article_snippet.sent: These vintage posters are a throwback to the golden age of air travel, when flying was an exclusive experience, passengers wore passengers best clothes and there was plenty of legroom.
article_snippet.sent: These vintage posters’re featured in a new coffee table book, Airline Visual Identity 1945-1975, which revisits a time when the skies were dominated by the likes of Pan Am, British Overseas Airways Corp (BOAC) and Continental.
article_snippet.sent: New York was one of the most popular destinations featured in the adverts in Airline Visual Identity 1945-1975 .
article_snippet.sent: the adverts in Airline Visual Identity 1945-1975 were created for the biggest airlines of the day, including TWA and Canadian Pacific, which no longer exist .
article_snippet.sent: The adverts created for the biggest airlines of the day, including many which no longer exist, offer a glimpse at how air travel, advertising and society changed over the 30-year period covered in the book.
article_snippet.sent: the posters are a throwback to the golden age of air travel, when flying was an exclusive experience and passengers dressed smart .
article_snippet.sent: Airline Visual Identity 1945-1975 was published by Berlin-based Callisto Publishers, which offered this synopsis of the tome:
article_snippet.sent: Airline Visual Identity 1945-1975 provides unique insight into the design and advertising methods of an era when airlines were considered the most glamorous business sector and quality was the main criterion for selecting a flight.
article_snippet.sent: Airline Visual Identity 1945-1975 retails from approximately £270 online in the UK and from $250 online in the US.
highlights_snippet.sent: Airline Visual Identity 1945-1975 revisits a time when the skies were dominated by now-defunct airlines .
  
highlights_snippet.sent: At a time when the skies were dominated by now-defunct airlines was an exclusive experience and passengers wore their best clothes .
  