20th Century Travel: 100 Years of Globe-Trotting Ads

I worked directly with the Art Director and Managing Editor in the production and design of this book including image editing, determining color schemes, and creating layouts. I also executed the typesetting throughout the entire book.

A lush visual history of international wanderlust, this volume features 400-plus print advertisements from the Jim Heimann Collection, that illustrate the evolution of leisure travel — from domestic to global, exclusive to popular, exotic to standardized — and its crucial role in American culture.

With an introduction, decade-by-decade analysis, and an illustrated timeline, this book highlights the cultural and technological developments that transformed travel from a cushioned journey of the elite into a convenient leisure pastime for the general public.

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