Poster, Back room boys - they also serve - bus maintenance, by Fred Taylor, 1944
Main details
| Reference number | 1983/4/5576 |
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| Description | This poster is from a series commissioned in 1942. Each one highlighted a different aspect of the vital repair work and maintenance that was carried out by London Transport staff throughout wartime. Many of the workers were women, lending a certain irony to the title, 'Back Room Boys'. In the central picture two women assist a male colleague working on a trolley bus. The illustrated border shows the depot at Fulwell. The poster layout is reminiscent of that of a First World War poster series by Archibald Standish Hartrick. |
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| Dates | 1944 |
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| Completeness | 87% |
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Physical description
Dimensions Attribute Value Height 622mmWidth 508mmColour Attribute Value Colour - Red
- Black
Item content Attribute Value Object title Back room boys, they also serve; bus maintenanceText Back Room Boys.... They Also Serve... Bus MaintenanceDesign Attribute Value Medium photo-lithograph -
People involved
Role Person(s) involved Artist Fred Taylor, 1944Printer The Baynard Press,Publisher London Transport, 1944 -
Associated companies, people and places
Places Borough Greater London,