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Picture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection (page 9)

Snapshots of Britain and the world in the 1930s, 40s, & 50s. Published between 1938 and 1957, this is a collection of archive prints which filled the pages of the weekly magazine which included light-hearted and humorous stories and major social issues, both domestic and international.

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Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine 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 imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Stiletto Model

Stiletto Model
19th December 1953: Dancer and model Jeann Marsh modelling a pair of stiletto heels. Original Publication: Picture Post - 6833 - Hazards Of The Stiletto Heel - pub

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Building The New

Building The New
1st 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

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Back Alley

Back Alley
5th October 1955: Back to back slums in Birmingham. (Photo by Raymond Kleboe/Picture Post/Getty Images)

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine 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 imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine 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 imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine 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

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Weimaraner Bitch

Weimaraner Bitch
6th February 1954: Cobra von Boberstrand, a Weimaraner bitch smuggled into England from Germany to help replenish the breed

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Travelling Salesman

Travelling Salesman
12th September 1953: The lonely life of a travelling salesman, carrying his wares from shop to shop and from house to house in search of a customer

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Washing Facility

Washing Facility
12th September 1953: The makeshift bathroom of a travelling salesman from Halifax, complete with toothbrush, soap, pitcher of water and basin

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Shorn Sheep

Shorn Sheep
9th July 1949: A sheep lying on its back at Maiden Castle Farm, Dorchester after a cursory shearing. Original Publication: Picture Post - 4826 - Where Are The Downland Sheep? - pub

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Thirsty Sheep

Thirsty Sheep
9th July 1949: A flock of sheep waiting by the water trough at Maiden Castle Farm, Dorchester. Original Publication: Picture Post - 4826 - Where Are The Downland Sheep? - pub

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Directors Plane

Directors Plane
19th September 1953: A plane belonging to a director of brewery firm, Ind Coope in which he travels the country visiting the pubs belonging to the company

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Cockpit

Cockpit
17th 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

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Truckers

Truckers
21st July 1951: A British Road Services truck pulls out of the Bermondsey depot as it sets out on a night run. Trunker is slang for long-distance lorry driver

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Sea Spray

Sea Spray
1954, A wave breakes on a groyne at the sea side. Original Publication : Picture Post - Sea Spray - unpub. 1954 (Photo by Picture Post/Getty Images)

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Greek Vase

Greek Vase
Olympic runners depicted on an ancient Greek vase given as a prize in the Panathenaea, circa 525 BC. Original Publication : Picture Post - 5953 - Where the Olympic Games Started - pub

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Puck Fair

Puck Fair
Even the animals join in the fun at Puck Fair in Killorglin, County Kerry, August 1952. Original Publication : Picture Post - 6076 - Puck Fair - unpub

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Long-Woolled Sheep

Long-Woolled Sheep
Long-woolled sheep in field near Kielder, one of the many villages situated on the Tynes Bank, 21st October 1950. Original Publication

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Bradford

Bradford
A marked contrast between Bradfords industrial centre and the beauty of the surrounding countryside, 1880. Original Publication : Picture Post - 5228 - Why Your Clothes Will Cost You More - pub

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Trapped Convoy

Trapped Convoy
A convoy trapped on the Suez Canal near Cantara during the Suez Crisis, 24th December 1956. Original Publication : Picture Post - 8760 - Suez: The Troops We Left Behind - Pub

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Dounreay

Dounreay
The bottom half of the worlds first electricity-producing fast breeder reactor at Dounreay Nuclear Power Development Establishment in Scotland, 14th July 1956

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Dounreay

Dounreay
The bottom half of the worlds first electricity-producing fast breeder reactor at Dounreay Nuclear Power Development Establishment in Scotland, 14th July 1956

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Bulls Head Hotel

Bulls Head Hotel
The Bulls Head Hotel in Manchester, 19th November 1938. Original Publication : Picture Post - 41 - Manchester - pub. 1938 (Photo by Kurt Hutton/Picture Post/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Perth Over The Tay

Perth Over The Tay
A view over the River Tay from Victoria Bridge to Perth Street, Perth, Scotland, 16th April 1955. Original publication: Picture Post - 7671 - Make Perth The Capital - pub

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Firth Of Tay

Firth Of Tay
The Firth of Tay at Dundee, on the east coast of Scotland, as seen from Dundee Law, 25th June 1955. The Tay Railway Bridge crosses the river in the distance

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Bristol

Bristol
Two postmen stroll down Royal York Crescent in Bristol, 29th May 1954. Original Publication : Picture Post - 7170 - The Best and Worst of British Cities 5: Bristol, Straight Faced City - pub

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Slag Heap

Slag Heap
A 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

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Diana Dors

Diana Dors
Blonde 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

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Lagonda Drophead Coupe

Lagonda Drophead Coupe
A Lagonda DB2.6 drophead coupe, 21st October 1950. Original publication: Picture Post - 5140 - Britains Best In Cars - pub. 1950 (Photo by Ronald Startup/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Hoxton Slums

Hoxton Slums
Slum housing in Shaftesbury Street, Hoxton in the East End of London, 5th October 1946. Original publication: Picture Post - 4224 - All In A Hoxton Garden - pub

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Midget Submarine

Midget Submarine
A midget submarine (background), which has been transported from Gosport in Hampshire to Londons Olympia for the Boys and Girls Exhibition, August 1956

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: WI Dancers

WI Dancers
Members of Eastgate Womens Institute practising country dancing to a gramophone in the fields of Weardale, County Durham, 27th June 1953. Original publication: Picture Post - 6557 - The W.I. - pub

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Haitian Harbour

Haitian Harbour
A view across a harbour, Haiti, July 1949. Original publication: Picture Post - 4843 - The World Unites On Its First Big Job - pub. 30th July 1949

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Mountain Village

Mountain Village
Shacks on the outskirts of a mountain village, Haiti, July 1949. Original publication: Picture Post - 4843 - The World Unites On Its First Big Job - pub. 30th July 1949

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Christmas Turkeys

Christmas Turkeys
Christmas turkeys awaiting the festive season at a turkey farm, 1954. Original Publication : Picture Post - 6925 - Turkey Farm - unpub

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Christmas Turkeys

Christmas Turkeys
Christmas turkeys awaiting the festive season at a turkey farm, 1954. Original Publication : Picture Post - 6925 - Turkey Farm - unpub

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Aldridge Flower Farm

Aldridge Flower Farm
Daffodils growing in Aldridge Flower Farm, on St. Agnes in the Isles of Scilly, Great Britain, circa 1954. Original Publication : Picture Post - 6927 - unpub

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Tryweryn Valley

Tryweryn Valley
A view of the Tryweryn Valley near Bala, Merionethshire, Wales, 27th February 1957. In 1957, a private bill was passed by Parliament to flood the valley in order to create the Llyn Celyn reservoir

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Capel Celyn

Capel Celyn
A view over the village of Capel Celyn in the Tryweryn Valley near Bala, Merionethshire, Wales, 27th February 1957. In 1957

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Tryweryn Valley

Tryweryn Valley
A man and a boy look out over the Tryweryn Valley near Bala, Merionethshire, Wales, 27th February 1957. In 1957, a private bill was passed by Parliament to flood the valley in order to create

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Capel Celyn

Capel Celyn
A view of the village of Capel Celyn in the Tryweryn Valley near Bala, Merionethshire, Wales, 27th February 1957. In 1957

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Thames By Night

Thames By Night
A view over the River Thames at night, towards Shell Mex House (centre, right) and the Savoy Hotel (right), during the Festival of Britain, London, 1951

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Italian Coach Courier

Italian Coach Courier
A courier arrives at a station, ready to take a coach party on a tour of Italy, 1954. Original Publication : Picture Post - 7325 - Coach Tour Of Italy - unpub

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Glasgow Nights

Glasgow Nights
The 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)

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Rainy Night In London

Rainy Night In London
An Indian woman shelters under an umbrella on a rainy night in London, October 1955. Original publication: Picture Post - 8572 - Indians In London - unpub

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Thebes

Thebes
circa 1955: Remains of the city of Thebes with a wall showing a colonnade. (Photo by Picture Post/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Morning Light

Morning Light
May 1906: The square-rigged sailing ship, the Morning Light, in a Norwegian fjord. It was built in 1878 at Yesterham, Nova Scotia, but later sold to Norway. Lilliput



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