Poster; At your service - bus conductor, by Leo Dowd, 1947

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Reference number	1983/4/6079
Description	This poster, At Your Service, promotes the job of the London bus conductor. The illustration by artist Leo P Dowd shows a bus conductor using a Bell Punch ticket machine and ticket rack to issue tickets to the passengers. The poster notes that the work of the conductor can be difficult, patience and understanding are needed in dealing with the public, and that every day 22,000 conductors issue nearly 10 million tickets to passengers travelling on London Transport vehicles.
Artist	Leo Dowd
Dates	1947
Collection	Posters
Object type	Poster
Print code	347/326H/1000
Location	Acton Depot
Topics	Bus conductors Uniforms Statistics Bus 1940s Tickets Passenger information Staff Bus
Completeness	89% 89% ?

• Physical description

  Dimensions

  Attribute	Value
  Height	1016mm
  Width	635mm
  Descriptive size	Double royal

  Colour

  Attribute	Value
  Colour	Grey Brown Green

  Item content

  Attribute	Value
  Object title	At your service; bus conductor
  Text	At Your Service He does a difficult job with patience and understanding. He is one of 22,000 conductors who issue nearly ten million tickets to travellers on London Transport road vehicles every day.

• People involved

  Role	Person(s) involved
  Artist	Leo Dowd, 1947
  Printer	The Baynard Press,
  Publisher	London Transport, 1947

• Associated companies, people and places

  Places

  Borough	Greater London,