1950 American Transport Poster, 'Southern Pacific Lines (High Sierra),' William Haines Hall L'Affichiste Chapelain-Midy was a talented artist

Chapelain-Midy was a talented artist and designer

The calligraphy and image placed diagonally on a dark background add to the poster's impact

and completed his Master's at Boston’s Massachusetts College of Art

Artist: Yannis Frier and Boncaillou (Didier Mazellier)

1950 American Transport Poster, 'Southern Pacific Lines (High Sierra),' William Haines Hall L'Affichiste Chapelain-Midy was a talented artistDate: 1950 Size: 22 x 18 inches Artist: William Haines Hall About the poster: Southern Pacific Lines was an American Class railroad network that existed from 1865 to 1996 and operated in the western United States. In 1996, it was acquired by the Union Pacific Corporation, and in 1970s founded a telecommunications network. This telecommunications network became part of Sprint, a company whose name came from the acronym for Southern Pacific Railroad