Roles And Collection (page 2)

Wing Structure
circa 1930: Students at an Airplane Design course initiated by New York University studying the section of a wing. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Engine Room
circa 1930: Members of the crew in the engine room of a British submarine. In the foreground the stoker is examining the inside of one of the crank pits with a torch

Sound Operator
circa 1930: A technician at work on the new recording equipment at Twickenham Studios, London. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

German Airforce
circa 1915: A German Airman demonstrates the greater range of fire achieved by mounting his gun on a swivel upon a rotating ring. On the right, German hangars damaged after a British raid

Russian Pilots
circa 1930: Pilots and personnel of the Russian airforce. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Parachute Packing
circa 1930: Airforce cadets are taught the vital skill of correctly folding and packing their parachutes, as part of their groundwork syllabus at the RAF College at Cranwell

Ostrich Pull
circa 1930: A driver in a racing sulky pulled by an ostrich getting a ticket from a traffic cop for driving faster than 50mph down a Los Angeles boulevard

Oil For Sale
circa 1930: Oil seller on a street in Tripoli. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Hatry In The News
1930: Outside Charing Cross station an Evening News newspaper vendor carries a poster saying A Talk With Hatry, referring to financier Clarence Charles Hatry

Wordsmiths
circa 1930: Caption writers at the General Photographic Agency busy at their desks, supported by reference books and a pack of cigarettes. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Big Cat Show
circa 1930: Three big cats pose for their trainer in a Munich zoo. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Doll Factory
1928: A woman sewing dolls heads on to cloth bodies. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Chemistry Lab
circa 1930: Researchers working in a chemistry laboratory. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Manpower
circa 1930: A group of men hauling a girder up into a skyscraper they are building high above New York. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Rather You Than Me
circa 1930: A construction worker crouches over the end of a girder high above the streets of New York. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Grape Picking
circa 1927: A young Swiss girl picking grapes in a vineyard in Locarno, in southern Switzerland. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Packing Soap
1929: Packing bars of soap at Lever Brothers Port Sunlight factory, Cheshire. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Making Soap
1929: A soap shredding machine at Lever Brothers Port Sunlight factory, Cheshire. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Maid At Work
1927: Luise Horner, an Austrian working as a maid in England, prepares afternoon tea. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Giddy Music
circa 1930: Harmonica playing steel workers perched on a girder on the 22nd storey of the Murray Hill building, New York. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Office Of The Future
circa 1930: The office of the future complete with flying chairs, at the Berlin Office Equipment Show. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Blum Blum Bros
circa 1930: Acrobats the Blum Blum Brothers juggling in the street, one balanced on the others head. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Cadets And Gun
circa 1930: West Point cadets operating a twelve-inch gun at Fort Wright, Fishers Island, Connecticut. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Contortionist
circa 1927: A female contortionist ties herself in knots. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Bulletproof Vest
circa 1930: A policeman models a new bulletproof waistcoat made of linked metal plates. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Making Up Actress
circa 1928: A make-up artiste applying make-up to a film actress face. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Lift Boy
circa 1930: A lift operator waiting for passengers. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Eldorado Group
circa 1930: A group of women and four transvestites at the bar of the Eldorado nightclub in Berlins Schoneberg district. The Eldorado was a popular night spot for gay people

Cheerful At Work
circa 1930: Four smiling bushmen saw down a kauri tree. (Photo by Three Lions/Getty Images)

Exercise Class
July 1929: An open air class at Crouch End High School, London. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Bards Burial Place
5th August 1939: Holy Trinity Church in Stratford-upon-Avon, where William Shakespeare and his family lie buried. Original Publication: Picture Post - 181 - Town That Lives On Shakespeare - pub

Newborn Triplets
November 1927: Newly-born triplets at the General Lying In hospital being admired by a nurse. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Healing Hug
circa 1930: A little girl with a bandaged head gets a cuddle from nurse at University College Hospital, London. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

A Fond Farewell
circa 1927: A soldier kissing his child goodbye before leaving for India. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

New Gallery Cinema
1929: The New Gallery Cinema, complete with doorman, on Regent Street, London, showing Movietone Follies of 1929. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Tale Of A Goose
1st December 1884: A man argues with a trader over the quality of her geese in this series of cartoons for Christmas. Original Publication: The Illustrated London News - New Christmas Number - pub

Pig Headed
December 1886: A pig evades the militia to escape into the cottage from which its owners have just been evicted. Original Publication

Beach Gent
circa 1930: A solitary gentleman holding a camera occupies an isolated spot of the beach. He wears a trilby, plus-fours and a rain coat. (Photo by Chaloner Woods/Getty Images)

Street Library
circa 1930: People read at a street library in Hong Kong, where for a very small payment books are available for reading on the spot. To the left, hats are blocked. (Photo by Three Lions/Getty Images)

Daddys Home
March 1928: Soldiers of the Coldstream Guards being accompanied by their smiling families as they arrive at Brentwood from Shanghai. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Scrubbing Trials
18th June 1946: A sailor with his trousers rolled up and his feet bare uses an electric scrubbing machine on the deck of HMS Theseus

Hat Trimming
17th March 1926: Due to women bobbing and shingling their hair, hats are being trimmed to keep up with fashion demands. (Photo by G. Adams/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Hair Styles
1926: Two women demonstrating hairstyles on mannequin heads at the Drapery and Textile Exhibition at the Royal Agriculture Hall, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Winter Postmen
February 1962: Postmen walking through the snow in London. (Photo by George W. Hales/Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Ian Fleming
24th March 1958: English novelist Ian Fleming (1908 - 1964), best known for his character James Bond. (Photo by M. McKeown/Express/Getty Images)

For Better Or Worse
9th November 1956: The bride and groom set off on their honeymoon after holding their wedding reception at the Vrai Arbre, an inn romantically situated on the hilltop village of Robinson, near Paris

Viniculture
circa 1950: A farm worker uses a horse drawn plough in a vineyard in Italy. (Photo by Three Lions/Getty Images)

Off Duty Geisha
circa 1900: Japanese geisha girl without the traditional make-up. Photographer unknown. (Photo by Felice A Beato/Getty Images)

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