© london transport museum collection Our heritage series; Haig,
by Robert Sargent Austin, 1943 - Medium: Pencil - Dimensions;
Width: 524Mm, Height: 403Mm - Reference number: 1987/129/1 -
Design stage: Preparatory work The Underground Group, and later
London Transport, produced a wide variety of public information
posters during the First (1914-18) and Second (1939-45) World
Wars. The majority of wartime posters advised staff and
passengers on emergency rules and regulations. Others were more
overtly patriotic, often focussing on the valuable war work
undertaken by transport employees. Some First World War
Underground posters even urged onlookers to enlist with the
armed forces. During the Second World War, posters were also
used to explain tube 'etiquette' to the vast numbers of war
workers and servicemen using the underground for the first time.
Show all records with Wartime London theme There was a marked
difference between 'propaganda' posters produced by the
transport companies during the two wars. Those