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Freelance Photographers Guild (FPG) Collection (#5)

FPG International, originally known as Freelance Photographers Guild, was started in 1936 by Arthur Brackman, a New York newspaper editor. FPG specialised in producing photo-essay material for magazines, helping photographers get work with the era's new picture magazines, like "Life". FPG eventually became a general stock-photo company.

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Background imageFreelance Photographers Guild (FPG) Collection: Pulling A Boat Ashore

Pulling A Boat Ashore
A group of women pulling their boat ashore in Le Touquet, France in 1930. (Photo by Henry Miller News Picture Service/FPG/Getty Images)

Background imageFreelance Photographers Guild (FPG) Collection: Hurdler In Action

Hurdler In Action
A hurdler in action circa 1930. (Photo by FPG/Getty Images)

Background imageFreelance Photographers Guild (FPG) Collection: Taking The Stairs

Taking The Stairs
A man driving a convertible car up some stairs in Germany circa 1930. (Photo by FPG/Getty Images)

Background imageFreelance Photographers Guild (FPG) Collection: Rugby Training

Rugby Training
Tackling during a rugby training session in Berlin, Germany circa 1930. (Photo by FPG/Getty Images)

Background imageFreelance Photographers Guild (FPG) Collection: Group Tobogganing

Group Tobogganing
A group of girls tobogganing in Huntington, Long Island circa 1930.. (Photo by FPG/Getty Images)

Background imageFreelance Photographers Guild (FPG) Collection: Filling Up The Car

Filling Up The Car
A gas station attendant filling up a car with an oil can circa 1930. (Photo by FPG/Getty Images)

Background imageFreelance Photographers Guild (FPG) Collection: Spring Carnival Costume

Spring Carnival Costume
A human butterfly costume during the Spring Carnival in Eisenach, Germany on March 27, 1929. (Photo by Henry Miller News Picture Service/FPG/Getty Images)

Background imageFreelance Photographers Guild (FPG) Collection: Trimming A Flower Globe

Trimming A Flower Globe
One of the residents of the Old Soldiers Home in Leavenworth, Kansas at work trimming a giant flower globe on March 21, 1929. (Photo by Henry Miller News Picture Service/FPG/Getty Images)

Background imageFreelance Photographers Guild (FPG) Collection: Bathing Suit Fashions

Bathing Suit Fashions
Two women kick one leg in the air as they show off Chinese bathing costumes circa 1930. (Photo by Henry Miller News Picture Service/FPG/Getty Images)

Background imageFreelance Photographers Guild (FPG) Collection: Gymnastics On The Beach

Gymnastics On The Beach
A group of students having learning gymnastics outside in Germany circa 1930 s. (Photo by FPG/Getty Images)

Background imageFreelance Photographers Guild (FPG) Collection: Fixing The Car

Fixing The Car
A man working underneath a car circa 1929. (Photo by Herbert C. Lanks/FPG/Getty Images)

Background imageFreelance Photographers Guild (FPG) Collection: Fashionable Crystal Radio

Fashionable Crystal Radio
A young girl listening to a crystal radio with wires disguised to look like a beaded necklace, circa 1925. (Photo by Keystone View Company/FPG/Archive Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageFreelance Photographers Guild (FPG) Collection: Day Coach

Day Coach
Passengers relaxing on board a Baltimore and Ohio Railroad day coach used on night services between New York City and Washington DC, circa 1930

Background imageFreelance Photographers Guild (FPG) Collection: Viewing The Eclipse

Viewing The Eclipse
A group of people watching an eclipse through pieces of smoked glass, circa 1930. (Photo by FPG/Archive Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageFreelance Photographers Guild (FPG) Collection: New Transbay Car

New Transbay Car
A woman on board one of the newly refurbished Class P railway carriages operated by the Key System Transit Company, between Berkeley, Oakland and San Francisco, USA, circa 1928

Background imageFreelance Photographers Guild (FPG) Collection: Radio Shop

Radio Shop
A crowd outside a radio shop, USA, circa 1925. (Photo by Keystone View Company/FPG/Archive Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageFreelance Photographers Guild (FPG) Collection: Game Of Draughts

Game Of Draughts
Two elderly men playing a game of draughts by a fireplace, circa 1930. A sign behind them reads: Dedicated to those in the twilight of life, who seek peace, harmony and contentment

Background imageFreelance Photographers Guild (FPG) Collection: Washington Switchboard

Washington Switchboard
A line of switchboard operators at work, Washington DC, USA, circa 1925. (Photo by Harris And Ewing/FPG/Archive Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageFreelance Photographers Guild (FPG) Collection: Microscopic Examination

Microscopic Examination
A scientist peers into a microscope as another looks on, circa 1930. (Photo by Keystone View Company/FPG/Archive Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageFreelance Photographers Guild (FPG) Collection: Weather Station

Weather Station
A meteorologist from the US Weather Bureau prepares to release a pilot balloon at Newark Airport, New Jersey, circa 1930. The balloon will be tracked using a theodolite (centre)

Background imageFreelance Photographers Guild (FPG) Collection: Seaside Slide

Seaside Slide
A group of children on a slide at a beach resort, circa 1925. (Photo by Keystone View Company/FPG/Archive Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageFreelance Photographers Guild (FPG) Collection: Sitting On Car Roof

Sitting On Car Roof
Helen Gottschaldt and Jefferies Korta sitting on the roof of a car, circa 1925. (Photo by Paul Thompson/FPG/Archive Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageFreelance Photographers Guild (FPG) Collection: Art Deco Head Painting

Art Deco Head Painting
A woman spray-painting an art deco bust to be used in a shop display, 1929. (Photo by Keystone View Company/FPG/Archive Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageFreelance Photographers Guild (FPG) Collection: Playing with A Baby Rhino

Playing with A Baby Rhino
Four children playing with a four month old baby rhinoceros at Berlin Zoo in 1928. (Photo by Henry Miller News Picture Service/FPG/Getty Images)

Background imageFreelance Photographers Guild (FPG) Collection: Horse Riding On The Beach

Horse Riding On The Beach
A couple horse riding on the beach circa 1925. (Photo by Henry Miller News Picture Service/FPG/Getty Images)

Background imageFreelance Photographers Guild (FPG) Collection: Talking From A Horse

Talking From A Horse
A man riding a horse talking to a woman circa 1930. (Photo by FPG/Getty Images)

Background imageFreelance Photographers Guild (FPG) Collection: High Rise Window Cleaners

High Rise Window Cleaners
Two window cleaners working on the 40th floor of the New Yorker Hotel in New York City in 1930. (Photo by Henry Miller News Picture Service/FPG/Getty Images)

Background imageFreelance Photographers Guild (FPG) Collection: Model Train Enthusiast

Model Train Enthusiast
A model train enthusiast with his locomotive circa 1920 s. (Photo by Henry Miller News Picture Service/FPG/Getty Images)

Background imageFreelance Photographers Guild (FPG) Collection: A Safe In The Street

A Safe In The Street
A woman opening the safe that is on the outside of the Golders Green Hippodrome in London, England circa 1930 s. (Photo by FPG/Getty Images)

Background imageFreelance Photographers Guild (FPG) Collection: Berlin Police Transport

Berlin Police Transport
Police officers using a motorbike and sidecar to get to emergency calls in Berlin, Germany in 1928. (Photo by Henry Miller News Picture Service/FPG/Getty Images)

Background imageFreelance Photographers Guild (FPG) Collection: Shark Shooter

Shark Shooter
Fishing boat captain Jake Martin aims his rifle at a shark, circa 1925. Martin maintains that the presence of sharks interferes with good fishing

Background imageFreelance Photographers Guild (FPG) Collection: German Soldiers at The Reichstag

German Soldiers at The Reichstag
German soldiers standing in front of the Memorial to Otto von Bismarck, in front of the Reichstag building, in Berlin, Germany, circa 1925

Background imageFreelance Photographers Guild (FPG) Collection: Mobile Book Stall

Mobile Book Stall
Customers browse at a mobile book stall, Berlin, circa 1925. (Photo by Keystone View Company/FPG/Archive Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageFreelance Photographers Guild (FPG) Collection: Cigarette Boy

Cigarette Boy
A cigarette boy with his tray of tobacco products at a cinema or theatre, Germany, circa 1925. (Photo by Keystone View Company/FPG/Archive Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageFreelance Photographers Guild (FPG) Collection: Washingtons HQ

Washingtons HQ
A house, used as a headquarters by General (later President) George Washington during the American Revolution, in the village of Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, photo circa 1925

Background imageFreelance Photographers Guild (FPG) Collection: Stockbrokers Office

Stockbrokers Office
Workers chalk up stock quotations as clients use ticker-tape machines and telephones at an EF Hutton & Co stockbrokers office, USA, circa 1925. (Photo by FPG/Archive Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageFreelance Photographers Guild (FPG) Collection: Beauty Academy

Beauty Academy
Trainee hairdressers at work on real people and on wigs, at a beauty academy run using the Banford System of hair and beauty culture, circa 1925

Background imageFreelance Photographers Guild (FPG) Collection: Needlework Class

Needlework Class
Female high school pupils in a needlework class, USA, circa 1925. (Photo by Keystone View Company/FPG/Archive Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageFreelance Photographers Guild (FPG) Collection: Book Day In Germany

Book Day In Germany
A man leaves a bookshop in Germany with a pile of books, circa 1929. In 1929, the Reichstag declared a new Book Day on March 22nd, the anniversary of Goethes death

Background imageFreelance Photographers Guild (FPG) Collection: Mini Motorbike

Mini Motorbike
A German youngster takes a friend for a ride in a miniature motorcycle made by his father, Germany, 21st November 1927. (Photo by Henry Miller News Picture Service/FPG/Getty Images)

Background imageFreelance Photographers Guild (FPG) Collection: Berlin Postbank

Berlin Postbank
Queues outside the newly-reopened Postbank in Berlin, Germany, circa 1925. (Photo by FPG/Getty Images)

Background imageFreelance Photographers Guild (FPG) Collection: Professor Ackermann

Professor Ackermann
Bavarian painter Professor Ackermann sketches his wife and child in peasant costumes, circa 1925. (Photo by FPG/Getty Images)

Background imageFreelance Photographers Guild (FPG) Collection: Hessian Girls

Hessian Girls
Girls from Hesse in Germany in traditional costumes, circa 1925. (Photo by FPG/Getty Images)

Background imageFreelance Photographers Guild (FPG) Collection: German School

German School
German schoolgirls in class, circa 1930. (Photo by FPG/Getty Images)

Background imageFreelance Photographers Guild (FPG) Collection: Wounded Australians

Wounded Australians
Cars carrying wounded Australian soldiers preparing to leave the wharf on the return of one of the hospital ships to Sydney Harbour, Australia circa 1919

Background imageFreelance Photographers Guild (FPG) Collection: All-Night Queue

All-Night Queue
Cricket fans pass the time with a game of cards in an all-night queue outside Lords Cricket Ground, London, circa 1930. (Photo by Evening Standard/Keystone/FPG/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageFreelance Photographers Guild (FPG) Collection: Parasol Maker

Parasol Maker
A Japanese parasol maker and his child, circa 1930. (Photo by FPG/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageFreelance Photographers Guild (FPG) Collection: Jewellery Raid

Jewellery Raid
A staged hold-up in a jewellers shop, circa 1930. (Photo by FPG/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)



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