A goody bag of tweets covering many different types of vintage London Underground posters, many dating back to the very early days of the tube. This post was originally prepared in 2017, which explains why tweets only go up to that year. A new post has been done with those after 2017 and any that may have been missed out. One can of course do a Twitter search but it means searching and searching and sorting the wheat from the chaff! Let it be said creating these compilations are very time consuming!
There is an exhibition currently on show in Chicago, and that has prompted a number of new tweets and pictures on the subject of historic tube posters. That exhibition also prompted the uploading of this two year old as yet unpublished post!
The Art Institute of Chicago began collecting tube posters as early as 1919, and today they have around 350 in total. It must be one of the largest collections of tube posters outside of the London Transport Museum.
.@PhilipSuttonRA designed this poster for the London Underground in 1988.
— Philip Sutton R.A (@PhilipSuttonRA) September 27, 2017
In profile we can see his grandson @jazallensutton#jazallensutton pic.twitter.com/0sEr9UFXK1
A lovely London Underground ad from 1933! pic.twitter.com/gtAwVdmjo7
— GoBus (@ridegobus) September 27, 2017
27 September 1960, Europe's first moving walkway (Travolator) is opened at London Underground's Bank Station. #onthisday #1960s pic.twitter.com/VvtB56qvMi
— Paul Feeney (@postwarhistory) September 27, 2017
1928 FA Cup Final
— The League Magazine (@Theleaguemag) September 23, 2017
Blackburn Rovers v Huddersfield Town
Superb London underground poster pic.twitter.com/yJGomcBVDF
Zoo by Dorothy Burroughes -London Underground's best selling poster of 1922/3, featured in new @ltmuseum Poster Girls publication out soon pic.twitter.com/KP7OThejI2
— 20th Century Posters (@C20thPosters) September 22, 2017
Classic travel poster for the day: Underground – The Quickest Way To The Dogs! – Wood Lane, by Alfred Leete, 1927 pic.twitter.com/wyJb2vdUy2
— Colin Smith 💙 (@Colin_TBTAMC) June 29, 2017
London Underground Poster: When a lady should give up her seat for a gentlemen, 1986. pic.twitter.com/vEb3NqGxjW
— John Kilwarren (@KilwarrenJohn) September 13, 2017
London Underground Poster: Spring Theme, 1920s. pic.twitter.com/d932EmzfC8
— John Kilwarren (@KilwarrenJohn) September 13, 2017
London Underground Poster: Summer Sales, 1920s. pic.twitter.com/F5CtU5RHIM
— John Kilwarren (@KilwarrenJohn) September 13, 2017
London Underground Poster: bright colours of London, 1920s. pic.twitter.com/RnelsEhh1m
— John Kilwarren (@KilwarrenJohn) September 13, 2017
London Underground Poster: visiting the Tate Gallery, 1986. pic.twitter.com/p7l0g2a0W1
— John Kilwarren (@KilwarrenJohn) September 12, 2017
London Underground Poster: spending an evening at the theatre, 1909. pic.twitter.com/CMF15GhpRv
— John Kilwarren (@KilwarrenJohn) September 12, 2017
London Underground Poster: semi rural 'burbs to town in 30 minutes, 1920s.🍃🌿🌳🌲🌿🌱🏢🏛🏠🏠🏠🏢🏛 pic.twitter.com/T02hGVCf87
— John Kilwarren (@KilwarrenJohn) September 12, 2017
London Underground Poster: summertime theme, 1920s. pic.twitter.com/bFN0z5BXDJ
— John Kilwarren (@KilwarrenJohn) September 12, 2017
Light Power and Speed A London Underground Poster from 1910 by Charles Sharland. pic.twitter.com/3DOUlRQnBN
— helen warlow (@HWarlow) August 21, 2017
Underground For Business. A vintage London Underground poster. pic.twitter.com/M9QySI4vWh
— Simon Thompson (@Tunnelbreeze) August 20, 2017
Hampstead Tube. A vintage London Underground poster pic.twitter.com/797zihO65U
— Simon Thompson (@Tunnelbreeze) August 20, 2017
Daphne Victoria Barry's only poster for London Underground, designed while she was a student at Battersea Poly in 1926 @GraphicsUKwomen pic.twitter.com/v7Uqmw2BWS
— 20th Century Posters (@C20thPosters) August 10, 2017
Bit Hazy. DrS picked it for the artist I think London Underground System Poster by Dora M Batty no relation to Nora pic.twitter.com/DgSWmXjNqM
— helen warlow (@HWarlow) August 10, 2017
Charles Paine's Tube Poster For the Zoo, 1925 https://t.co/tVOt0hzdrA Vintage Travel Posters pic.twitter.com/quZ4coOJVX
— Vintage Images (@vintagegraphik) October 31, 2016
"The West End Is Awakening" A London Underground poster from the 1930s. #London #illustration pic.twitter.com/bsRog4T31N
— Simon Thompson (@Tunnelbreeze) August 4, 2017
Spiral Sunday #25 – a London Underground poster from the Osborne Robinson collection — Jeff… https://t.co/78gN7oDuSv pic.twitter.com/KETMwbj6FA
— GRAFIX: A fix of Vintage Graphics (@365posterblog1) August 3, 2017
Have you spotted the #LondonIsOpen posters by @QuentinBlakeHQ (with @illustrationHQ & @MayorofLondon) on the London Underground yet? pic.twitter.com/yPei2WoXyN
— United Agents Books (@UA_Books) August 17, 2017
30 beautiful London Underground advertising posters https://t.co/55qIYjJS6x pic.twitter.com/EDHk64BrNO
— Timeflight Old London (@OldLondonImages) June 14, 2017
Vintage Poster "Fly the Tube" London Underground – Brian Watson and … https://t.co/9PaYs5BpKS Advertising Posters, Vintage Travel … pic.twitter.com/xtEiQV2bTT
— Vintage Images (@vintagegraphik) June 13, 2017
Man Ray's posters for the London Underground (1938) & Voyager 1's photo of Saturn (1980, one of the 1st of Saturn taken from space) pic.twitter.com/AKFaJuijaE
— Amelia T-H (@Amlorberg) April 14, 2017
Richard T Cooper 1924 poster for London Underground #illustration #posters #London pic.twitter.com/mOQzepGX2k
— Simon Thompson (@Tunnelbreeze) March 3, 2017
A vintage London Underground poster. #illustration #posters #London #IARTG #SNRTG pic.twitter.com/OuWmbBr6fV
— Simon Thompson (@Tunnelbreeze) February 19, 2017
Some of our favourite works from the Clifford & Rosemary #Ellis collection at #auction next week are these #London #underground #posters! pic.twitter.com/rfZcDPEa7V
— Dreweatts 1759 (@Dreweatts_1759) January 3, 2017
New London Underground posters inspired by classic 1930s designs #artdeco #NewYearsEve pic.twitter.com/6IEIVM6BA2
— 20th Century Posters (@C20thPosters) December 28, 2016
Vintage tube posters compared manspreaders to Hitler https://t.co/tCaVX9UxP7 pic.twitter.com/R4Wn999teF
— Daniel Holland 🎗 (@DannyDutch) May 8, 2016
Lot 685: MARTY Andre Edouard – MOTOR SHOW, London Underground. Sold for £1,612! #vintage #posters #tbt #london #underground @standardnews pic.twitter.com/HuSR2HQUql
— Dreweatts 1759 (@Dreweatts_1759) December 1, 2016
London Underground Vintage Poster 'Wisley' by Robert Gibbings, 1922 https://t.co/TIm7D85oWH Vintage Travel Posters pic.twitter.com/YUARnC1EYK
— Vintage Images (@vintagegraphik) November 2, 2016
Vintage London Underground poster by Edward McKnight Kauffer Museum of Natural History, 1923 https://t.co/F0Ebhzn6BN Vintage Travel Posters pic.twitter.com/6QZJgmE6jn
— Vintage Images (@vintagegraphik) November 1, 2016
Retro Poster of London Underground's "Derby Day" by Herry Perry in 1928 https://t.co/owL6ogvq65 Vintage Travel Posters pic.twitter.com/h3CHw1aQD9
— Vintage Images (@vintagegraphik) October 31, 2016
1920s London Underground Posters https://t.co/nRIPaIEFxV pic.twitter.com/9uvfXEH476
— neatorama (@neatorama) October 11, 2016
1920s London Underground #Posters Remind Us Trains Are Wonderful https://t.co/cAphRPL0G3 pic.twitter.com/tuqp6RffbF (via @terrinakamura)
— Chiaki Fujita (@rosequartz0518) October 9, 2016
London Underground poster by Harold Stabler 1937 for the Coronation of George VI #posters #illustration pic.twitter.com/OJMoqi7kor
— David Easton (@Parabuild) August 18, 2016
london underground posters – Google Search https://t.co/xD2nD8DETe pic.twitter.com/TIThP6BGxg
— Au Bon Détail (@aubondetail) June 27, 2016
#Throwback – #Vintage Tube posters are a fascinating glimpse into 100 years of Tube #travel https://t.co/FDy2rqAHnO pic.twitter.com/lLw4PKIGSY
— Ticketmedia (@ticketmedia) November 12, 2015
An apparent vintage London Underground ad mixing practical information with wry jokes. https://t.co/gcULVstr69 pic.twitter.com/Jmt58UOadu
— Underground London (@UndergrndLondon) October 22, 2015
London Underground vintage posters https://t.co/ZyN0OyFnD9 pic.twitter.com/AbwFSgdfYR
— juan 👟😔 (@eurocero) July 25, 2017
A favourite of mine – London Underground vintage advertising #vintageadvertising #TfL pic.twitter.com/YAIkuD6NGC
— TMCM Copywriting (@TMCMCopywriting) April 27, 2017
Forgotten London Underground posters are strangely comforting | via @TelegraphTravel pic.twitter.com/AWLn5myUO7
— Jennifer Cross-Jones (@jennlarajones) May 4, 2016
#didyouknow literature has influenced #London #Underground posters? Find out more @ltmuseum https://t.co/2hyGtlK9YE pic.twitter.com/flGvB0uU4j
— Women in Transport (@transportwm) April 18, 2016
Lovely bijou tasteful decorations at this cottage – vintage #London #tube posters #design pic.twitter.com/EdtutRgVoX
— Yasmin A. Choudhury FRSA (@yasminisyasmin) February 15, 2016
What a find! Adrian Curry (@adriancurry) on vintage movie posters found in the London Tube https://t.co/hBIsqTB4PI | pic.twitter.com/c7eIV2N5uI
— MUBI (@mubi) April 11, 2014
A pictorial history of the London Tube, the world's first subway, with gorgeous vintage posters http://t.co/sfU4lAhmYP
— Maria Popova (@brainpicker) March 2, 2013
Hooray for no tube strike….for now…We love these vintage tube posters from back in the day! #OOH #TubeStrike pic.twitter.com/EbrjiHKhj3
— Brotherhood Media (@brohoodmedia) August 25, 2015
vintage #londonunderground #tube posters & most tasty they be #train pic.twitter.com/vBkWJl1LyN
— tom (@bighappyhead) October 15, 2015
“@GreatestCapital: Vintage #LondonUnderground Posters Remind Us That Trains Are Wonderful. #london. pic.twitter.com/T5sT6pebXb” Hades by tube!
— EF Bausor (@efbausor) December 5, 2014
We love vintage #LondonUnderground posters! The Tube was so glamorous back then… pic.twitter.com/WqTa4pEZSh
— What2 (@what2london) October 1, 2014
London tube posters from 1913-1955 http://t.co/xHlIcHFE#vintage#underground pic.twitter.com/w5YdmFpr
— Gold & Fabulous (@goldandfabulous) September 11, 2012
Vintage London Underground Posters for The Tube’s 150th year http://t.co/6uC8uNDY3k pic.twitter.com/iMUhp91uta
— Cedric Petit (@cedricpetit) February 20, 2013
Man Ray goes by tube. Vintage posters of the London underground http://t.co/RUq8xGzB @irubiobaeza pic.twitter.com/NUVIsZxr
— pajarerianewton (@pajarerianewton) February 9, 2013
The #London #Underground at 150 – check out these ace vintage tube posters http://t.co/5g6YbMY1 via @guardiang2
— The Guardian (@guardian) January 9, 2013
Vintage tube posters at auction http://t.co/GBMTXq03 pic.twitter.com/nxKJ8L8T
— Ben Pipkin (@ben_pipkin) September 25, 2012
…however their vintage posters made up for it! Inspired by the typography on old tube posters… @ltmuseum pic.twitter.com/98VnzV0B
— Michelle Isme (@icoo) January 21, 2012
London Underground #Vintage Ad #ThrowbackThursday #tbt https://t.co/xBkxW9E3ow pic.twitter.com/DpAL2WkyL3
— VintPrint (@VintPrint) September 29, 2016
