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Picture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection (#7)

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: Ant Expedition

Ant Expedition
5th 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

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine 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 imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine 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 imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Milking Greenfly

Milking Greenfly
5th 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

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Ant Food

Ant Food
5th 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

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Two Ants

Two Ants
5th 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

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

Glasgow University
17th 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

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Hog Wash

Hog Wash
5th May 1945: Pedigree Large White Gostrode pig Greenback XVth has a wash in preparation for the Crewe agricultural show in Cheshire

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: They re More My Size

They re More My Size
28th February 1953: A young boy examines an exhibit in a glass cage in the elephant room in the Natural History Museum, London

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: What A Neck

What A Neck
28th February 1953: A little boy is fascinated by the stuffed giraffes on show at the Natural History Museum, London. Original Publication: Picture Post - 6432 - Natures Back Room Boys - pub

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Hotel Luggage

Hotel Luggage
25th April 1953: A pile of suitcases deposited in the doorway of the Merton Hotel on Jersey. Original Publication: Picture Post - 6496 - Honeymoon In Jersey - pub

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Hunters Head Home

Hunters Head Home
24th December 1938: Two hunters head home after a pheasant shoot in the English countryside, carrying several brace of game birds. Original Publication: Picture Post - 57 - Pheasant Shooting - pub

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Hard Road

Hard Road
25th July 1953: An old mand trudges up a road, sack on his back. One of a band of nomads whose homes are in the hedgerows and who live off the land seeking work as they find it

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Good Youngsters

Good Youngsters
20th June 1953: The Good quadruplets, five-year-old Jennifer, Bridget, Elizabeth and Frances with their big sister, seven-year-old Susan, standing on a cars running-board, ready to go to school

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Top Deck Ride

Top Deck Ride
13th May 1939: The Kings four orderly officers sightseeing on the top deck of a London bus. Every year four officers from the Indian Army are chosen to attend the King as his special bodyguard

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Mark Of Approval

Mark Of Approval
1st April 1939: Tramp, John Walpole, draws a chalk cross on the wall of a farmhouse where they gave him food. A mark to remind himself when he passes that way again that they treated him well

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Toy Fieldsmen

Toy Fieldsmen
10th July 1948: Miniature fieldsmen are equipped with a rounded slot to enable them to catch the ball, in the new game of table-top cricket

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Highland Cattle

Highland Cattle
11th August 1945: A herd of Highland cattle in the foothills of the Grampian Mountains, Scotland. Kept mainly for their appearance

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Highland Cow

Highland Cow
11th August 1945: A Highland cow belonging to farmer Duncan Stewart grazes in the bracken on the hills of Balmuick, Scotland

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Lonesome Jackass

Lonesome Jackass
31st March 1945: A donkey is caught in a cars headlights. Original Publication: Picture Post - 1936 - The Magic Lantern Of A Cars Headlights - pub

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Night-Time Motoring

Night-Time Motoring
31st March 1945: Roadside trees illuminated by a motorists headlights. Original Publication: Picture Post - 1936 - The Magic Lantern Of A Cars Headlights - pub

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Roadside Pub

Roadside Pub
31st March 1945: A whitewashed public house is illuminated by a motorists headlights. Original Publication: Picture Post - 1936 - The Magic Lantern Of A Cars Headlights - pub

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

Thirsty Hounds
31st March 1945: A pack of beagles needing refreshment after chasing a hare during a hunt. Original Publication: Picture Post - 1932 - A Day Out With Beagles - pub

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Bannister On Bike

Bannister On Bike
14th July 1951: British athlete Roger Bannister cycling through Oxford. He later became the first athlete to run a mile in less than 4 minutes

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Resourceful Crowd

Resourceful Crowd
25th April 1953: People at the back of the crowd using step ladders to see procession after the marriage between Prince Jean, heir to the Luxembourg Throne, and Belgian Princess Josephine-Charlotte

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Feline And Flowers

Feline And Flowers
21st March 1953: A domestic cat sniffing a tub of hyacinths on a windowsill. Original Publication: Picture Post - 6446 - First Whiff Of Spring - pub

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Spring Crocuses

Spring Crocuses
21st March 1953: Shelley the tortoise sniffing the first crocuses of spring. Original Publication: Picture Post - 6446 - First Whiff Of Spring - pub

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Hounds Hunting

Hounds Hunting
22nd July 1939: The Crowhurst Otter Hounds hunting the scent of otters in and by a river. Original Publication: Picture Post - 130 - Hunting The Otter - pub

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Pack Of Hounds

Pack Of Hounds
22nd July 1939: The Crowhurst Otter Hounds awaiting the signal to move off. They are of various breeds to make the pack stronger

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Slum Wash House

Slum Wash House
29th October 1955: Two newly built wash houses replace two slum houses at a Birmingham street. Original Publication: Picture Post - 8127 - The Housing Jungle - pub

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

Snowdonia Sheep
11th August 1951: Snowdonia sheep farmer, Pyrs Williams, with his flock, at Hafod-y-Llan. Original Publication: Picture Post - 5377 - Shearing Time In Snowdonia - pub

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Caged Monkey

Caged Monkey
9th February 1946: Monty the monkey who performs with Chessington Circus. Original Publication: Picture Post - 3080 - The Circus Gets Ready For The Road Again - pub

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Bernard Shaw

Bernard Shaw
20th July 1946: Irish dramatist, writer and social reformer, George Bernard Shaw in the garden of his home in Ayot St Lawrence, Hertfordshire

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Swans Hatching

Swans Hatching
13th July 1946: A pen waiting for his turn at hatching on the nest he shares with his cob at the ancient swannery at Abbotsbury in Dorset

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Close-Up Aphis

Close-Up Aphis
8th September 1945: A microphotograph of a strawberry aphis (capitophorus fragariae). Original Publication: Picture Post - 2086 - Gas War Against Farmers Pest - pub

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Ferret

Ferret
2nd February 1946: A ferret in a laboratory during experiments into the influenza virus. Original Publication: Picture Post - 3078 - Can We Beat Influenza - pub

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Cattle Grazing

Cattle Grazing
11th August 1945: A herd of Highland cattle grazing in a valley in the Scottish Highlands. Kept mainly for their appearance

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Haystacks

Haystacks
4th September 1948: Stooks of wheat stand drying in a field at Stockbridge, Hampshire. Original Publication: Picture Post - 4640 - Battle For The Harvest - pub.1948

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: A Farmers Pony

A Farmers Pony
29th April 1939: A pony in a field on a farm in England. Original Publication: Picture Post - 139 - Farm In Spring - pub. 1939 (Photo by Felix Man/Picture Post/Getty Images)

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Plaza Cinema

Plaza Cinema
1st October 1955: A neon sign lights up the Plaza cinema in the Scottish industrial town of Kilmarnock. Kilmarnock is home to a variety of industries

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Cockfighting

Cockfighting
14th December 1946: Two birds fighting to the death during a cockfight in Bali. Original Publication: Picture Post - 4271 - A Cockfight In Bali - pub

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Rain Test For Car

Rain Test For Car
30th October 1948: A Morris Oxford being bombarded with 1500 jets of water from all angles, equivalent to 15 inches of rainfall an hour

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Belfast Ship Yard

Belfast Ship Yard
20th February 1954: The Harland and Wolff ship yard in Belfast where a liner is being built. Original Publication: Picture Post - 7029 - The Best And The Worst Of Some British Cities 5 - Belfast

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Misty Monument

Misty Monument
30th January 1954: A monument in the mist silhouetted against Edinburgh Castle. There is evidence of Iron Age settlement in Edinburgh

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Hunting Hounds

Hunting Hounds
17th January 1953: Hounds from the Pytchley Hunt running across fields near Daventry in Northamptonshire. Original Publication: Picture Post - 6531 - A Hunting We Will Go - pub

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Hounds And Horse

Hounds And Horse
17th January 1953: Some of the hounds of the Pytchley Hunt with a horse at a meeting in Daventry in Northamptonshire. Original Publication: Picture Post - 6531 - A Hunting We Will Go - pub

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Iona Cross

Iona Cross
6th August 1955: The Celtic cross which has stood on the tiny island of Iona for ten centuries. The Iona Community is a Christian settlement run by a group of Scottish ministers who offer religion to

Background imagePicture Post, Premier British News Magazine Collection: Winter Graveyard

Winter Graveyard
12th March 1955: A snow-covered graveyard in Edinburgh; away to the right of the church in this photograph Edinburgh Castle dominates the landscape



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