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Picture Post Historical Archive, 1938–1957

This archive comprises the complete run of Britain’s Picture Post—a pioneering work of photojournalism—from its first issue in 1938 to its last in 1957, all digitized from originals.

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The Picture Post Historical Archive comprises the complete run of the Picture Post from its first issue in 1938 to its last in 1957—all digitized from originals. The Picture Post's innovative use of photojournalism captured the imagination of the British public, with readership at its peak estimated at eighty percent of the population.

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Picture Post Historical Archive

Reading Level: 1301L—+

Product Type: Primary Sources

Content Types: Biographies, Literary Works, Magazines, Manuscripts, Monographs (books), Newspapers, Periodicals, Photographs & Images, Reference, Scholarly Journals

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