A 1950s "Hawaii" banyan tree poster from United Air Lines printed on a recycled-cotton canvas tote bag.
- Front: the full "Hawaii" banyan tree poster art for United Air Lines
- 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
The great spreading limbs and hanging roots of a banyan tree frame this 1950s United Air Lines poster for Hawaii, with a woman resting beneath its branches and the sky behind her ablaze with sunset color. The artist is not recorded. Banyans, with their massive canopies, were a familiar sight to visitors in Honolulu, and the warm palette here sells the islands as a place of slow, golden evenings. In the 1950s Hawaii was still a U.S. territory, and United, flying to Honolulu since the late 1940s, used posters like this to make the islands feel close to the mainland.
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.