History with its flickering lamp stumbles along the trail of the past, trying to reconstruct its scenes, to revive its echoes, and kindle with pale gleams the passion of former days. ~Winston Churchill

18 September, 2012

Snatch Summer's Closing Days

With a few days left of the season, let's enjoy these wonderful summertime posters from London Transport, 1920s and 30s.

From the collections of the London Transport Museum.



Poster by Harold Sandys Williamson, 1933. Source



Poster by L. B. Black, 1926. Source



Poster by Horace Taylor, 1926. Source





Poster by Herry Perry, 1934. Source



Poster by Vladimir Polunin, 1930. Source



Poster by Andrew Power, 1933. Source



Poster by Edward McKnight Kauffer, 1925. Source



Poster by Dora M. Batty, 1927. Source



Poster by Vladimir Polunin, 1930. Source



Poster by Verney L. Danvers, 1925. Source



Poster by Barnett Freedman, 1936. Source



Poster by Edward McKnight Kauffer, 1924. Source



Poster by Mary Coop, 1925. Source



Poster by Dora M. Batty, 1927. Source



2 comments:

Betty said...

They make it look like the tube is the glamorous way to travel. Something for environmentalists to embrace, possibly?

Anna said...

Oh absolutely! The glamour of public transportation is certainly worthy of revivial!

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