Charles Baskerville's "Siam by Clipper" poster for Pan American World Airways printed on a recycled-cotton canvas tote bag.
- Front: Charles Baskerville's full "Siam by Clipper" poster art for Pan Am
- Bag: 10-ounce canvas, 80% recycled cotton / 20% cotton
- Size: 15.75" h x 15.25" w (approx. 240 cubic inches)
- Self-fabric handles
- Printed to order in Grapevine, Texas
American painter Charles Baskerville created this Siam by Clipper poster for Pan American World Airways around 1950. Buddhist monks in saffron robes gaze up at a towering guardian figure, a yaksha, before the gilded Temple of the Emerald Buddha, Wat Phra Kaew, on the grounds of the Grand Palace in Bangkok. Baskerville, described as an old school portrait painter, brought a rich, painterly hand to the scene. Pan Am added Siam, today's Thailand, to its routes in the postwar years, and the poster is in the SFO Museum collection.
The bag is made from 10-ounce canvas of 80% recycled cotton and 20% cotton. The recycled fibers are collected from garment-cutting waste and then intertwined with cotton for added strength and durability. Self-fabric handles. Dimensions: 15.75" h x 15.25" w; approx. 240 cubic inches.
Note: Bags not intended for use by children 12 and under.