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Picture No 10804620
Date 1914
Description Present Day Types - the Straphanger by Arthur Watts
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A gentleman in a top hat and smoking a pipe tries to keep his balance on a London Underground train by hanging onto one of the overhead straps whille holding his umbrella, newspaper and several parcels. The term 'straphanger' was coined for those who stood hanging onto straps on the Tube.
Source Illustration by Arthur Watts in The Bystander, 7 January 1914
Credit © Illustrated London News Ltd/Mary Evans
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