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Portrait Female Back Collection

Background imagePortrait Female Back Collection: Giant Basket

Giant Basket
A woman carrying a large wicker basket through a street in Assisi. Picture Post - 5409 - Assisi - pub. 1951 (Photo by Thurston Hopkins/Getty Images)

Background imagePortrait Female Back Collection: Panto Rehearsals

Panto Rehearsals
12th November 1936: Dancers waiting in the wings during rehearsals for the pantomime Cinderella, to be performed at The Coliseum, St Martins Lane, London. (Photo by A)

Background imagePortrait Female Back Collection: Down Escalator

Down Escalator
22nd October 1930: Rush hour at Piccadilly Circus tube station, the down escalator to the Bakerloo line. (Photo by Sasha/Getty Images)

Background imagePortrait Female Back Collection: Shapely Nightie

Shapely Nightie
30th April 1949: A woman in a nylon nightie by Charmese. Original Publication: Picture Post - 4758 - Nylon For Lingerie - pub. 1949 (Photo by Kurt Hutton/Picture Post/Getty Images)

Background imagePortrait Female Back Collection: Fighting The Pounds

Fighting The Pounds
26th November 1955: Principal Boy actress Lynette Ray working out under the supervision of Mickey Wood at his Tough Guy Agency in Marylebone, London

Background imagePortrait Female Back Collection: Forbidden Fruit; A young girl endeavours to pick an apple from the tree

Forbidden Fruit; A young girl endeavours to pick an apple from the tree
31st December 1956: A young girl endeavours to pick an apple from the tree. Original Publication: Picture Post - 8782 - Champion Children - unpub. (Photo by Thurston Hopkins/Picture Post/Getty Images)

Background imagePortrait Female Back Collection: Street Fashion 1953; fashionable young woman window shopping in Londons Piccadilly

Street Fashion 1953; fashionable young woman window shopping in Londons Piccadilly
4th June 1953: A fashionable young woman window shopping in Londons Piccadilly. Original Publication: Picture Post - 6576 - What Makes Piccadilly - pub

Background imagePortrait Female Back Collection: Working Bobbins

Working Bobbins
3rd July 1948: A barefoot girl doffer in a steamy wet spinning mill where Irish linen is produced. Her work is to change the bobbins in the spinning frames

Background imagePortrait Female Back Collection: I Know What I Like

I Know What I Like
1957: 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)

Background imagePortrait Female Back Collection: Shopping At Harrods

Shopping At Harrods
27th July 1954: A woman in a fur-trimmed coat pauses to consult the floor guide at Harrods department store in London. (Photo by Chaloner Woods/Getty Images)

Background imagePortrait Female Back Collection: A New Hat

A New Hat
15th March 1937: The back view of a hat decorated with large buttons and net, from Vivian Porter fashions. (Photo by Sasha/Getty Images)

Background imagePortrait Female Back Collection: Swimsuit

Swimsuit
22nd September 1933: A model wearing a Jantzen swimsuit. (Photo by Sasha/Getty Images)

Background imagePortrait Female Back Collection: Scottish Countryside

Scottish Countryside
4th June 1955: Two little girls make their way down a country lane in Pitlochry, Perthshire. Original Publication: Picture Post - 7790 - The Road To The Isles - pub

Background imagePortrait Female Back Collection: Climbing Steps

Climbing Steps
10th July 1945: A child climbs the steps at Roehamptons outdoor swimming pool in South London. Original Publication: Picture Post - 1481 - Swim Pool Fantasy - pub

Background imagePortrait Female Back Collection: Button Back Hat

Button Back Hat
1956: A flower pot hat which buttons at the back at a fashion show at Burlington House, London. Original Publication: Picture Post - 8799 - Hat Fashions - unpub. (Photo by David E)

Background imagePortrait Female Back Collection: Shopping By Bicycle

Shopping By Bicycle
2nd October 1948: For the tenth anniversary of Picture Post, the magazine has sought out the model who posed for their most popular cover, Jane Webb, who has been married three years to David

Background imagePortrait Female Back Collection: Lighting Candles

Lighting Candles
24th July 1948: A devotee lighting candles at the shrine at Holywell, North Wales. The shrine is sacred to St Winefride, who supposedly rose from the dead by a miracle

Background imagePortrait Female Back Collection: Window Shopping

Window Shopping
25th June 1955: A well-dressed woman surveys the window of a jewellery shop in Dundee. Dundee, situated on the banks of the dSilvery Tayf

Background imagePortrait Female Back Collection: Italian Women

Italian Women
circa 1800: Two groups of Italian women in colourful costumes. One woman fills her jug at a public fountain. Original Artwork: Lithograph by Durin. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imagePortrait Female Back Collection: Piano Player

Piano Player
12th October 1901: A young woman playing a piano with an Apollo Piano Player attachment, which allows novices to play diferent types of music. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imagePortrait Female Back Collection: Edwardian Coat

Edwardian Coat
circa 1905: Miss Mansfield wearing a coatdress with lace detail and full sleeves, with a feather trimmed hat. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imagePortrait Female Back Collection: Backless Fashion

Backless Fashion
5th November 1949: Pariss latest fashion items place the accent on necklines, using roses, frills, and feathers to emphasize necks and bosoms

Background imagePortrait Female Back Collection: Chase Me; The Last Of The Gaelic

Chase Me; The Last Of The Gaelic
23rd July 1955: Two girls running up the steps from a beach in the Scottish Western Isles. These children have spoken Gaelic for most of their lives

Background imagePortrait Female Back Collection: Looking Out To Sea

Looking Out To Sea
31st July 1948: American passengers look out to sea from the deck of the Queen Elizabeth as it makes its way to Britain across the Atlantic

Background imagePortrait Female Back Collection: Paris Chic

Paris Chic
circa 1958: Two women in Paris with their straw hats hanging down their backs. (Photo by Erich Auerbach/Getty Images)

Background imagePortrait Female Back Collection: Ladies Cape

Ladies Cape
circa 1920: A lady wearing a three piece suit of beige and blue plaid cloth. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background imagePortrait Female Back Collection: Fur Fashion

Fur Fashion
circa 1925: A woman wearing a fur cloak with a contrasting fur collar. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imagePortrait Female Back Collection: Batwing Coat

Batwing Coat
20th February 1922: An ankle length coat in two shades of gray with batwing sleeves and scallop trimming at waist level worn with a wide brimmed hat. Designed by Caro

Background imagePortrait Female Back Collection: Arrow Coat

Arrow Coat
1925: Straight coat trimmed with fur decorated with applique arrows running from neck to hem. (Photo by Seeberger Freres/General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background imagePortrait Female Back Collection: Leopard

Leopard
circa 1900: A woman watching a caged leopard at the zoo. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)


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