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Shaped by decades of creating posters and sets for the stage and movies, Mark von Arenburg’s airline poster painting style evoked a similar drama and allure to his previous work in the entertainment industry. Von Arenburg created this dramatic, stage-like Australia and New Zealand poster featuring Sydney Harbour in the 1940s. It features many of the recognizable attractions of the New South Wales region, including a kookaburra sitting in a gum (eucalyptus) tree, inspired by the popular 1934 song, and an endearing koala with its baby. Pan American’s latest Boeing 377 Stratocruiser airliner flies overhead. See "Artists of the Airways: Airline Travel Posters from the SFO Museum Collection" on display in the Aviation Museum and Library. The Aviation Museum and Library is located pre-security, in the International Terminal. https://bit.ly/AirwaysArtists 📸: poster: Pan American World Airways, Australia and New Zealand; c. 1950 Gift of the Pan Am Historical Foundation 2014.039.002 https://bit.ly/4cZ3vja
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