Catch of the Week 31: Do not dream any longer…just go there!

CotW31 Air France Nefertiti and Sphinx

U&O (Urbi et Orbi), ‘N’en rever plus… allez-y!’ 1960’s for Air France, black and white photocollage advert, full page, 33,6 x 24 cm.

It is World Tourism Day: attention for a phenomenon that exists for ages, but our way of enjoying holiday developped at the end of the nineteenth century. In the 1960’s Air France seduced us with the monuments of the Great Giza Sphinx, combined with the pyramids. ‘No longer dreaming about one of the Wonders of the World, just go. Especially for the winter times.
A model is mimicking the Nefertiti bust with the long neck and the blue headdress. Yet this item cannot be found during this tour: it is part of the collection of the Egyptian Museum in Berlin.

CotW 31 Air France Sphinx and couple


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