Poster; At your service - bus driver, by Leo Dowd, 1947

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Reference number	1983/4/6082
Description	This poster, published by London Transport, promotes the job of bus driver. The illustration, by Leo P Dowd, shows a driver climbing into his LT-type bus. The poster highlights the contribution bus drivers make to the system, by reporting that 22,000 drivers use 9,500 London Transport road vehicles that travel 1,100,000 miles every day.
Artist	Leo Dowd
Dates	1947
Collection	Posters
Object type	Poster
Print code	347.330H.1000
Location	Acton Depot
Topics	Bus drivers Uniforms Statistics LT-type Passenger information Staff Bus
Completeness	90% 90% ?

• Physical description

  Dimensions

  Attribute	Value
  Height	1023mm
  Width	634mm
  Descriptive size	Double royal

  Colour

  Attribute	Value
  Colour	Grey Blue

  Item content

  Attribute	Value
  Object title	At your service; bus driver
  Text	.... One of the 22,000 drivers of the 9,500 London Transport road service vehicles which travel a total of 1,100,000 miles every day, carrying more than ten million passengers.

• People involved

  Role	Person(s) involved
  Artist	Leo Dowd, 1947
  Printer	The Baynard Press,
  Publisher	London Transport, 1947

• Associated companies, people and places

  Places

  Borough	Greater London,