Matson Lines vintage Hawaii travel advertisement featuring a surfer in white swim shorts standing on the shoreline looking down at a woman wearing a red bathing suit and white bathing cap lying half in the water with her arms on a surfboard and looking at another woman dressed in a green grass skirt and red, yellow, and white flower leis around her neck and flowers in her hair who is sitting on the same surfboard.

Make Friends in Hawaii, Matson Lines Advertisement, 1937

Vendor: Photographer: Anton Bruehl
Regular price: $45.00
Sale price: $45.00

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This lively advertisement, photographed by Anton Bruehl, captures the allure of Hawaiian hospitality. The scene embodies the spirit of friendship and Hawaii's welcoming nature, and the campaign was part of Matson Lines' efforts to promote travel to Hawaii during the 1930s. Anton Bruehl, a pioneering commercial photographer known for his vibrant color work, brought his signature artistic vision to this campaign, making it an iconic piece of travel advertising. Bruehl (1900–1982) was a prominent commercial photographer known for his travel and fashion work; his photography contributed to the modern visual vocabulary of travel advertising.

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