Designer: | Suhonen, Jorma |
Country: | Finland |
Decade: | 1940 |
Year: | 1940 |
Dimensions: | 96 x 63 cm |
Condition: | Mint | | A |
Publisher: | Aero OY - Finnish Airlines |
Printed by: | Tilgmannin offsetpaino |
Category: |
Airline/Aviation |
This is a very beautiful and rare Aero OY poster designed by Jorma Suhonen back in 1939, before Aero became Finnair. Suhonen knew how draw women. The poster depicts a woman looking out from the cabin at an airplane in the sky. Probably a DC-3.
World War II
Air raids on Helsinki and other Finnish cities made World War II a difficult period for the airline. Half the fleet was requisitioned by the Finnish Air Force and it is estimated that, during the Winter War of 1939 and 1940, half of the airline's other Finnish cities main passengers were children being evacuated to Sweden.
The poster is from the hard times and published in 1940.