Feature Points
- HISTORIC PRINT REPRODUCTION: You’ll love this high quality historic reproduction of 1938 Zion National Park Travel Poster. Our museum quality prints are archival grade, which means it will look great and last without fading for over 100 years. Our print to order posters are made in the USA and each print is inspected for quality. This historic print is a perfect addition to your themed decor. Vintage prints look great in the home, study or office. They make a perfect gift as well.
- MUSEUM QUALITY: This high quality vintage travel poster print will be a great addition to your vintage-themed wall. Don't waste money on cheap-looking, thin paper posters. We use high-end printing equipment with professional quality paper and ink. Our professional’s choice matte paper displays images beautifully.
- A LOOK BACK AT HISTORY: This is an impressive, historic reproduction of 1938 Zion National Park Poster Print. A true piece of history. See our product description section for more fascinating information about this historic print and its significance.
- READY TO FRAME: This unframed print includes a 0.2 inch border for a perfect frame fit and look. Our prints are designed to fit easy-to-find standard frame sizes, saving you money from having to pay for a custom frame. Each print is inspected for quality and shipped in a rigid envelope/tube. The Historic Prints logo watermark will not appear in the print.
- HISTORIX: We love history and art. Sometimes old posters have tears, separations and other blemishes. We digitally restore and enhance vintage posters while keeping its historical character. All our prints are proudly made in the USA. Looking for a specific print size? Please contact us. Customers all over the world love our vintage prints and we know you will too.
Additional Information
Illustrated by the innovative Chester Don Powell, this serigraph of Zion National Park was produced and published in 1938 in an effort to entice tourists as the nation was exiting the economic downturn associated with the Great Depression. Powell studied art in Chicago and moved to San Francisco in 1927. Following the stock market crash in 1929, he joined road crews as a flag man, though his talents were later recognized, and he was given a position within the National Park Service. His distinctive style and unique aesthetic are on display with this vintage poster that immediately transports the viewer back in time creating an indelible bond between the past and present.
Zion National Park is located at the confluence of the Colorado Plateau, the Great Basin, and the Mojave Desert giving it distinct geography and a high level of biodiversity. Zion's varied geographical features include mountains, canyons, and buttes, as well as rivers and slot canyons, and it remains one of the most iconic natural features in southern Utah. Given its remote location and rugged terrain, tourism into Zion did not become popular until the first road into the park was completed in 1917. During the 1930s, the National Park Service was working to raise awareness of national parks and produced this series of posters to attract visitors.
Zion National Park remains one of the most iconic national parks, and as of 2009, more than eighty-five percent of the park has been protected as a wilderness area.
