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Western Film Set1951: A screen set with a town water pump and horse watering trough built for a western film at Hollywood, Los Angeles, California
Black Watch Sniper20th August 1955: A lone soldier of the Black Watch Depot, Queens Barracks, Perth, during target practice. The Black Watch, Am Freiceadan Dubh in Gaelic
Ship Building Strike1st April 1957: A vessel under construction at the Burrow-in-Furness shipyard where work has stopped during a strike. Original Publication
Making WavesJuly 1956: Holidaymakers take advantage of the fine weather at Shanklin Beach on the Isle of Wight. Original Publication: Picture Post - 8944 - Summer Holidays - unpub
The White Continentcirca 1950: A scene from the Crown Film Unit production The White Continent, about life in the Antarctic with The Norsel ice-breaker trapped fast by pack ice
The White Continentcirca 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
Button Back Hat1956: 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)
View Of Venice9th February 1946: A silhouette of a gondola on the canal in Venice. Original Publication: Picture Post - 3067 - Venice Is Still Serene - pub. 1946 (Photo by Haywood Magee/Picture Post/Getty Images)
Which Way ?1949: Two of the competitors in the Monte Carlo Road Race check their maps en route for Monte Carlo. Original Publication: Picture Post - 4708 - Monte Carlo Road Race - unpub
Safe Deposit8th October 1938: A man leaving a safe deposit bank, before the grille descends and the shutters are brought across. Original Publication: Picture Post - 16 - Safe Deposit - pub
Parliament Fog21st January 1939: The Houses of Parliament, London, engulfed in fog. Original Publication: Picture Post - 68 - Foggy Morning - pub. 1939 (Photo by Kurt Hutton/Picture Post/Getty Images)
Asbestos Mines19th October 1946: Asbestos mines at Amiandos in the Troodos mountains in Cyprus. Original Publication: Picture Post - 4202 - Cyprus A Challenge To British Rule - pub
Telephone22nd May 1955: An early, crank-handled telephone on display at Hull Telephone Exchange. Original Publication: Picture Post - 7762 - Hulls Own Hello - pub.1955
TS Eliot2nd June 1951: American-English poet and playwright TS Eliot (1888 - 1965). Original Publication: Picture Post - 5314 - Are Poets Really Necessary
40s Glamour14th March 1947: A clothing dummy on display at the Ideal Home Exhibition. London. Original Publication: Picture Post - 4339 - Ideal Woman For Ideal Homes - pub.1947
TS Eliot2nd 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
Searching Car2nd September 1950: A customs officer searching the boot of a car at Calais. Original Publication: Picture Post - Through The French Customs - pub
Fighter Pilot28th June 1952: A US Airforce pilot stationed in Britain standing in a doorway with a sign above him reading Through These Portals Pass The Best Damn Fighter Pilots In The World
Prayer Flag24th February 1951: A Tibetan prayer flag which, according to Lamaist religion, releases a prayer with every flutter of the wind. Original Publication: Picture Post - 5210 - Tibet Dissolves - pub
Metal Dump1953: A waste metal dump. Original Publication: Picture Post - 6317 - Waste Probe - unpub. (Photo by Raymond Kleboe/Picture Post/Getty Images)
Giant Dethroned13th January 1951: On a January day on a bomb site near Oxford Street in London, a plaster model of Santa Claus languishes forgotten, along with the seasons festivities
No LiftFebruary 1955: Two skiers make their way up a marked trail on the ski slopes at Klosters in Switzerland. Original Publication: Picture Post - 7524 - Trials Of A Photographer - pub. 1955 (Photo by H)
Waterloo Lovers24th September 1955: A young couple at Waterloo Station, London. Original Publication: Picture Post - 8002 - Leave Youth Alone - pub. 1955 (Photo by Bert Hardy/Picture Post/Getty Images)
Dangerous Waters1st May 1948: The mastheads of previous victims can been seen over the flooding tide that hides the treacherous Goodwin Sands on the Kentish coast
Austin Engines3rd April 1948: Engines suspended from a monorail at the Austin Motor Companys Birmingham production plant which exports many cars to America
Well Trained Gun Dogs17th 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
Ram And Lamb20th 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
Bird Dog17th 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)
Two Wet Dogs17th 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)
Obsolete Machinery28th March 1953: Machinery in a tinplateworks in South Wales factory which is due to close. This is because of the building of giant strip-mills which need fewer workers to run them
Getting Ready28th February 1953: Backstage, British models getting ready for a fashion show by John Cavanagh. The designer is in Paris with four British models to show off his work
Winter Ranch15th 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
Sheep Rescue12th September 1953: Three crofters set out for home with an injured lamb in Strath Gairloch, on the north west coast of the Scottish Highlands
Pedigree Pig5th May 1945: A pedigree white pig from the Gostrode herd owned by Mr T F Billingford of Chillingford, Surrey. Original Publication
Goods In Window1st October 1938: Clothing on display in a shop window in the village of Polperro in Cornwall. Original Publication: Picture Post - 3 - The Life Of A Village - pub
Wild Wolf17th June 1950: Greyhound Wild Wolf in action at the White City Stadium, London. Original Publication: Picture Post - 5068 - Wild Wolf Grows Up - pub
Fox Hunting19th November 1938: The field is spurred on as the hounds pick up the scent of a fox. Original Publication: Picture Post - 44 - Hunting The Fox - pub
Onion HarvestMarch 1953: An onion crop at a farm in Norwich, England. Original Publication: Picture Post - 6447 - Norwich Leads Britain - pub. 1953 (Photo by Raymond Kleboe/Picture Post/Getty Images)
Cypriot Livestock7th 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
QE2 Liner1952: Two men lean on the rails on deck of the Queen Elizabeth as the liner comes to dock at Southampton. Original Publication: Picture Post - 6344 -The Queen Elizabeth Comes In - unpub
Public Nuisance28th January 1939: An unusual sign in Londons Mayfair warns passers-by against making a public nuisance of themselves. Original Publication: Picture Post - 80 - Mayfair - pub
Ant Expedition5th 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
Shopping By Bicycle2nd 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
Lighting Candles24th 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
Milking Greenfly5th 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
Ant Food5th 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
Two Ants5th 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
Glasgow University17th October 1953: Glasgow Univerity on Gilmorehill above the River Kelvin. The university, founded in 1451, is the second oldest in Scotland and the fourth oldest in Britain