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    •  Collections
    •  Exhibitions

    C&RE - A modern couple who brought a new aesthetic to 1930s poster art

    , 2 minute read

    Find out about Clifford and Rosemary Ellis, the husband and wife designer duo who shared artistic and marital equality.

    A green, brown, black and red poster illustration of a woman, along with the words "come out to play"
  2. Blog category
    •  Battle Bus

    Battle Bus Research Volunteer Project - Session Three

    , 2 minute read

    Join our volunteers as they explore the different forms of research they can utilise in their exploration of the B type bus.

    A photo of war memorabilia lay out. Including medal and photos
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    •  Battle Bus

    Battle Bus Research Volunteer Project - Session Two

    , 2 minute read

    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.

    Gray flat metal sculpture of soldiers
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    •  Exhibitions

    Introducing our new gallery, Digging Deeper

    By Simon Murphy, , 1 minute read

    Simon Murphy introduces our new Digging Deeper gallery, telling the tunnelling story of London's transport over the last 200 years.

    A woman standing in fonrt of a projection of a Greathead shield
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    •  Battle Bus

    Battle Bus Research Volunteer Project - Session One

    , 3 minute read

    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.

    A photo of the B-Type bus in it's Khaki livery
  6. Blog category
    •  Posters

    The bright young things who put women centre stage

    , 2 minute read

    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.

    A poster illustration of a merry-go-round, made up of exotic animals, featuring a woman on a zebra
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    •  Posters

    Happy 80th Birthday Carol Barker

    , 1 minute read

    Join us in wishing Carol Barker a Happy 80th Birthday, and find out more about the artist herself.

    Image of Carol Barker infront of an elephant statue
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    •  Posters

    The first women poster pioneers

    , 2 minute read

    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!

    Poster advert for Kew Gardens by tram, featuring a river surrounded by bare trees