Inside the 'Cars: Accelerating the Modern World' exhibition
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From the collections
99 of 230 objects made by Shell Mex and B.P. Ltd.
Footballers Prefer Shell, Poster, Nash, Paul, 1935
These Men Use Shell, Poster, Nicholson, Ben, 1938
BP Ethyl Controls Horse-Power, Poster, Kauffer, Edward McKnight, 1933
Summer Shell. May to October, Poster, Kauffer, Edward McKnight, 1939
Magicians prefer Shell, Poster, designed by Kauffer, Edward McKnight, 1934
International Aero Exhibition, Poster, Kauffer, Edward McKnight, 1929
Stonehenge, Poster, Kauffer, Edward McKnight, 1931
Stonehenge, Poster, Kauffer, Edward McKnight, 1931
Seamen Prefer Shell, Poster, Hillier, Tristram Paul, 1934
Seamen Prefer Shell, Poster, Hillier, Tristram Paul, 1934
Scientists Prefer Shell, Poster, designed by Eckersley, Tom (OBE), 1936
Time to change to Winter Shell, Poster, Eckersley, Tom (OBE), 1938
Alfriston, Poster, Bell, Vanessa, 1931
You can be sure of Shell, Poster, Armstrong, John, 1938
Dinton Castle Near Aylesbury, Poster, Kauffer, 1936
Merchants - Prefer Shell, Poster, Mcknight Kauffer, Edward, 1933
Explorers prefer Shell, Poster, Kauffer, 1934
Magicians Prefer Shell, Poster, designed by Kauffer, 1934
Bodiam Castle, Poster, Mcknight Kauffer, Edward, 1932
Poster, Mcknight Kauffer, Edward, 1931
You Can Be Sure of Shell, Poster, Kauffer, 1931
Poster, Joseph Webb, 1948
Economise in Time, Temper, Petrol by Using Winter Shell, Poster, Kauffer, 1932
Actors Prefer Shell., Poster, Kauffer, Edward McKnight, 1933
Summer Shell. May to October, Poster, designed by Kauffer, Edward McKnight, 1939
Explorers Use Shell, Fashion design, Handley-Seymour, Elizabeth (Madame), 1912
Oxfordshire, Poster, designed by Hoyle, Walter, 1963
Half-way round the world on "Shell", Poster, Gill, (Leslie) Macdonald, 1921
The self changing or pre-selective epicyclic gear, Brochure, designed by Kauffer, Edward McKnight, 1937
Performance is proof, Brochure, 1930s
On and on and on and on: it stayed on the job, Brochure, published by Shell Mex and B.P. Ltd., 1930s
The Giant, Cerne Abbas, Poster, Dobson, Frank, 1931
Farmers Prefer Shell, Poster, designed by Constanduros, Denis, 1934
The "Jungle" Lincoln, Poster, Daintrey, Adrian Maurice, 1936
Long Man Of Wilmington, Poster, Constanduros, Denis, 1932
Cambridgeshire, Poster, designed by Nash, John Northcote, 1963
Tourists Prefer Shell, Poster, Hillier, Tristram Paul, 1936
That's Shell That Was!, Poster, designed by Hilder, Rowland (V.P.R.I., S.M.A.), 1931
Whipsnade Zoo By Car Using B.P. Plus, Poster, Ellis, Clifford, 1932
Lower Slaughter, Poster, Ellis, Clifford, 1934
Dorset, Poster, designed by Nash, John Northcote, 1961
Stoke-on-Trent but Shell on the Road, Print, designed by Edward Bawden, ca. 1935
Everywhere You Go You Can Be Sure of Shell, Poster, Parker, Brynhild, 1932
Summer Shell On Sale May 1st, Poster, Caplan, David, 1937
Summer Shell is Here Again, Poster, Miller, Jack, 1936
Everywhere You Go You Can Be Sure Of Shell, Poster, Miller, Robert, 1936
Alfriston, Poster, Bell, Vanessa, 1931- BP Ethyl Banished Pinking, Design, designed by fries, Early 20th century
- BP Ethyl Banished Pinking, Design, designed by fries, Early 20th century
- BP Ethyl Banished Pinking, Design, designed by fries, Early 20th century
- BP Ethyl Banished Pinking, Design, designed by fries, Early 20th century
- BP Ethyl Banished Pinking, Design, designed by fries, Early 20th century
- BP Ethyl Banished Pinking, Design, designed by fries, Early 20th century
- BP Ethyl Banished Pinking, Design, designed by fries, Early 20th century
- Design, designed by fries, early 20th century
- SEE BRITAIN FIRST ON SHELL - HARLECH, SNOWDON AND BEDDGELERT, Poster, Purvis, 1931
- Spring is here. Feel the difference? As different as Shell, Poster, Harold Williamson, ca. 1930
- For Pull use Summer Shell!, Poster, Kauffer, Edward McKnight, 1930
- Lavenham, Poster, Clarke Hall, Edna (Lady), 1931
- Newlands Corner, Poster, designed by Armstrong, John, 1932
- Bourton on the Water, Poster, Gardiner, Clive, 1932
- Poster, Allinson, Adrian Paul (ROI, RBA), 1932
- Atlanta Class Air Liner, Poster, designed by Freedman, Barnett (C.B.E., R.D.I), 1932
- Everywhere You Go You Can Be Sure Of Shell, Poster, Nash, Paul, 1932
- Taynton, Poster, Bissil, George William, 1934
- Gordale Scar, Poster, designed by Ainsworth, Edgar, 1934
- Winter Shell, Poster, designed by Ainsworth, Edgar, 1933
- General Wade's Bridge, Aberfeldy, Poster, Calligan, Edwin, 1933
- Artists Prefer Shell, Poster, designed by Armstrong, John, 1933
- Architects Prefer Shell, Poster, Feibusch, Hans, 1933
- Athletes Prefer Shell, Poster, Kirk, Eve, 1934
- Gardeners Prefer Shell, Poster, Morris, Cedric Lockwood (Sir), 1934
- The New Forest, Poster, Kauffer, Edward McKnight, 1931
- Everywhere You Go You Can Be Sure of Shell, Poster, Parker, Brynhild, 1932
- Shell for Quick Starting, Poster, North, Kennedy S., 1932
- R.M.S. "Queen Mary" uses Shell Lubricating Oil, Poster, Gentleman, Tom, 1935
- Ralph Allen's Sham Castle, Near Bath, Poster, Guyatt, Richard, 1936
- Bond's Folly Nr. Corfe Castle Dorset, Poster, designed by Anderson, J. S., 1937
- John Knox Monument, Glasgow, Poster, Drew, Pamela, 1936
- "Roman" Tower, Tutbury, Staffs., Poster, Leonard Henry Rosoman, 1936
- Plas Newydd, Llangollen, Poster, Calligan, Edwin, 1936
- Kimmeridge Folly, Dorset, Poster, Nash, Paul, 1937
- These Men Use Shell, Poster, Brinkworth, Ian, 1938
- Fish Hill Tower, Broadway, Poster, Evans, Merlyn Oliver, 1936
- A Strange Church, Ayot St. Lawrence, Herts., Poster, Gentleman, Tom, 1937
- Faringdon Folly, Poster, Berners, Gerald Hugh Tyrwhitt-Wilson Baron, 1936
- Llanstephan Castle, Poster, Duplessis, H.E., 1932
- Anglers Prefer Shell, Poster, Ellis, Clifford, 1934
- St. Ives, Huntingdon, Poster, Grant, Duncan, 1932
- Jezreel's Temple, Gillingham, Kent, Poster, Hillier, Tristram Paul, 1936
- Butterfly & Globe, Poster, Morris, Cedric Lockwood (Sir), 1928
- January, Poster, designed by Hilder, Rowland (V.P.R.I., S.M.A, 1954
- February, Poster, designed by Hilder, Rowland (V.P.R.I., S.M.A, 1954
- March, Poster, designed by Hilder, Rowland (V.P.R.I., S.M.A, 1954
- April, Poster, designed by Hilder, Rowland (V.P.R.I., S.M.A, 1954
- May, Poster, designed by Hilder, Rowland (V.P.R.I., S.M.A, 1954
- June, Poster, designed by Hilder, Rowland (V.P.R.I., S.M.A, 1954
- July, Poster, designed by Hilder, Rowland (V.P.R.I., S.M.A, 1954
- August, Poster, designed by Hilder, Rowland (V.P.R.I., S.M.A, 1954
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