Go on a cruise even if it is just in your dreams. Posters for Italian cruise lines from a while back, mostly from the 1930s. All of these by Giovanni Patrone who lived from 1904 to 1963 and was a painter and poster designer in Genoa.

Poster for the Nord-Amerika Express/Italia Cosulich. 1934. Italian. Poster mounted on paper. Image © Swann Galleries New York. Fair use license. via https://catalogue.swanngalleries.com/Lots/auction-lot/Giovanni-Patrone-(1904-1963)–NORD–AMERIKA-EXPRESS–ITALIA-?saleno=2547&lotNo=13&refNo=774046

Andrea Doria. December, 1952. 1952. Poster. Image © italianways.com . Fair use license. via https://www.italianways.com/giovanni-patrones-italian-ocean-liners/

Saturna-Vulcania, the tourist class. Cosulich Line. Undated. Poster. Image © italianways.com . Fair use license. via https://www.italianways.com/giovanni-patrones-italian-ocean-liners/

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