Transatlantic Pins and Buttons
Description: John Brown and Company of Clydebank was a British marine engineering and shipbuilding firm. It built many notable and world-famous ships including RMS Lusitania, RMS Aquitania, HMS Hood, HMS Repulse, RMS Queen Mary, RMS Queen Elizabeth and the Queen Elizabeth 2. At its height, from 1900 to the 1950s, it was one of the most highly regarded, and internationally famous, shipbuilding companies in the world. However thereafter, along with other UK shipbuilders, John Brown's found it increasingly difficult to compete with the emerging shipyards in Eastern Europe and the far East. In 1968 John Brown's merged with other Clydeside shipyards to form the Upper Clyde Shipbuilders consortium, but that collapsed in 1971.
Description: RMS Lusitania was a British ocean liner that was sunk on 7 May 1915 by a German U-boat 11 miles (18 km) off the southern coast of Ireland, killing 1,198 passengers and crew. The sinking occurred about two years before the United States declaration of war on Germany. Although the Lusitania sinking was a major factor in building support for a war, war was eventually declared only after the Imperial German Government resumed the use of unrestricted submarine warfare against American shipping in an attempt to break the transatlantic supply chain from the USA to Britain, and after the Zimmermann Telegram.
Description: The United East India Company was a chartered company established on the 20th March 1602 by the States General of the Netherlands amalgamating existing companies into the first joint-stock company in the world, granting it a 21-year monopoly to carry out trade activities in Asia. Shares in the company could be bought by any resident of the United Provinces and then subsequently bought and sold in open-air secondary markets. It is sometimes considered to have been the first multinational corporation. It was a powerful company, possessing quasi-governmental powers, including the ability to wage war, imprison and execute convicts, negotiate treaties, strike its own coins, and establish colonies.
Description: The RMS Lusitania's black hull and white superstructure glow with deck lights as a submarine slips through the water off her side, foreshadowing the torpedo attack that would sink her. Thick impasto brushstrokes in Van Gogh's Starry Night style fill the sky with bright yellow stars, a glowing crescent moon, and a distant lighthouse on the shore.
Description: This vintage-style shipping poster puts the Titanic's four funnels front and center with WHITE STAR LINE and RMS TITANIC lettered across the design. The route lines SOUTHAMPTON-CHERBOURG and QUEENSTOWN-NEW YORK mark the doomed liner's actual 1912 crossing in classic maritime advertising style.
Description: The Oceanic Steam Navigation Company, more commonly known as the White Star Line (WSL), was a British shipping company. Founded out of the remains of a defunct packet company, it gradually rose up as one of the most prominent shipping lines in the world, providing passenger and cargo services between the British Empire and the United States. While many other shipping lines focused primarily on speed, White Star branded their services by focusing more on providing steady and comfortable passages, for both upper class travellers and immigrants.
Description: The Kerberos is a steamship that is commissioned to carry diverse travelers of different cultures and backgrounds from London to New York with the prospect of a better life. However, the voyage goes awry when they discover another migrant ship, the Prometheus, adrift on open sea.
Description: The SS Normandie was a French ocean liner built for the French Line Compagnie Générale Transatlantique. She entered service in 1935 as the largest and fastest passenger ship afloat, crossing the Atlantic in a record 4.14 days, and remains the most powerful steam turbo-electric-propelled passenger ship ever built. Her novel design and lavish interiors led many to consider her the greatest of ocean liners. Despite this, she was not a commercial success and relied partly on government subsidy to operate. During service as the flagship of the CGT, she made 139 westbound transatlantic crossings from her home port of Le Havre to New York. Normandie held the Blue Riband for the fastest transatlantic crossing at several points during her service.
Description: Vintage Travel Poster of the Cunard Line Cruiseliners Here at Culturio we strive to make designs and find posters that we personally love so that you the customer can buy in good faith knowing we would be happy to own it ourselves. All the designs and posters have been cleaned up and colours enhanced to further make your purchase exceptional. If you like a product but want something altered or the background colour changed, please don’t hesitate to contact us and we will make it especially for you.
Description: In the early 1880s, the Canadian Pacific Railway (CPR) negotiated with the Government of the United Kingdom to establish trans-Pacific steamship routes between Vancouver, British Columbia and the Far East. The trans-Pacific services of Canadian Pacific were begun by Sir William Cornelius Van Horne, the Canadian-American builder of the railroad network in 1887. In that year, Sir William chartered three vessels from Cunard Line; SS Abyssinia, SS Parthia, and SS Batavia—as a beginning of the CP fleet. The agency for chartering and managing the ships was secured by Adamson, Bell and Company for the first three years. When the new shipping line had shown to be profitable, Canadian Pacific decided not to renew the contract with Adamson,
Description: The Prometheus is a large migrant ship that got lost at sea, presumably claiming the lives of 1,400 passengers and 550 crew members. However, when the ship suddenly reappears during the Kerberos' voyage to America, even more questions arise. The Prometheus is also a station in space. When Maura wakes up from the simulation, she finds herself onboard this station, which is where she first has contact with her brother .
Description: Freedom Records was a jazz record label headed by Shel Safran and founded by Alan Bates as a division of Black Lion Records. Individual recordings were distributed via Polydor Records and Transatlantic Records during the early 1970s before the company was bought by Arista Records with the imprint dubbed Arista/Freedom in 1975.
Description: Signal Hill overlooks the harbour of St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada. The Hill, including Cabot Tower, is a National Historic Site. The hill is the site where the first transatlantic wireless transmission received by Guglielmo Marconi in 1901. It was named signal hill because of the signalling that took place upon its summit from its flagmast. Flag communication between land and sea would take place there from the 17th century until 1960. Taken 8th October 2023 Nikon D780 & Tamron 150-600mm
Description: Boeing 707 artwork capturing the iconic jetliner climbing through dramatic skies above a coastal city. As the aircraft that launched the Jet Age, the 707 redefined long-distance travel with speed and global reach. This bold, stylized design highlights motion, altitude, and the energy of early commercial jet flight.
Description: Boeing 707 artwork presented in a bold, multi-panel composition capturing speed, scale, and the excitement of early jet travel. As the aircraft that launched the Jet Age, the 707 redefined long-distance flight with unmatched performance. This design emphasizes motion, detail, and the iconic look of a true aviation milestone.
Description: The Kerberos is a steamship that is commissioned to carry diverse travelers of different cultures and backgrounds from London to New York with the prospect of a better life. However, the voyage goes awry when they discover another migrant ship, the Prometheus, adrift on open sea.
