Poster; Billy Brown on escalators "Here's another bright suggestion", by David Langdon, 1943

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Reference number	1983/4/10581
Artist	David Langdon
Dates	1943
Collection	Posters
Object type	Poster
Print code	843.1417 6,500
Location	Acton Depot
Topics	Billy Brown Overcrowding Escalators Billy Brown
Completeness	87% 87% ?

• Physical description

  Dimensions

  Attribute	Value
  Height	578mm
  Width	248mm
  Descriptive size	Panel poster

  Colour

  Attribute	Value
  Colour	Green

  Item content

  Attribute	Value
  Object title	Billy Brown on escalators "Here's another bright suggestion
  Text	'B.B.' on escalators £10 award for adding two lines to this couplet... Here's another bright suggestion Standing right prevents congestion...Send suggestions which must be on a postcard....not later than December 19, 1943...

  Design

  Attribute	Value
  Stylistic approach	Cartoon

• People involved

  Role	Person(s) involved
  Artist	David Langdon, 1943
  Printer	The Baynard Press, 1943
  Publisher	London Transport, 1943