Three coats illustrating the new A-line, S-line and H-line fashion silhouette. A flared mink coat by Jean Desses, a grey flannel suit with...
Group of men playing a game of cards in a club in Leeds. Original Publication: Picture Post - 7598 - The Jews Of Leeds - A Minority Community - pub....
Vadja Deloro, ballerina and flamenco dancer from San Francisco, during her flamenco routine at the London Hippodrome. Original Publication: Picture...
Actress Yvonne Mitchell seen here chatting to George Cole in a scene from the play 'Misery Me'. Original Publication: Picture Post - 7627 - Yvonne...
Photographic model Lysbeth Rolling lying on her front. Original Publication: Picture Post - 7664 - Thinking Of Holidays? - pub. 1955
Drivers at the motorcyclist skiing championships in Erwald, Austrian Tyrol. Original Publication: Picture Post - 6431 - The Maddest Game On Skis -...
Strolling minstrels on a shopping street in Hiroshima, 1955. Original Publication : Picture Post - 7849 - Hiroshima - pub. 6th August 1955
De Havilland Comet turbo-jet aeroplane under construction at the Short Brothers Factory in Belfast. Original Publication: Picture Post - 7029 - The...
Young Jewish girl in Whitechapel, in London's East End. Original Publication: Picture Post - Passover Story - Whitechapel's Jews - pub. 1952
Chelsea FC Manager Ted Drake, talking to Denzil Batchelor . Original Publication: Picture Post - 6395 - The Football Industry - pub. 1952
Picture Post photographer John Chillingworth surrounded by lighting equipment, January 1953. He is working on a feature on coronation fashions by...
Dr James Owen, one of the four Cambridge coaches, watching a practise session before the University boat race. Original Publication: Picture Post -...
Picture Post photographer John Chillingworth at work on a beach, August 1952. Original publication: Picture Post - 5999 - I Spy With My Little Eye -...
Refugees in post-war Korea who have put up their makeshift home near a railway Original Publication: Picture Post - 7849 - Korea I - This Is Your...
Picture Post gave a party for a number of boys between six and eight. They drew lots to decide who would be dressed as cowboys and who as spacemen....
Little girl looking after her younger sister on a street in Belfast. Original Publication: Picture Post - 7029 - The Best And The Worst Of Some...
Two women wearing summer hats. Original Publication: Picture Post - 5362 - Summer Goes to Two Dozen Heads - pub. 1951
Two young Palestinian refugees walk past barbed wire near their camp on the border between Israel and Jordan, 11th February 1956. Original...
Pamela Senti feeding the gulls on the promenade at Blackpool. A native of Blackpool, Senti is married to a Swiss man and holds the title of Miss...
English actor and comedian Frankie Howerd reading a script for a radio programme, May 1952. Original publication: Picture Post - 5866 - The Men You...
Chorus girls with Terry Cantor's travelling revue, take the ten minutes between routines to wash some of their clothes and costumes. Original...
Holidaymakers on the beach at Blackpool, Lancashire, July 1954. Blackpool Tower is in the background. Original publication: Picture Post - 7227 -...
American dancer Vera-Ellen resting between rehearsals for the N P Rathvon musical 'Happy Go Lovely' at Elstree studios. Original Publication: Picture...
Jewish man shares a bottle of champagne with friends in Whitechapel, the centre of the Jewish community in London, April 1952. Original publication:...
American writer, singer and actress Kay Thompson at the Cafe de Paris nightclub in London, February 1951. Original Publication: Picture Post - 5202 -...
The Blue Riband winner 'United States' at Le Havre. Original Publication: Picture Post - 5969 - The New First Lady - pub. 1952
Ballet dancer draws circles in the sand with the points of her toes. Original Publication: Picture Post - 8498 - Festival Ballet Dancer - unpub.
Children playing with an old tyre and a ball on the streets of Salford, Manchester. Original Publication: Picture Post - 5461 - Salford In Wonderland...
Athlete Roger Bannister's legs which give him a seven foot stride. Original Publication: Picture Post - 5355 - The Boy Bannister - pub. 1951
Woman walking down a road in Liverpool, April 1954. Original publication: Picture Post - 7105 - The Best And The Worst Of British Cities - Liverpool...
For Plymouth Devonport and Plymouth Argyle supporter, Michael Foot , watches his team play Huddersfield Town at Home Park, Plymouth, January 1953....
Calligraphy class at a 'School For Brides' in Kyoto, July 1955. The school teaches etiquette and the traditional general domestic duties that are...
After an overnight train journey across Britain, thousands of racing pigeons are released from their baskets to begin the long journey home. Original...
Woman spinning cotton in a Wigan, Lancashire cotton mill. Original Publication: Picture Post - 7467 - Problem of a Dying Coalfield - pub. 1955
Two children test out the boot capacity of the new 8 horsepower saloon car from the Standard Motor Company. The car costs ?481 and does 50 miles per...
Flags and lanterns during Buddhist birthday celebrations in Seoul. Original Publication: Picture Post - 8839 - Buddhist Birthday Celebrations - unpub.
Comic actor Leslie Henson as Toad in Kenneth Grahame's, 'Toad of Toad Hall'. Original Publication: Picture Post - 6352 - New Toad-In-The-Hall - pub....
Bedouin woman and her child, 11th February 1956. Original Publication : Picture Post - 8270 - The People Who Wait For War - pub. 1956
Children queuing for food at the Al Azzeh camp for Palestinian refugees in Bethlehem, 11th February 1956. Original Publication : Picture Post - 8270...
Harry Brown fails to find the wisdom amongst the religious order of the Divines, in a Picture Post story chronicling the adventures of a hero similar...
Photographers at a reception given by Prince Akihito of Japan, during his visit to Britain for the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. Original...
Residents at Morpeth Street, in London's East End, cleaning their street for a party to celebrate the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. Original...
Latvian-born British philosopher, historian of ideas and Fellow of New College, Oxford, Isaiah Berlin , Oxford, 25th November 1950. Original...
Emperor Akihito of Japan, as Crown Prince Akihito of Japan, during a visit to London to attend the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. Original...
Exploring the rock pools of the Pembrokeshire coastline is just one of the activities enjoyed by children from the poor region of Ordsall, near...
Two women sheltering under their umbrella as they sit on the beach at Torquay in the rain. Original Publication: Picture Post - 7238 - Whose Riviera...
The Hiroshima Peace Memorial , the ruins of the Hiroshima Prefectural Industrial Promotion Hall, Hiroshima, July 1955. Believed to be the exact spot...
Couple having a nap after a busy day in the fresh air on the front at Blackpool, July 1954. Original publication: Picture Post - 7227 - It's Always...
School girls experimenting with cigarettes on the train to school. Original Publication: Picture Post - 5498 - School Train - pub. 1951
Resident of Morpeth Street in the East End of London enjoys a glass of stout at a street party to celebrate the coronation of Queen Elizabeth II. The...
An audience at a Dior fashion show in Paris. L-r: Marie Louise Bousquet, Paris Editor of Harper's Bazaar, US photographer Richard Avedon, and Carmel...
Couple of East End boys blowing paper whistles at a street party held in Morpeth Street, London, during Queen Elizabeth II's Coronation celebrations....
Police officer checks the time at the start of the match between arch rivals Glasgow Rangers and Celtic at Ibrox Stadium, Glasgow. Original...
Couple of East End girls dancing in the street during Queen Elizabeth II's Coronation celebrations in London. Original Publication: Picture Post -...
An American-style snack bar selling hot dogs and Coca-Cola, on the Golden Mile in the English seaside resort of Blackpool, Lancashire, July 1954....
Woman walking past a line of advertising posters in Hiroshima, July 1955. Original Publication: Picture Post - 7849 - Hiroshima - pub. 1955
The war cemetery of the British First Airborne Division at Arnhem, in the eastern Netherlands, where nearly 2,000 died in 1944 attempting to gain a...
An employee of Gems Ltd, a firm based in a disused chapel off Portobello Road, London, coats a wax model with a cellulose gloss spray. The firm makes...
