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affiches de publicité pour Metroland

Metroland

Towards the end of the 19th century, the London Underground operators were praising the merits of suburban living, to the point of developing their own real estate programs in the areas around their stations. Dubbed Metro-land, these new developments enjoyed a captive market...
















Photo credit: TfL from the London Transport Museum collection

Advertising posters for Metroland

  1. Title: Opening of the Picadilly line extension
    Author: Cecil Walter Bacon
    Date: 1932
    Dimensions: 63 x 102 cm
  2. Title: the key to a new countryside
    Author: Unknown
    Date: 1932
    Dimensions: 63 x 102 cm
    Localisation : London Transport Museum