Blackpool Aviation Meeting Poster Print (1909)

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Blackpool’s early-flight history for your wall

Celebrate an interest in aviation and British seaside history with this Blackpool Aviation Meeting print, dated 1909. Reproduced from a souvenir programme cover, it connects a named event with the Edwardian era, when powered flight was a new public spectacle. Choose it for a study, hallway or travel-themed gallery wall where historical transport has a personal connection.

About the programme cover

Unlike a general aircraft illustration, this work commemorates a specific aviation meeting and its Blackpool setting. Its origins as a souvenir programme cover link it with the printed material that visitors could keep as a reminder of an event. That context makes it an interesting companion to advertisements and travel posters, offering another way in which early transport was presented to the public.

Create a transport-history corner

Imagine displaying the print beside a shelf of aviation books, with warm wooden furniture, softly textured fabrics and a model aircraft or travel keepsake nearby. It can introduce a connection to early flight into an everyday room without requiring the whole space to follow a museum-style theme. The recorded black, green and pink palette provides a starting point for coordinating accessories or companion prints.

A smaller format can join an established gallery arrangement, while a larger print gives the Blackpool event a more prominent place. Pair it with a balloon poster to explore an earlier chapter in flight, or broaden the theme with railway and motorcycle advertisements. Together, those subjects can build a personal display around the different ways people travelled and imagined modern transport.

Paper, printing and finish

This product is a reproduction of the historic cover artwork, not an original 1909 programme or a complete souvenir booklet. It is produced using giclée printing on 200gsm matte art paper with a matte finish. Select a print-only version if you would like to use your own frame, or choose a framed option with a black wooden frame and white mount. Consider your available wall space before selecting from the three paper sizes.

Choose your size

• Small: 11 × 14 in, available as a print only or framed.
• Medium: 12 × 16 in, available as a print only or framed.
• Large: 18 × 24 in, available as a print only or framed.
• Framed options include a black wooden frame and white mount. Select your preferred size and finish above.

Pair it with

Explore an earlier chapter in flight with the Paris Hot Air Balloon poster (c. 1885). For a broader gallery wall celebrating historic transport, add The Comet train poster (1930s) and the Harley-Davidson motorcycle advertisement (1912), bringing air, rail and road travel into one display.

Explore more travel posters and aviation history

Discover complementary destination designs in our vintage travel posters collection.

Explore the wider subject in The History of Aviation Posters.