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Picture Post Historical Archive, 1938-1957

Complete archive of the Picture Post from its first issue in 1938 to its last in 1957—all digitized from originals in full color.

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https://digital.library.wisc.edu/1711.web/ppha

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Time-span: 1938 - 1957
Subscription Type: SUBSCRIPTION
Publisher: Gale
Notes: 20th-century interwar and post-WWII Great Britain; SEE ALSO: the Illustrated London News Historical Archive, the Daily Mail Historical Archive, and The Times Digital Archive

The contents of this collection are available for text analysis and data mining through Gale's Digital Scholar Lab (access via "Digital Scholar Lab" entry in Database Library or Catalog).
Languages: English
Resource Types: Images and Sound
Description: This database contains the complete archive of the Picture Post from its first issue in 1938 to its last in 1957—all digitized from originals in full color. In the era before television, the Picture Post brought major social and political issues to the British population through an innovative use of photo-journalism.

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Communication / Journalism / Rhetoric
Journalism
Databases with Pre-1970 Content
General / Multidisciplinary
Historical / Primary Sources
News and Newspapers
Images
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Western Europe
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