Poster for United Airlines, circa 1963, painted by Thomas Hoyne (1924-1983).

Hoyne is better known as a painter of maritime art. A former Navy officer, he started out as a commercial artist, drawing advertisements for Green Giant and Charmin, as well as other posters for United. In the mid-1960s, he was diagnosed with cancer and given two years to live. He decided to focus his work on maritime art and lived 17 more years, producing dramatic paintings of America’s nautical past.

Thanks to Peter Bernotas for this photo of the poster from his collection.