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Description: | During the Second World War, unnecessary travel was discouraged and the production of London Transport publicity posters ceased. The new role of pictorial posters was to provide information and boost morale among both passengers and staff.
This poster is from a series commissioned in 1942. Each one highlighted a different aspect of the vital repair work and maintenance that was carried out by London Transport staff throughout wartime. Many of the workers were women, lending a certain irony to the title, 'Back Room Boys'.
In the central picture two women assist a male colleague working on a trolley bus. The illustrated border shows the depot at Fulwell. Fred Taylor took this layout from a First World War poster series by Archibald Standish Hartrick. | Format: | image/jpeg | Publisher: | London Transport Museum | Rights holder: | Transport for London | Subjects: | Transport London at War Art and Design | Temporal: | 1944 | Source: | London Transport Museum | Creator: | Printer : The Baynard Press | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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