B/W print; new fluorescent lighting in a Q35-stock car, by Topical Press, 1944

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Reference number	1998/69375
Description	Interior view of Q35-stock car no 8784, which has been fitted with experimental 'daylight ' type fluorescent tube lighting; twelve 2ft long tubes have been installed on each side of the car. Seated 'passengers' pose for the camera. Note mix of longitudinal and transverse seating, and the wartime anti-blast netting on the glazed sections of the doors. Recruiting posters for station staff are pasted to the draught screens in the foreground.
Photographer	Topical Press
Dates	11 Oct 1944
Collection	Photographs
Object type	B/w print
Photograph number	U36278
Location	Acton Depot
Topics	Underground trains
Completeness	73% 73% ?

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  Descriptive size	8x6ins

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  LT poster: Required men & women as station porters full or part-time to work varying shifts and on Sundays as required. Apply Stationmaster at any Underground station or Recruiting Centre London Transport 566 High Road Chiswick W4 opposite Gunnersbury station Notice on doors: Before alighting look out for the platform Advert: Morrisflex Rex. Flexible shaft equipment and Rotary files & cutters. B O Morris Ltd, Shirley, Birmingham Advert: Oxo makes cooking child's play Advert: We'll save now for our own home. Begin now with a regular monthly savings account in the Halifax Building Society

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  Shot	medium interior

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  Photographer	Topical Press, 11 Oct 1944

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  Location	Ealing Common Depot, Ealing, W5