Poster; Busabout, by Hans Unger and Eberhard Schulze, 1970
Main details
| Reference number | 1983/4/7739 |
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| Dates | 1970 |
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| Completeness | 85% |
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Physical description
Dimensions Attribute Value Height 1016mmWidth 635mmDescriptive size Double royalItem content Attribute Value Object title BusaboutText Busabout The London red bus, its top deck high above the traffic, is your ideal grandstand view-point, for historic buildings, places of interest and the endlessly entertaining hubub of the teeming streets. A Red Bus Rover ticket gives you a day's travel-as-you-please on 1,500 miles of red bus routes and costs 7/- (child 3/6)... -
People involved
Role Person(s) involved Artist Hans Unger, 1970Eberhard Schulze,Printer Waterlow & Sons Ltd, 1970Publisher London Transport, 1970
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