The history of the tube poster - in pictures

Underground: the way for all, by Alfred France, 1911 Photograph: London Transport Museum

By underground to fresh air, by Maxwell Ashby Armfield, 1915 Photograph: London Transport Museum

Uxbridge, by Charles Paine, 1921 Photograph: London Transport Museum

The quickest way to the dogs!, by Alfred Leete, 1927 Photograph: London Transport Museum

Speed underground, by Alan Rogers, 1930 Photograph: London Transport Museum

Keeps London going, by Man Ray, 1938 Photograph: London Transport Museum

Please stand on the right of the escalator, by Fougasse, 1944 Photograph: London Transport Museum

Please shop between 10 and 4, by Victor Galbraith, 1959 Photograph: London Transport Museum

London after dark, by Fred Millett, 1968 Photograph: London Transport Museum

Extension of the Piccadilly line to Heathrow Airport, by Tom Eckersley, 1971 Photograph: London Transport Museum

Keep your personal stereo personal!, by Tim Demuth, 1987 Photograph: London Transport Museum

Or take the Tube, by Nick Hardcastle, 1987 Photograph: London Transport Museum

Tate Modern by Tube, bus and river, by Paul Catherall, 2003 Photograph: London Transport Museum