{"product_id":"railway-destination-sign-enamel-steel-hsinking-beijing-1932","title":"Railway Destination Sign (Enamel Steel): Hsinking \/ Beijing, 1932","description":"\u003ch2\u003eRailway Destination Sign (Enamel Steel) — Hsinking \/ Beijing, circa 1932\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cp\u003eA striking original railway relic from the early 1930s: a double-sided enamelled steel destination board, one face reading for Hsinking (the capital of Manchukuo), the other for Beijing. Mounted on a carriage, a board of this kind told travellers the route ahead — here connecting two of the great political centres of the era across the Northeast Asian rail network.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is not a book but a tangible artefact of the railway itself: a heavy enamel-on-steel sign measuring approximately 15 by 65 centimetres, the lettering rendered in the durable vitreous enamel that gives such pieces their distinctive lustre and survival. The two destinations it names — Hsinking and Beijing — root it firmly in the geography and ambitions of 1932.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGenuine period destination boards rarely survive in honest, displayable condition. As a piece of railway history to handle and exhibit, it offers a directness that printed sources cannot, and will make a commanding centrepiece for any collection of East Asian railway material.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eOffered by KT Vintage, drawing on decades of trusted international sales to discerning collectors and institutions across Europe, the Americas, Asia, and Oceania.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"KT Vintage","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52455362625817,"sku":"N0000014990","price":169400.0,"currency_code":"JPY","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1000\/2264\/9113\/files\/288295712_large_86fcc8bb-6282-4a79-aa82-9d255eb8d19e.jpg?v=1780292618","url":"https:\/\/kujira-vintage.myshopify.com\/products\/railway-destination-sign-enamel-steel-hsinking-beijing-1932","provider":"KT Japan Curio","version":"1.0","type":"link"}