The London Transport Collection

Original travel poster promoting the Museum of British Transport in Clapham, designed by William Fenton and published by London Transport in 1964, with lettering by the cartographer Benjamin Getzel Lewis. The poster depicts a Tilling horse bus, a General B-type bus, a double-deck tramcar, and one of the original Metropolitan Railway steam locomotives. The background is illustrated with a collection of transport ephemera, including a panel from Shillibeer's original omnibus of 1929, the first Metropolitan Railway timetables of 1863, locomotive builders' plates, Underground and bus tickets, bus and tram stop signs and bus bonnet numbers. On the right there is an impression of Barnett Freeman's poster Circus which was produced in 1936. This copy is a printer's proof from the family archive of the Curwen Press and does not include advertising copy at the base of the poster which appeared on displayed versions. A higher resolution image is available for viewing on request.