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The British Empire Exhibition originally ran between April and November 1924, but it was not a financial success, and the decision was taken to reo...

The British Empire Exhibition was, at the time, the largest exhibition staged anywhere in the world; a high profile, postwar statement of confidenc...

This is the Summer 1928 issue of this portrait format London underground passenger map, issued 1928-29. The style of the lines, stations and interc...

River Thames Wharf Chart, Sheet 3, showing tiers, moorings, etc. between Barking Creek & Hole Haven. Condition & Materials  Folding map, 75...

A first edition of the famous diagram from January 1933 Beck’s diagram is one of the most innovative and influential designs of the twentieth centu...

  Garbutt believed he had ‘rescued’ the London Underground map from the clutches of Harold Hutchison and his ‘ham-fisted parody’ of Beck’s designs ...

District within ¼ mile radius [of] South Harrow Stanford’s was a firm of map publishers as well as map retailers until after the Second World War, ...

By Green Line from Hyde Park Corner This pair poster was issued in April 1947 for the start of the first summer of the fully re-instated coach netw...

District within ¼ mile radius [of] Turnpike Lane Stanford’s was a firm of map publishers as well as map retailers until after the Second World War,...

The District Railway Guide to the Greater Britain Exhibition, the Gigantic Wheel, &c, at Earls Court The Greater Britain Exhibition was one of ...

Late Theatre Services by Tramway is one of at least three posters designed by Haythorne for LCC Trams, the others being ‘Dull days made bright in t...

Map with lines showing the boundary for free collection and delivery of parcels and passengers’ luggage The main map shows central London, includin...

The critics have not been kind to Harold Hutchison, and nor have we. His design, which replaced Beck’s diagram, was unveiled to the public – and to...

Harold Hutchison believed that he could design a superior version of the Beck diagram himself. He was wrong. With a print code dated January 1960, ...

District within ¼ mile radius [of] Monument Stanford’s was a firm of map publishers as well as map retailers until after the Second World War, with...

This map extols the virtues of living in Metro-land, by purchasing from the Metropolitan Railway Country Estates, Ltd In 1933 the Met became part o...

The map shows bus, tram and train services operated by the Underground Group and is very similar to the pocket map issued in guidebooks c.1924 (ill...

This is an unusually nice example of the second, October issue of this geographic style map. It is often browned: in the months after the Armistice...

Beck’s diagram is possibly one of the most innovative and influential designs of the 20th century. First published in 1933, Beck remained directly ...

This is a good example of the second ever edition of Harry Beck's famous diagram to appear in poster form; dated August 1933 it was the first to be...

This is an interesting example of the London underground map produced under difficult wartime conditions. A number of variants of this map were iss...

Clang, clang, clang went the trolley… Trolleybus services were introduced to London in 1931 and phased out between 1954 and 1962, making this one o...

Underground Map of Central London/A Guide to Underground Travel, Through Service Sth. Harrow and the West End Leboff and Demuth draw attention to t...

Underground Railways of London/What to see and how to travel: Map of the Electric Railways of London The continuation of lines in the margins is no...

Map of London and the Suburbs, shewing the existing and proposed railways. [20 miles round] arranged by W.R. Botham, of the London and North Wester...

This District Railway map of Greater London shows the approximate extent from Epsom to Enfield and from Windsor to Grays, with inset of the Henley ...

Map of London shewing Goods, Coal and Passenger Stations, Depots and Receiving Offices of the London & North Eastern Railway, also the Ordinary...

The vertical UndergrounD logo on cover of this passenger map of the London Underground was more often seen outside stations than in print. This exa...

Un-titled, undated and without a printer, this exceptionally scarce early poster was created for display in stations, but establishing which ones p...

This pictorial map of London employs an unusual form of Turkish fold which makes use of inclined folding lines. The map is a simplified pocket vers...

MacDonald Gill, brother of Eric, was a successful commercial artist in his own right, and a noted calligrapher who designed the font used on all he...

This iteration of the UERL common design marks George Philip & Son’s first official map for the Underground Group; the firm had designed the fi...

The earliest versions of this map advertised the Franco-British Exhibition which closed at the end of October 1908, marked here as ‘Exhibition’. In...

Our map shows bus, tram and train services operated by the Underground Group and is very similar to the pocket map issued in guidebooks c. 1924.  T...

Beck’s diagram is possibly one of the most innovative and influential designs of the 20th century. First published in 1933, Beck remained directly ...

The London General Omnibus Company was by this point owned by the Underground Group and this is an early attempt at transport integration, with the...

The first edition of this map was printed in 1932 but the introduction of Beck's diagram in 1933 did not obviate the need for geographically accura...

MacDonald Gill, brother of Eric, was a successful commercial artist in his own right, and a noted calligrapher who designed the font used on all he...

On the reverse of this London Underground map is an enlargement of the central area with interchange stations named inside large diamonds. Beck’s d...

This issue of the London Underground map, the last of Beck’s pre-war card folders, features on its reverse an enlargement of the central area with ...

This was the first official London Underground passenger map to be printed since spring 1943, at least partly due to paper shortages. When printed ...

Underground Railways of London What to see and how to travel: Map of the Electric Railways of London Condition & Materials Summer 1925 issue of...

The Central London Railway produced a considerable quantity of advertising material in the Edwardian period. Other postcards included views of Lots...

District within ¼ mile radius [of] Manor House Stanford’s was a firm of map publishers as well as map retailers until after the Second World War, w...

Garbutt believed he had ‘rescued’ the London Underground map from the clutches of Harold Hutchison and his ‘ham-fisted parody’ of Beck’s designs. H...

Printed in December 1964, this is an early iteration of Garbutt’s design, which had been unveiled to the public in May. Garbutt believed he had ‘re...

Hans Schleger (1898-1976) was a successful commercial artist and modernist graphic designer also known as Zero. He responsible for updating the off...

District within ¼ mile radius [of] Uxbridge Stanford’s was a firm of map publishers as well as map retailers until after the Second World War, with...