1920s London Underground Posters Remind Us That Trains Are Wonderful

PublishedFebruary 6, 2014

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Remember the Roaring Twenties, when the future looked like Metropolis and cities were going to become battalions of marching skyscrapers? In these colorful 1920s ads for the London Underground, trains never felt so much like the transport of tomorrow.

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When Wet / Travel Underground / It's Drier, by Cecil Dillon McGurk, 1922

Brightest London is best reached by Underground, by Horace Taylor, 1924

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Fresh Air in London's Parks, by James Henry Dowd, 1924

The Film-Lover travels by Underground, by Charles Paine, c. 1925

Summertime Pleasures by Underground, by Edward McKnight Kauffer, 1925

By Underground 30 Minutes From Town To Open Country, by Dora M. Batty, 1925

The Open Gate That Leads From Work To Play, by Frederick C. Herrick, 1925

The Flea, by Edward McKnight Kauffer, 1926

It Is Warmer / Cooler Below, by Charles Frederick Herrick, 1926-1927

To Keep Pace With Time, A Season Ticket Will Help You, by Frederick C. Herrick, 1927

No Richer Town Than London, by Frederick C. Herrick, 1927

The Way To Winter Sales, by Reginald P. Gossop, 1927

The Philosophers say "See Yourself" but we see our neighbors, 1927

The Lure of the Underground, by Alfred Leete, 1927

Seeing / Touching / Smelling / Hearing the Riches of London, by Frederick C. Herrick, 1927

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Shop by Underground, but Shop by Underground Between 10 & 4, by Austin Cooper, 1928

Summer Days and Summer Nights, by Vladimir Polunin, 1930

Play between 6 and 12 – The bright hours – Go by Underground, by Edward McKnight Kauffer, 1931

The West-End is awakening – And once again there is everything for your pleasure, by Ernest Michael Dinkel, 1931

A Tale of Four Seats, by Cyril Kenneth Bird, 1936

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The photos are from Bonhams and Library of Congress, except when noted otherwise.