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Human Interest Collection (page 23)

Background imageHuman Interest Collection: Carving On Wall

Carving On Wall
24th June 1950: A carving of a horse on a wall in the ruins of Babylon. Original Publication: Picture Post - 5071 - War In The Desert - pub. 1950 (Photo by Raymond Kleboe/Picture Post/Getty Images)

Background imageHuman Interest Collection: Wall Carvings

Wall Carvings
24th June 1950: Wall carvings in the ruins of Babylon. Original Publication: The Ishtar Gate and hanging towers of Babylon

Background imageHuman Interest Collection: The White Continent

The White Continent
circa 1950: A scene from the Crown Film Unit production The White Continent, about life in the Antarctic. Original Publication: Picture Post - 5893 - Who Hates The Crown Film Unit - pub

Background imageHuman Interest Collection: Goal Scoring Machine

Goal Scoring Machine
1st December 1951: Arthur Milton of Arsenal aims a shot at a novel goal-scoring machine during a training session. Milton also plays cricket for Gloucestershire

Background imageHuman Interest Collection: TS Eliot

TS Eliot
2nd June 1951: American-English poet and playwright TS Eliot (1888 - 1965). Original Publication: Picture Post - 5314 - Are Poets Really Necessary

Background imageHuman Interest Collection: TS Eliot

TS Eliot
2nd June 1951: American-English poet and playwright, TS Eliot (1888 - 1965). He wrote amongst many other things, The Waste Land and the plays, The Cocktail Party and Murder in the Cathedral

Background imageHuman Interest Collection: Well Trained Gun Dogs

Well Trained Gun Dogs
17th January 1948: Well trained gun dogs are able to sit perfectly still despite the temptation to chase a rabbit. Original Publication: Picture Post - 4480 - Training Gun Dogs - pub

Background imageHuman Interest Collection: Ram And Lamb

Ram And Lamb
20th December 1947: A lamb and ram in the church in the French village of Les Baux-en-Provence before the ceremony to commemorate the journey of the shepherds to Bethlehem

Background imageHuman Interest Collection: Bird Dog

Bird Dog
17th January 1948: A gun dog bringing a pheasant out of a lake. Original Publication: Picture Post - 4480 - Training Gun Dogs - pub. 1948 (Photo by Bert Hardy/Picture Post/Getty Images)

Background imageHuman Interest Collection: Two Wet Dogs

Two Wet Dogs
17th January 1948: Two wet gun dogs emerge from a river with a pheasant. Original Publication: Picture Post - 4480 - Training Gun Dogs - pub. 1948 (Photo by Bert Hardy/Picture Post/Getty Images)

Background imageHuman Interest Collection: Winter Ranch

Winter Ranch
15th December 1951: A cow and its calf being rounded up in the snow at a cattle ranch in Canada. Original Publication: Picture Post - 5616 - Round-Up In The Snow - pub

Background imageHuman Interest Collection: Pedigree Pig

Pedigree Pig
5th May 1945: A pedigree white pig from the Gostrode herd owned by Mr T F Billingford of Chillingford, Surrey. Original Publication

Background imageHuman Interest Collection: Wild Wolf

Wild Wolf
17th June 1950: Greyhound Wild Wolf in action at the White City Stadium, London. Original Publication: Picture Post - 5068 - Wild Wolf Grows Up - pub

Background imageHuman Interest Collection: Cypriot Livestock

Cypriot Livestock
7th September 1946: Livestock on the plain of Messaoria, Cyprus, drink water that has laboriously been hand pulled from the well and carried to the water trough

Background imageHuman Interest Collection: Thomas Leaning

Thomas Leaning
10th August 1946: Welsh poet and playwright Dylan Thomas (1914 - 1953). Original Publication: Picture Post - 4156 - Nest Of Singing Birds - pub. 1946 (Photo by Francis Reiss/Picture Post/Getty Images)

Background imageHuman Interest Collection: Ant Expedition

Ant Expedition
5th May 1948: Worker ants walking along the edge of a piece of bark during a group forage for food. Original Publication: Picture Post - 4559 - The Mysterious Life Of Ants - pub

Background imageHuman Interest Collection: Milking Greenfly

Milking Greenfly
5th May 1948: Worker ants with a herd of greenfly allowed out to pasture with careful supervision. The ants tend the greenfly in underground cells of the nest

Background imageHuman Interest Collection: Ant Food

Ant Food
5th May 1948: Three ants dragging a worm they have killed back to the nest where its pre-digested form will be shared among the community

Background imageHuman Interest Collection: Two Ants

Two Ants
5th May 1948: A worker ant encountering an ant from another nest which he recognises by its slightly different smell, as each nest has a particular scent

Background imageHuman Interest Collection: Hog Wash

Hog Wash
5th May 1945: Pedigree Large White Gostrode pig Greenback XVth has a wash in preparation for the Crewe agricultural show in Cheshire

Background imageHuman Interest Collection: They re More My Size

They re More My Size
28th February 1953: A young boy examines an exhibit in a glass cage in the elephant room in the Natural History Museum, London

Background imageHuman Interest Collection: Hunters Head Home

Hunters Head Home
24th December 1938: Two hunters head home after a pheasant shoot in the English countryside, carrying several brace of game birds. Original Publication: Picture Post - 57 - Pheasant Shooting - pub

Background imageHuman Interest Collection: Highland Cattle

Highland Cattle
11th August 1945: A herd of Highland cattle in the foothills of the Grampian Mountains, Scotland. Kept mainly for their appearance

Background imageHuman Interest Collection: Resourceful Crowd

Resourceful Crowd
25th April 1953: People at the back of the crowd using step ladders to see procession after the marriage between Prince Jean, heir to the Luxembourg Throne, and Belgian Princess Josephine-Charlotte

Background imageHuman Interest Collection: Spring Crocuses

Spring Crocuses
21st March 1953: Shelley the tortoise sniffing the first crocuses of spring. Original Publication: Picture Post - 6446 - First Whiff Of Spring - pub

Background imageHuman Interest Collection: Hounds Hunting

Hounds Hunting
22nd July 1939: The Crowhurst Otter Hounds hunting the scent of otters in and by a river. Original Publication: Picture Post - 130 - Hunting The Otter - pub

Background imageHuman Interest Collection: Pack Of Hounds

Pack Of Hounds
22nd July 1939: The Crowhurst Otter Hounds awaiting the signal to move off. They are of various breeds to make the pack stronger

Background imageHuman Interest Collection: Caged Monkey

Caged Monkey
9th February 1946: Monty the monkey who performs with Chessington Circus. Original Publication: Picture Post - 3080 - The Circus Gets Ready For The Road Again - pub

Background imageHuman Interest Collection: Bernard Shaw

Bernard Shaw
20th July 1946: Irish dramatist, writer and social reformer, George Bernard Shaw in the garden of his home in Ayot St Lawrence, Hertfordshire

Background imageHuman Interest Collection: Swans Hatching

Swans Hatching
13th July 1946: A pen waiting for his turn at hatching on the nest he shares with his cob at the ancient swannery at Abbotsbury in Dorset

Background imageHuman Interest Collection: Close-Up Aphis

Close-Up Aphis
8th September 1945: A microphotograph of a strawberry aphis (capitophorus fragariae). Original Publication: Picture Post - 2086 - Gas War Against Farmers Pest - pub

Background imageHuman Interest Collection: Ferret

Ferret
2nd February 1946: A ferret in a laboratory during experiments into the influenza virus. Original Publication: Picture Post - 3078 - Can We Beat Influenza - pub

Background imageHuman Interest Collection: Cattle Grazing

Cattle Grazing
11th August 1945: A herd of Highland cattle grazing in a valley in the Scottish Highlands. Kept mainly for their appearance

Background imageHuman Interest Collection: A Farmers Pony

A Farmers Pony
29th April 1939: A pony in a field on a farm in England. Original Publication: Picture Post - 139 - Farm In Spring - pub. 1939 (Photo by Felix Man/Picture Post/Getty Images)

Background imageHuman Interest Collection: Cockfighting

Cockfighting
14th December 1946: Two birds fighting to the death during a cockfight in Bali. Original Publication: Picture Post - 4271 - A Cockfight In Bali - pub

Background imageHuman Interest Collection: Hunting Hounds

Hunting Hounds
17th January 1953: Hounds from the Pytchley Hunt running across fields near Daventry in Northamptonshire. Original Publication: Picture Post - 6531 - A Hunting We Will Go - pub

Background imageHuman Interest Collection: Winter Coat

Winter Coat
12th March 1955: One of the shaggy breed of Highland cattle standing in the snow at Millhill, near Crieff in Scotland. Kept mainly for their appearance

Background imageHuman Interest Collection: Winter Plough

Winter Plough
12th March 1955: A solitary horse stands beside an idle plough on the shores of Loch Lubnaig in Stirling, Scotland. Agricultural work has stopped for the winter

Background imageHuman Interest Collection: Record Dog

Record Dog
24th July 1948: Priceless Border, winner of the Greyhound Derby and the fastest dog in his league preparing for his last race before becoming a stud at Wembley Stadium Kennels

Background imageHuman Interest Collection: Kangaroos Living in Lincoln

Kangaroos Living in Lincoln
20th March 1954: Nardoo, one of a number of kangaroos adopted as family pets by an Australian family now living in Lincoln, with her offspring, Johnny

Background imageHuman Interest Collection: Wedding Couple

Wedding Couple
28th May 1955: The bride and bridegroom, Christine and Angus McDonald, following a local piper to the reception at a travelling peoples wedding in the village of Tong on the island of Lewis in

Background imageHuman Interest Collection: The Work Horse

The Work Horse
3rd April 1954: A horse walking past two works chimneys in the streets of Liverpool. Original Publication: Picture Post - 7105 - The Best and Worst of British Cities: Liverpool - pub

Background imageHuman Interest Collection: Last To Leave

Last To Leave
11th July 1953: Dogs wait to join the inhabitants of the Isle of Soay in the Outer Hebrides, who have been evacuated to new homes on the Isle of Mull. The dogs will be the last to leave the island

Background imageHuman Interest Collection: Dylan Thomas

Dylan Thomas
10th August 1946: Dylan Marlais Thomas (1914 - 1953), Welsh poet and playwright. Original Publication: Picture Post - 4156 - A Nest Of Singing Birds - pub

Background imageHuman Interest Collection: Honeymoon Couple

Honeymoon Couple
26th June 1948: A couple on their honeymoon look out over a lake in Switzerland. Original Publication: Picture Post - 4575 - Swiss Honeymoon On ?35 - pub

Background imageHuman Interest Collection: Cobra The Dog

Cobra The Dog
6th February 1954: A Weimaraner dog, one of the coveted hunting breed which originated in Weimar, Germany. Known as The Grey Ghost for their shadowy colour and stealthy hunting technique

Background imageHuman Interest Collection: Hunting Dogs

Hunting Dogs
6th February 1954: Two Weimaraner dogs out on a hunting expedition. Known as The Grey Ghost for their shadowy colour and stealthy hunting technique

Background imageHuman Interest Collection: Hunting Trophies

Hunting Trophies
6th February 1954: Two Weimaraner dogs resting against a wall dotted with hunting trophies, including several miniature antlers and a wild boars head



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