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Keep London going – Historic Reproduction

Keep London going, [between 1936 and 1940?] — vintage poster
Keep London going, [between 1936 and 1940?]. Vintage poster from the Historic Print Archive collection.

(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)

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Keep London Going" is a color poster issued for London Transport, the public transport service that carried passengers on the city's Underground and buses in the late 1930s. Its catalog record dates it only roughly, to between 1936 and 1940, and lists Man Ray (1890-1976) as the artist, though the notes flag that information as unverified. London Transport commissioned many posters in this period, and the best of them used bold modern design to make everyday travel look appealing. The poster's slogan speaks to the city's effort to keep its trains and buses running.

Created / published[between 1936 and 1940?]
Medium1 print (poster) : color ; 102 x 63 cm.
NotesPoster by Man Ray, 1890-1976. London, London Transport. Exchange, Museum of Modern Art, New York. Promotional goal: Gt. Brit. E2. 193-. This record contains unverified, old data from caption card. Caption card tracings: I. Gt. Brit. London Transport Executive. II. Title.
SourceLibrary of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division
Original scan935 × 1,536 px · prints to 3 × 5 in at 300 dpi
ReferenceAMZ-SOTP-HPA-172721

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