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Here’s a cool series of posters honoring Transport for London workers during the London Blitz.

From Retronaut:

In 1944, war artist Eric Kennington was asked to draw six pastel portraits of employees of the London Passenger Transport Board who had displayed great courage during the Londom Blitz of September 1940 – May 1941. Kennington’s pastel drawings were to be produced as a series of posters, incorporating verse by Kennigton’s old friend A.P. Herbert, with the evocative title Seeing it Through. The series was released in April 1944.

More info about the individual people here.

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