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Waterloo Station - Peace, SR poster, 1948

Poster produced for Southern Railways (SR). This is one of two posters commissioned as part of the celebrations that took place in 1948 to mark the centenary of the opening of Waterloo Station. The poster commemorates a centenary of uninterrupted service during war and peace'. Artwork by Helen McKie, who studied at the Lambeth School of Art and exhibited at the Paris Salon and at leading London galleries. In addition to designing posters for the Southern Railway (SR), she also wrote and illustrated booklets and other publicity material and designed uniforms and upholstery. In 1939 she was asked to decorate two new coaches for the cross-Channel service. Dimensions: 1016 mm x 1270mm

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Punctuality, LNER poster, 1927

Poster produced for the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER), announcing the punctuality of the Liverpool Street Suburban Trains, showing an hourglass comparing the percentage of trains arriving no more than two minutes late in the year 1927 with that of 1913. The text indicates that 86 per cent of trains were not more than two minutes late, while in 1927 this figure had risen to 87 per cent, despite there being 23 per cent more trains running. Artwork by Austin Cooper (1890-1964). Printed by Vincent Brooks, Day & Son Ltd, London

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Waterloo Station, SR poster, 1948

Poster produced for Southern Railways (SR). This is one of two posters commissioned as part of the celebrations that took place in 1948 to mark the centenary of the opening of Waterloo Station. The poster commemorates a centenary of uninterrupted service during war and peace'. Artwork by Helen McKie (d 1957), who studied at the Lambeth School of Art and exhibited at the Paris Salon and at leading London galleries. In addition to designing posters for SR, she also wrote and illustrated booklets and other publicity material and designed uniforms and upholstery. In 1939 she was asked to decorate two new coaches for the cross-Channel service. Dimensions: 1016 mm x 1270mm

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