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C&RE - A modern couple who brought a new aesthetic to 1930s poster art
, 2 minute readFind out about Clifford and Rosemary Ellis, the husband and wife designer duo who shared artistic and marital equality.
Join our volunteers as they explore the different forms of research they can utilise in their exploration of the B type bus.
The Battle Bus project volunteers visited the Imperial War Museum and National Army Museum to see how people interact with their exhibitions, and to start forming their own ideas on what they want to do for their project.
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Introducing our new gallery, Digging Deeper
By Simon Murphy, , 1 minute readSimon Murphy introduces our new Digging Deeper gallery, telling the tunnelling story of London's transport over the last 200 years.
Join our volunteers as they begin their journey into the History of the Battle Bus; and uncover stories of transport and transport workers in WWI.
Find out more about the Zinkeisen sisters and how their portrayal of women in their poster designs could have been deemed 'racy' in the 1930s.
Join us in wishing Carol Barker a Happy 80th Birthday, and find out more about the artist herself.
Find out more about the progressive steps of Frank Pick in commissioning women to produce adverts for the Underground, from the first poster by a woman appearing in 1910 to an increase in female artists to 25% by 1930!