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The Guardian - UK
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Tunnel vision: a history of the London tube map

London Underground Maps: London Underground Maps
Pocket Underground map, 1908 Photograph: guardian.co.uk
London Underground Maps: London Underground Maps
Pocket Underground map 1908 Photograph: guardian.co.uk
London Underground Maps: London Underground Maps
Pocket Underground map, 1908 Photograph: guardian.co.uk
London Underground Maps: London Underground Maps
Pocket Underground map by FH Stingemore, c1930. Photograph: guardian.co.uk
London Underground Maps: London Underground Maps
Pocket Underground map by FH Stingemore, c1930-2. Photograph: guardian.co.uk
London Underground Maps: London Underground Maps
Portrait of Harry C Beck (1903-1974) designer of the diagrammatic London Underground map. Photograph: guardian.co.uk
London Underground Maps: London Underground Maps
Original drawing for the diagrammatic Tube map by Henry Beck, 1931. Photograph: guardian.co.uk
London Underground Maps: London Underground Maps
Pocket Underground map by HC Beck, No 1, 1936. Photograph: guardian.co.uk
London Underground Maps: London Underground Maps
Pocket Underground map, by HC Beck, No 1, 1936. Photograph: guardian.co.uk
London Underground Maps: London Underground maps
Pocket Underground map, issued in September 2004. Photograph: guardian.co.uk
London Underground Maps: London Underground Maps
Pocket Underground map, issued in September 2004 Photograph: guardian.co.uk
London Underground Maps: London Underground Maps
Oyster rail services in London from January 2010 Map of Underground and Rail in London Photograph: guardian.co.uk
London Underground Maps: London Underground Maps
British Waterways map of canals and rivers in London Photograph: guardian.co.uk
London Underground maps: The Great Bear London Underground map by Simon Patterson
The Great Bear London Underground map by Simon Patterson. Photograph: Stephen White/guardian.co.uk
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