Poster; Always in touch, by Maurice Beck, 1930

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Reference number	1983/4/2993
Description	This poster, designed by Maurice Beck, was published by the Underground in 1930. It was aimed at staff, reminding them of the telecommunication technology in place. Drivers could stay in touch with each other and the control room by connecting a telephone at any point along a pair of wires that ran through the Underground tunnels. During the 1920s, Beck was head photographer for British Vogue and created a large number of photographic magazine covers. In the 1930s he designed a series of Underground posters using the same photomontage technique.
Artist	Maurice Beck
Dates	1930
Collection	Posters
Object type	Poster
Location	Acton Depot
Topics	Safety Telephones Tunnels Staff Tube
Completeness	90% 90% ?

• Physical description

  Dimensions

  Attribute	Value
  Height	1010mm
  Width	628mm
  Descriptive size	Double royal

  Colour

  Attribute	Value
  Colour	Black

  Item content

  Attribute	Value
  Object title	Always in Touch
  Text	Always in touch THE TUNNEL TELEPHONE In the tunnel, between all railway stations, is a pair of wires. By bringing them together the current is cut off from the current rails. The wires can be used also for telephoning from any point between the railway stations to the electric sub-stations.

• People involved

  Role	Person(s) involved
  Artist	Maurice Beck, 1930
  Printer	Waterlow & Sons Ltd,
  Publisher	Underground Electric Railways Company Ltd, 1930

• Associated companies, people and places

  Places

  Borough	Greater London,