With the summer vacation travel season in full flight, here’s a look at some of our travel posters from 1957. This colorful poster features a painting of a “Georgia peach” to promote service to Atlanta.
A fun fact about these posters is that they resulted from a summer vacation. In 1955, Bob Adams, president of Burke Dowling Adams (BDA), Delta’s advertising agency in Atlanta, commissioned artist William “Bill” G. Slattery for this poster series, after seeing his work on exhibit in Vienna during a European vacation.
Slattery completed the poster designs in 1957, and they were displayed at airport ticket counters and gates, city ticket offices, travel agencies and marketing/sales events until 1961.
Other countries and cities in this series included Jamaica, Miami, New Orleans and Washington, DC. A copy of the Cuba poster is currently on display at the Smithsonian’s America by Air exhibit.
Happy vacations to you!
Marie Force
Archives Manager