This Philippine Air Lines poster shows a map of the Philippines in green against a deep red background, with Manila placed at the center. White aircraft radiate outward toward China, Hong Kong, Japan, the United States, Europe, Indonesia, and Australia.
Published in 1953 by Western Lithograph Co. and credited to Walther-Boland Associates, the poster promoted Philippine Air Lines’ “Route of the Orient Star.” It presents Manila as an aviation hub connecting Asia, the Pacific, Europe, and North America. This visual belongs to the postwar period, when air travel became a symbol of modernization, national identity, and international mobility. Philippine Airlines was founded in 1941 and is recognized by the airline as Asia’s first commercial airline.
This piece is part of the Maynila Archive, a curated collection of Philippine historical visuals preserved and made accessible as fine art prints.
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