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Australian DesertAn abandoned cart in the desert sand of the Australian outback, 1953. Picture Post - 6832 - Mail Truck, Australia - unpub. (Photo by Thurston Hopkins/Picture Post/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Iona Abbey6th August 1955: The Abbey on the tiny island of Iona, begun in 1203 and neglected after the Reformation, which is being rebuilt by members of the Iona Community
Snowdonia Shepherd11th August 1951: A shepherd with his flock at Hafod-y-Llan in Snowdonia. Original Publication: Picture Post - 5377 - Shearing Time In Snowdonia - pub
Housing Jungle29th October 1955: Houses are becoming slums, the back to back houses in Salford, Lancashire, where due to rent restrictions proper maintainance becomes impossible
Hong Kong Washing29th October 1949: Laundry hanging out on washing-poles from a building in Kowloon, Hong Kong. Original Publication: Picture Post - 4888 - Hong Kong The Waiting Days - pub
Newcastle WorkersMay 1954: Workers pushing their bikes up the hill from the Tyne towards Newcastle town centre. Original Publication: Picture Post - 7143 - Newcastle: Revival Of A City - pub
Art Collector26th June 1948: A 90 year old collector, Joseph Granger, with some of his paintings which he has been collecting for fifteen years
Doll Mould15th December 1951: Parts of a doll in an injection mould at Cascelloids factory at Leicester. Original Publication: Picture Post - 5617 - Toys Are Big Business - pub
Mystery Playcirca 1953: The backview of an audience watching a mystery play performed out of doors. Original Publication: Picture Post - 5758 - Mystery Plays On A Cart - unpub
Bernard Shaw At 90July 1946: Irish dramatist and writer George Bernard Shaw (1856 - 1950) sitting in a garden at the time of his 90th birthday. Original Publication: Picture Post - 4140 - Ninety This Month - pub
F-86 Sabre28th June 1952: A US Airforce pilot stationed in Britain waits as an engineer refuels an F-86 Sabre. Original Publication: Picture Post - 5927 - The Yanks In England - pub
Steel Mill1st May 1955: Men working at the furnaces of a Sheffield steel mill. Original Publication: Picture Post - 8067 - Importance Of Yorkshire - unpub. (Photo by Joseph McKeown/Picture Post/Getty Images)
Irish Castle8th April 1950: A woman walks through the grounds of an Irish castle. Original Publication: Picture Post - 5004 - Irelands Castles: Grandeur In Decline - pub
Swimming Sheep11th August 1951: Sheep-dipping during the shearing season in Hafod-y-Llan, Wales. Original Publication: Picture Post - 5377 - Shearing Time In Snowdonia - pub
Lancashire Valley4th June 1955: A cow standing in a valley in Lancashire. Original Publication: Picture Post - 7794 - What Hope In The Hills - pub. 1955 (Photo by Maurice Ambler/Picture Post/Getty Images)
Snowdonia Sheep11th August 1951: Sheep in Hafod-y-Llan, Snowdonia, Wales. Original Publication: Picture Post - 5377 - Shearing Time In Snowdonia - pub. 1951 (Photo by Grace Robertson/Picture Post/Getty Images)
Goodwin Sands1st May 1948: As the tide begins to flood, the water rises through the sands, rendering it treacherous with all the firmness of molten wax
Rillington Place18th April 1953: Although there is little to see, crowds of the curious gather outside 10 Rillington Place, the home of mulitiple murderer John Christie and scene of his infamous crimes
Salford Slum19th November 1938: Storey Street in a poor area of Salford. Original Publication: Picture Post - 41 - Manchester - pub. 1938 (Photo by Kurt Hutton/Picture Post/Getty Images)
The Needles5th November 1938: One of the isolated cliff faces that form the Needles, obscuring their lighthouse off the Isle of Wight. Original Publication: Picture Post - 10 - Life In A Lighthouse - pub
Romantic Holiday9th September 1939: A courting couple embrace, overlooking the promenade and beach on the Isle of Man. Original Publication: Picture Post - 196 - The Isle Of Man - pub
What A Neck28th February 1953: A little boy is fascinated by the stuffed giraffes on show at the Natural History Museum, London. Original Publication: Picture Post - 6432 - Natures Back Room Boys - pub
Hard Road25th July 1953: An old mand trudges up a road, sack on his back. One of a band of nomads whose homes are in the hedgerows and who live off the land seeking work as they find it
Mark Of Approval1st April 1939: Tramp, John Walpole, draws a chalk cross on the wall of a farmhouse where they gave him food. A mark to remind himself when he passes that way again that they treated him well
Highland Cow11th August 1945: A Highland cow belonging to farmer Duncan Stewart grazes in the bracken on the hills of Balmuick, Scotland
Thirsty Hounds31st March 1945: A pack of beagles needing refreshment after chasing a hare during a hunt. Original Publication: Picture Post - 1932 - A Day Out With Beagles - pub
Feline And Flowers21st March 1953: A domestic cat sniffing a tub of hyacinths on a windowsill. Original Publication: Picture Post - 6446 - First Whiff Of Spring - pub
Snowdonia Sheep11th August 1951: Snowdonia sheep farmer, Pyrs Williams, with his flock, at Hafod-y-Llan. Original Publication: Picture Post - 5377 - Shearing Time In Snowdonia - pub
Flooded Homes6th July 1946: Flooded homes in the village of Norton Canes in the Cannock Chase coalfield. The buildings are being undermined by the mine subsidence
Iona Cross6th August 1955: The Celtic cross which has stood on the tiny island of Iona for ten centuries. The Iona Community is a Christian settlement run by a group of Scottish ministers who offer religion to
Bridge Party27th November 1953: English novelist William Somerset Maugham (1874-1965) is the guest of honour at a bridge party at Crockfords Club
Rothesay Road21st May 1955: A street in the Scottish holiday resort of Rothesay on the island of Bute. Rothesay used to be known as Glasgow-by-the-sea but improved transport links have encouraged visitors
Peat Extraction24th September 1955: A sixteen-ton disc ditcher harvesting Highland peat for fuel. The peat is milled and prepared before being used as fuel for the construction of the nearby Loch Shin hydroelectric
I Know What I Like1957: A pig-tailed schoolgirl studies a painting in the Tate Gallery, London. Original Publication: Picture Post - 9112 - Tate Gallery - pub. 1957 (Photo by Grace Robertson/Picture Post/Getty Images)
Building The New1st May 1954: The World Harmony, the largest British-built tanker moored in Newcastle docks. Original Publication: Picture Post - 7143 - Newcastle - Revival Of A City - pub
Cockpit17th June 1950: Pilot Bruce Wingate at the controls of a Meteor jet belonging to RAF 54 squadron. Original Publication: Picture Post - 5066 - Acrobats In Vampires - pub
Slag HeapA vast slag heap at the Grove Colliery, in the Cannock Chase coalfield, 6th July 1946. Original Publication : Picture Post - 4111 - The Hungry Pit Of Norton Canes - pub
Diana DorsBlonde British actress Diana Dors (1931 - 1984) arrives at the Cannes Film Festival, 3rd May 1956. Original Publication : Picture Post - 8396 - Diana - Queen Of Cannes - pub
Signal BoxA signal box at a London station, 20th January 1939. Original Publication : Picture Post - 362 - The Life Of A London Station - pub
Capel CelynA view over the village of Capel Celyn in the Tryweryn Valley near Bala, Merionethshire, Wales, 27th February 1957. In 1957
Glasgow NightsThe bank of the River Clyde in Glasgow, Scotland, 1939. Original Publication : Picture Post - 91- Glasgow - pub. 1st April 1939 (Photo by Humphrey Spender/Picture Post/Getty Images)
Ruined interior of the Palais des Tuileries in ParisThe ruined interior of the Palais des Tuileries in Paris. It was destroyed in 1871 by supporters of the Commune of Paris, the French revolutionary government during the Franco-Prussian War
Statue Of Liberty In ParisView of the Statue of Liberty enclosed by scaffolding, while under construction, seen from the Rue de Chazelles, Paris, France, circa 1884
Horseless Carriagecirca 1895: Mr Evelyn Ellis in a motor carriage made by Panhard and Levassor of Paris in an Exhibition of Horseless Vehicles held at Tunbridge Wells, Kent. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Ready For The Ball1866: A victorian fashion plate from La Mode Illustree, showing two ladies in extravagant hooped ballgowns. Published in Paris, 1866 Vict 0102 79 (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)
Nadars Studio. 35, Boulevard des Capucines. The signature across the faAzade was first painted by Antoine Lumiere. Paris, France. Date unknown. (Photo by Fotosearch/Getty Images)
