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Sunday, October 22, 2017

Public TRANSIT in art . . .

a Franz Masereel print about public transit 1943
a Franz Masereel print

       
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Abram Games 1968 poster art, Sight See London, double decker bus
  "Sightsee London"    an Abram Games poster,  1968       
       
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Early railway passengers in 1831, first second and third class, an illustration
early railway passengers in 1831       see full size
"Liverpool and Manchester Railway - first class, 1830"
"Liverpool and Manchester Railway - second and third class, 1831"

      
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Edward Penfield illustration, 1890 public transit
an Edward Penfield illustration, 1890       see full size
        
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an L. Raven Hill illustration of a passenger unconscious in a horse cab
an L. Raven Hill illustration
           
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a print by Anders Zorn, the interior of a city omnibus 1892
a print by Anders Zorn ... the interior of a city omnibus,  1892
    
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an Edward Leon Cortes painting, 1910? omnibus
an Edward Leon Cortes painting,  1910?       see full size
         
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a Franz Wacik drawing of crowds rushing a streetcar
Franz Wacik       after the carnival
         
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a print by Otto Heinrich Strohmeyer, 1925
a print by Otto Heinrich Strohmeyer,  1925       see full size
       
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1935's vision of future transit, Science Monthly
1935       see full size
     
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a John Lockwood Kipling illustration of a royal elephant kneeling and waiting
a John Lockwood Kipling illustration       see full size
     
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a photograph of the 1904 New York subway under construction
 the 1904 New York subway,  under construction       see full size
         
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a photograph of a 1920s subway escalator, a moving stairway
a 1920s subway escalator
         
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a 1924 British subway poster by Austin Cooper, It's cooler down below
a 1924 British subway poster by Austin Cooper
"It is cooler down below.  Travel in comfort by Underground"
           
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an illustration of 1912 German transit, very busy overlapping transit
1912 Germany  
             
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1913 German transit, a real suspended passenger train that existed
 this 1913 German public transit existed       see full size
     
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a 1917 Frederick Henry Townsend cartoon: "Please move back a little more!"
a 1917 Frederick Henry Townsend cartoon    "Please move back a little more!"
     
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E.A.Verpilleux art 1927 train station
a 1927 train station by E.A. Verpilleux       see full size
        
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a 1928 Herb Breneman cartoon
a 1928 cartoon
     
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a 1930 Martin Lewis print, Subway Steps
a 1930 print by Martin Lewis ... 'Subway steps'
 
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1934 Cyril Power The Sunshine Roof
a 1934 print by Cyril Power ... 'The Sunshine Roof'       see full size

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an Antonio Petruccelli illustration of a departing ferry for Fortune Magazine 1935
an Antonio Petruccelli illustration       see full size
 
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this 1870 pneumatic passenger car existed in New York, illustration with text
 this 1870 pneumatic passenger car with 22 seats existed and operated in New York
  
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a detailed photograph of 1954 London subway seat fabric
1954 London subway seat fabric
      
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an 1864 cartoon about coach transit
 an 1864 cartoon       see full size
"It's not the getting in . . . but it's the getting out"
      
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a Bob Peak illustration of a Greyhound Escorter, used at the 1964 NY World's fair
a 'Greyhound Escorter' illustrated by Bob Peak ...
these were used at the 1964 NY World's fair       see full size
  
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a a 1980s cartoon, The Bus
a 1980s cartoon    "the bus"
    
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a 1987 Nick Hardcastle illustrated ad for the London subway, Or Take the Tube, snails as taxicabs
a 1987 Nick Hardcastle illustrated ad for the London subway
 
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a Drew Friedman comic, Tor in New York
a Drew Friedman comic about wrestler Tor Johnson  "Time for Tor to go on subway"    "Tor having fun on subway"