Pakistan Sylhet Poster

Pakistan, c. 1950s

36 x 24 in (91 x 61 cm)

ID #FF20C-PK11-S

"Pakistan / Sylhet"

A travel poster promoting tourism to Pakistan by depicting two women weaving baskets. At the time that this poster was printed, the Sylhet district was considered to be in East Pakistan after passing the Sylhet referendum in the midst of the partition of British India. Sylhet is now a city in Bangladesh ever since the Bangladesh Liberation War in 1971.

Issued by the Bureau of Tourism, Club Road, Karachi

Printer: Ferozsons, Ltd. Karachi

Condition: Good; please note light creasing along edges, the small piece missing from right-hand side, and the piece missing from the middle.

Material: Paper

All sizes are approximate.

250-500 bangladesh Dargah Gate pakistan poster size-36-x-24 sylhet tourism travel vintage poster weaving

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