Organisation
London Transport Board
The V&A has 99 works related to London Transport Board.
Made between 1931 and 1993, these objects form part of the Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection and Theatre and Performance Collection. We hold work made from paper, ink and printing ink. Related makers include Waterlow & Sons and Baynard Press.
From the collections
99 objects made by London Transport Board
The Great Fire of London, Poster, Kauffer, Edward McKnight, 1966
Quickly away, thanks to Pneumatic Doors, Poster, Moholy-Nagy, László, 1937
Soon in the Train by Escalator, Poster, Moholy-Nagy, László, 1937
Poster, Spradbery, ca. 1936
Exact fare helps the conductor, Poster, designed by Eckersley, Tom (OBE), ca.1944
Coltsfoot - farewell winter, Poster, Spradbery, 1936
Poster, commissioned by London Transport Board, 1938
Festival of Britain, Poster, designed by Abram Games, 1951
Linking home & factory / Turning the Wheels of War, Poster, issued by London Transport Board, ca. 1943
Steering through daylight & blackout - Faithfully, Poster, issued by London Transport Board, ca. 1943
Defacing Posters, Poster, designed by Johnson, Edward
Puppet, issued by London Transport Board, 1960s
Puppet, issued by London Transport Board, 1960s
Puppet, issued by London Transport Board, 1960s- Victorian London 1850, Poster, Schleger, 1936
- 1914 Pre-War London, Poster, Schleger, 1936
- Long Live Their Majesties, Poster, Stabler, Harold, 1937
- The Royal Hospital Chapel, Poster, Johnson, Andrew, 1935
- The Beauchamp Tower, Poster, Johnson, Andrew, 1935
- Coach Route L for this week's ramble- Penhurt of the Sydneys, Poster, Fuze, R., 1933
- To the River. Garrick's Temple, Hampton, Poster, Sorrell, 1938
- Clive's House, 45 Berkeley Square, Poster, Sorrell, 1937
- Beefield, Farningham, Poster, Spradbery, 1934
- Houses of Parliament, Poster, Unknown, 1936
- Westminster Abbey, Poster, issued by London Transport Board, 1936
- Earls Court. See The Model Of The New Building In The Ticket Hall At Charing Cross Station, Poster, Kauffer, Edward McKnight, 1936
- Round London Sightseeing Tours, Poster, Games, Abram, 1968
- Fly the Tube, Poster, issued by London Transport Board, 1977
- Visitor's London, Poster, Unger, 1975
- Autumn is the time for the woods …, Poster, Madon, Nari Coswasji, 1964
- Chenies Red-brick Manor House and Church …, Poster, Clarke, Graham Arthur, 1969
- One man's junk is another man's treasure, Poster, Selway, 1964
- Conducted Tours by London Transport, Poster, designed by Eckersley, Tom (OBE), ca.1956
- In the blackout..., Poster, Angrave, Bruce, ca. 1942
- In the blackout..., Poster, Angrave, Bruce, ca. 1942
- In the blackout..., Poster, Angrave, Bruce, ca. 1942
- In the blackout..., Poster, Angrave, Bruce, ca. 1942
- In the blackout..., Poster, Angrave, Bruce, ca. 1942
- Indoor Zoo, Poster, Anonymous, 1937
- London's Country - The Chilterns, Poster, Farleigh, John Frederick William Charles CBE, 1947
- Poster, Shawki, Shafig, 1948
- London's Country. The Chilterns, Poster, Farleigh, John Frederick William Charles CBE, 1947
- Get on Board London's Buses, Poster, designed by Fletcher, Alan, 1993
- Get on Board London's Buses, Poster, designed by Fletcher, Alan, 1993
- Vambrace, poleyn, sabaton - even the vocabulary is made to measure, Poster, designed by Knight, Geraldine Ann, 1963
- There's nothing like a good brisk walk on the Downs…, Poster, designed by Burningham, John Mackintosh, 1963
- The London Museum is the Londoner's own museum…, Poster, designed by Eckersley, Tom (OBE), 1963
- Lovat Lane, Poster, designed by Finnie, John, 1963
- Poster, designed by Unger, Hans M. M., 1963
- Poster, Marx, Enid Crystal Dorothy (R.D.I.), 1964
- Little Venice, Poster, Finnie, John, 1965
- We Animals are really well off in London, Poster, Lee-Elliott, Theyre, 1965
- All passengers and stores aboard?, Poster, designed by Burningham, John Mackintosh, 1965
- Winter in London is no season for the stay-at-home, Poster, designed by Burningham, John Mackintosh, 1964
- The World of the Pharaohs, Poster, designed by Knight, Geraldine Ann, 1966
- St Paul's arose, a phoenix from the ashes, Poster, Critchlow, Keith, 1966
- Nine Hundred Years Ago Edward the Confessor ..., Poster, Chapman, Gaynor Patricia, 1966
- The gardens of the Parks offer a selection of more formal gaities …, Poster, designed by Lindsay, Una and Alan Neilson, 1966
- Fish in Comfort, Poster, designed by Galbraith, Victor, 1966
- London never sleeps, Poster, Unknown, 1968
- Round London Sightseeing Tours, Poster, Games, Abram, 1968
- Aldershot Tattoo, Poster, Andrews, Sybil, 1934
- Bethnal Green Museum, Poster, Scarfe, 1965
- Country markets offer entertainment and bargains, Poster, Hofbauer, Imre, 1965
- Windmills link us with less hurried days, Poster, Finnie, John, 1966
- The Ornithologist finds more in London than the sweep of starlings into Trafalgar Square…, Poster, designed by Madon, Nari Coswasji, 1963
- The National Army Museum, Poster, Fenton, Ernest William, 1972
- How is your euphoria?, Poster, Kessell, Mary, 1964
- Poster, Weil, Hanna, 1964
- Ancient and Modern mingle in London's countryside, Poster, designed by Leeson, Bill, 1965
- Rhubarb and Roses ... Underground to Covent Garden, Poster, John Cecil Griffiths, 1965
- At Kew the Londoner has his ideal Eden, Poster, Carlo, Michael, 1971
- London Museum tells London's story, Poster, designed by Barker, Carol, 1969
- Not for Sale., Poster, Fenton, Ernest William, 1964
- John Nash (1752-1835) was to the West End what Wren was to the City, Poster, designed by Unger, Hans M. M., 1966
- Osterley Park, Poster, designed by Beer, Richard, 1972
- London after Dark, Poster, Millett, Fred, 1966
- Chiswick House, Poster, Manning, Michael (Bernard) Louis, 1964
- Summer is a-coming in, Poster, designed by Selway, Martina, 1963
- 1564-1964 How much of the London known to Shakespeare can you see today?, Poster, Chapman, Gaynor Patricia, 1964
- Campion, St. John's wort, ox-eye daisies …, Poster, designed by Hill, Christopher, 1964
- Tower Bridge provides a monument of high drama …, Poster, Farleigh, John Frederick William Charles CBE, 1964
- Speaker's Corner, Marble Arch, is the Londoner's long-established open-air debating society, Poster, Carey, Peter Leonard, 1967
- The London Transport Collection ..., Poster, Fenton, Ernest William, 1976
- Greensted, Poster, designed by Gardiner, Clive, 1937
- The Naturalist finds London an ideal capital, Poster, designed by Chapman, Gaynor Patricia, 1963
- Spring in the air, Poster, designed by Stevens, Harry, 1963
- London Museums offer the wonderful, the charismatic, the primitively powerful, the bizarre, Poster, designed by Barker, Carol, 1979
- The London Transport Collection at Syon Park, Brentford, Poster, Fenton, Ernest William, 1974
- 'And because the breath of flowers...', Poster, Grose, Louise, 1968
- Poster, by Unknown, 1967
- Westerham, Poster, designed by Gardiner, Clive, 1937
- High on the chalk downs …, Poster, Hill, Christopher, 1968
- For, lo the winter is past …, Poster, Farleigh, John Frederick William Charles CBE, 1965
- Local Museums are treasure houses..., Poster, Joy Simpson, 1968
- Poster, designed by Roberson, Peter, 1963
- The colour of winter belongs to the countryside, Poster, Stevens, Harry, 1963
- Nicholas Hawksmoor …, Poster, designed by Beer, Richard, 1975
- Country Walks, Poster, Stevens, Harry, 1979