Vintage-style "Fly from London through Africa" poster art for Imperial Airways printed on a recycled-cotton canvas tote bag.
- Front: the full "Fly from London through Africa" poster art for Imperial Airways
- 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
A bold red-orange map of Africa fills this restored, vintage-style poster for Imperial Airways, Britain's flag carrier of the interwar years, with the promise "Fly from London through Africa." By 1932 Imperial Airways had pushed its African service all the way south to Cape Town. A timetable from that year shows the Cairo to Cape Town leg alone taking eight days, flown in stages of six to ten hours a day: big Handley Page HP42 biplanes carried passengers from Cairo through Khartoum to Juba, and Armstrong Whitworth Atalantas took over from Nairobi southward, with overnight stops along the way.
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.