This beautiful reproduction poster has been re-mastered from an original 1935 poster advertising the Palestine Line of the Gdynia America Shipping Lines. The image features the company’s steamships Polonia and Kosciuszko, with a camel in a desert scene in the foreground.
The vibrant colors and detail of this classic image have been painstakingly brought back to life to preserve a great piece of history.
The high-resolution image is printed on heavy archival photo paper, on a large-format, professional giclée process printer. The poster is shipped in a rigid cardboard tube, and is ready for framing.
The 13"x19" and 24”x36” formats are excellent image sizes that look great as a stand-alone piece of art, or grouped as a visual statement. These posters require no cutting, trimming, or custom framing, and a wide variety of these frames are readily available at your local craft or hobby retailer, and online.
A great vintage print for your home, shop, or business!
HISTORY OF THE GDYNIA AMERICA SHIPPING LINES
In 1930, growing emigration to North and South America prompted the Polish government to purchase an existing shipping line (including ships and existing organizational apparatus) with the right to use piers in New York.
The Polish government eventually chose to purchase the Baltic American Line, owned by the Danish shipping company, the East Asiatic Company Limited, in Copenhagen. This line had three steam passenger ships named Polonia (ex-Kursk, built 1910), Estonia (ex-Czar, built 1912) and Lithuania (ex-Czaritza, built 1915) which were registered in Latvia.
The Danish owners became eager to sell their interests in 1931 when the United States authorities severely reduced immigrant quotas, and the line was threatened with bankruptcy. The Polish owners renamed the company Polskiego Transatlantyckiego Towarzystwa Okrętowego (Polish Transatlantic Shipping Company Limited or PTTO). Initially, captains were provided by the Danish side, and Polish captains acted as doubles, preparing for independent command of the ships.
The ships were operated by Gdynia America Line, which was restructured in 1934 to absorb PTTO.
The line added routes, particularly to South America, with its River Plate Service.
The company was badly affected by World War II with many of its ships, being seized for war service and/or lost. In 1950 the company (and its few remaining ships) were folded into the state-owned Polish Ocean Lines.
The ships were operated by Gdynia America Line, which was restructured in 1934 to absorb PTTO.
