Stingemore's 1925 Passenger Map
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Stingemore's 1925 Passenger Map
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The May 1925 issue of Stingemore’s passenger map shows Wembley Exhibition Grounds, and its covers advertise the number of escalators and other amenities such as clear air and a comfortable seat.
Our map is the first of a series designed by Fred Stingemore and issued free to passengers from 1925 onwards, to be ultimately replaced by Beck's diagram in 1933. Read more
Although the maps were roughly geographical, all surface topography (even the Thames in early editions, although it was Stingemore who later reinstated it as a point of reference) was omitted, and some some lines were twisted to fit into the available space.
The UERL (Underground Electric Railways Company of London) had experimented with small three-panel maps even before the First World War, but Stingemore’s series cemented the format and his maps are the ancestors of those given away at tube stations today.
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Three panel passenger map, printed area measures 12.8 x 15.2 cm. Printed on red linen-backed card, slight edge-wear and wear to folds.
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