So Bracing: A potted history of the railway poster Roger Backhouse
Event details
Celebrating the 200th anniversary of the modern railway, rail historian Roger Backhouse explains how railway posters developed from the mid-19th century.
Join Roger as he looks at some Yorkshire and North Eastern poster developments and how a York resident changed the way posters were displayed. Roger will focus on how Yorkshire attractions were presented, how posters could dissuade travellers and mention unfortunate poster mistakes.
This event is hosted by the Yorkshire Philosophical Society as part of its York Café Scientifique series.
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About the speaker
Roger Backhouse is a railway historian. A former local government librarian, policy officer and charity manager who has been interested in railways since boyhood. When not on train journeys, he is a keen allotment gardener and is a member of York Model Engineers. He also writes for Model Engineer magazine.
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