Hallo in 1925, Morgat - Brittany - Paris to Orléans Railway - Automobile Service departing from Quimper
Printed by: Lucien Serre
Type of printing: Lithography
Dimensions: 41.3 x 29.1 inches
Linen backed
Condition A
Original vintage travel poster by Constant Duval from 1923, The castle and village of Beynac - On the Dordogne - Automobile circuits - Orléans Railway
Printed by: IMP Champenois, Paris
Type of print: Lithography
Dimensions: 41.1 x 29.5 inches
Linen backed
Condition A
Original vintage travel poster created by Henry de Remaucourt in 1927, Cancale - Surroundings of Saint Malo and Mont Saint Michel - State Railway
Printed by: Imp Gaillac - Monrocq
Printing type: Lithograph
Dimensions: 40.9 x 29.5 inches
Linen backed
Condition A+
Original vintage travel poster created by M. Perronnet in 1928, Les Sables d'Olonne - Beaches and Ports of the Ocean - State Railway
Printed by: A. Morgeu - Imp Edit
Type of printing: Lithograph
Dimensions: 41.3 x 29.9 inches
Linen backed
Condition A+
Original vintage travel poster designed by Maurice Toussaint in 1928, Excursions in Brittany Dinan - State Railways
Printed by: Imp. Daude Frères, Paris
Printing type: Lithography
Dimensions: 41.3 x 29.9 inches
Linen backed
Condition A+
Original vintage travel poster created by Georges Meunier in 1914, Pont-Aven - Finistère - The River at High Tide - Orleans Railway
Printed by: Chaix, Paris
Print type: Lithography
Dimensions: 41.3 x 29.7 inches
Linen backed
Condition A+
Original vintage travel poster created by Constant Duval in 1920, Picturesque Brittany - Roscoff - The Port - State Railways
Printed by: Imp. Champenois
Type of printing: Lithograph
Dimensions: 41.3 x 29.7 inches
Linen backed
Condition A+
Original vintage travel poster created by Geo Dorival in 1921, State Railways - Excursions in Brittany - Dinan
Printed by: Cornille et Serre
Printing type: Lithography
Dimensions: 41.7 x 29.1 inches
Linen backed
Condition A+
Original vintage travel poster created by Charles Hallo circa 1920, Near Gérardmer - Lake Retournemer - Eastern Railway
Printed by: Cornille et Serre
Print type: Lithograph
Dimensions: 40.9 x 29.1 inches
Linen backed
Condition B+
Original vintage travel poster created by Hugo D'Alési in 1900, Belle-Île-en-Mer - Brittany - Wild Coast - Dolmen and Menhirs
Printed by: F. Hugo D'Alési
Printing type: Lithograph
Dimensions: 41.7 x 29.1 inches
Condition A
