Chicago Travel Poster: Brookfield Zoo by Mildred Waltrip, 1936 Size:A0 (841x1189mm) enhancing the map’s whimsical style

enhancing the map’s whimsical style

Wye Valley: A picturesque area straddling the border between England and Wales

enhancing its utility for visitors and historians

this artwork originates from the significant collection "Birds of America" published in 1827

Chicago Travel Poster: Brookfield Zoo by Mildred Waltrip, 1936 Size:A0 (841x1189mm) enhancing the map’s whimsical styleInformation Brookfield Zoo by Mildred Waltrip (1936) is a handsome example of Chicagos mid Depression design culturean antique travel poster that blends friendly clarity with modernist restraint. Waltrip, an American artist and illustrator trained at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, worked in the orbit of the Federal Art Project and contributed to the citys visual landscape in the 1930s before moving into childrens science illustration in