Postcard; unused colour illustrated postcard of interior of GNP&BR car, 1906

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Reference number	2004/18081
Description	The Great Northern, Piccadilly and Brompton Railway (G.N.P&B.R.) was one of the three new Tube lines created by the Underground Electric Railways Company of London (U.E.R.L.) and known as the Yerkes Tubes. This is an officially produced colour postcard of the interior of a G.N.P&B.R. car. It shows both the lengthways and cross seating as well as the electric lighting and leather straphangers.
Publisher	Locomotive Publishing Co.
Dates	December 1906
Collection	Ephemera
Object type	Postcard
Location	Acton Depot
Topics	Underground rolling stock Piccadilly line
Completeness	70% 70% ?

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  Text	Great Northern, Piccadilly & Brompton Ry. Interior of car. On reverse: London's Latest Tube. The G.N. Piccadilly and Brompton Electric Railway, from Hammersmith to Finsbury Park, which has just been opened, supplies the long felt want of a connecting link between the West and North of London. It runs through the heart of the Theatre area, and serves the West End Shopping Districts

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  Publisher	Locomotive Publishing Co., December 1906

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  Borough	Greater London,