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Description: | The idea for painting buses in all-over advertising livery was first trialled in 1969. From then until the late 1970s, specially painted buses were used for private advertising and also to publicise special events. In 1979, for example, buses were painted to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the introduction of Shillibeer's omnibus.
The bus in this picture is an R.M.-type. It has been painted silver to publicise the celebrations planned for Queen Elizabeth II's silver jubilee in 1977. The interior was also decorated, the floor carpet with the queen's cipher and the dates of her reign.
In the background of this 1976 photo the River Thames and Tower Bridge can be seen. | Format: | image/jpeg | Publisher: | London Transport Museum | Rights holder: | Transport for London | Subjects: | Identity and Icons | Temporal: | 1976 | Source: | London Transport Museum | Identifier: | http://www.20thcenturylondon.org.uk/rser... | Language: | en-GB | Format: | image/jpeg | Go to resource |
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