Complete archive of the Picture Post magazine from 1938-1957 - all digitized from originals in full colour
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Complete archive of the Picture Post magazine from 1938-1957 - all digitized from originals in full colour.
Picture Post’s innovative use of photo-journalism captured the imagination of the British people, with readership at its peak estimated at 80% of the population. In the era before television, it became the window on the world for ordinary people, bringing the major social and political issues of the day into popular consciousness.
It provides a snapshot of British life from the 1930s to the 1950s, with thousands of photos of ordinary people doing ordinary things
Useful if you study:
- History
- British history
- 20th century history
- Social anthropology
- Sociology
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