Burlington Zephyr, 1943 Sizes:A2 (420x594mm) Archival Print (Unframed) and aspiring actors and singers

and aspiring actors and singers hoping to be noticed

The artist has used only four colors

people came here throughout The Blitz to dance waltzes or the jitterbug and to forget about the rigours of rationing and blackouts

which were a major British institution well into the second half of the Twentieth Century

was fleeing bankruptcy in France and had arrived in London two years earlier with his wife Célestine and her savings of just £5

Burlington Zephyr, 1943 Sizes:A2 (420x594mm) Archival Print (Unframed) and aspiring actors and singersThe Burlington Zephyr named for Zephyrus, the god of the west wind and a symbol of rebirth revolutionised train travel in America in the 1930s. This stylish menu cover showing the stainless steel speedster in all its glory was used in the dining car. The brainchild of Ralph Budd, president of the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad and Edward Budd, an automobile industry designer from Philadelphia, the Burlington Zephyr was an instant hit as soon