Skip to search
Skip to main content
Catalog
Help
Feedback
Your Account
Library Account
Bookmarks
(
0
)
Search History
Search in
Keyword
Title (keyword)
Author (keyword)
Subject (keyword)
Title starts with
Subject (browse)
Author (browse)
Author (sorted by title)
Call number (browse)
search for
Search
Advanced Search
Bookmarks
(
0
)
Princeton University Library Catalog
Start over
Cite
Send
to
SMS
Email
EndNote
RefWorks
RIS
Printer
Bookmark
Picture post.
Format
Journal
Language
English
Published/Created
London : Hulton Press, 1938-1957.
Description
75 v. : ill. (some col.) ; 35 cm.
Began with: Vol. 1, no. 1 (Oct. 1, 1938); ceased with: June 1, 1957.
Availability
Available Online
1938 - 1957: Picture Post Historical Archive, 1938-1957
Available from 1938 until 1957.
1950 - 1950: CRL Open Access Serials
Available from 04/08/1950 until 04/08/1950.
Copies in the Library
Location
Call Number
Status
Location Service
Notes
Marquand Library - Remote Storage (ReCAP): Marquand Library Use Only Rare Books
AP4 .P575q Oversize
Browse related items
Reading Room Request
Location has
Vol. 1, no. 1 (Oct. 1, 1938) - Vol. 48, no. 13 (Sept. 23, 1950)
Details
Subject(s)
World politics
—
20th century
—
Periodicals
[Browse]
Great Britain
—
History
—
20th century
—
Periodicals
[Browse]
Great Britain
—
Social life and customs
—
Pictorial works
—
Periodicals
[Browse]
World War, 1939-1945
—
Pictorial works
—
Periodicals
[Browse]
Editor
Lorant, Stefan, 1901-1997
[Browse]
Hopkinson, Tom, 1905-1990
[Browse]
Publisher
Hulton Press
[Browse]
Library of Congress genre(s)
Periodicals
[Browse]
Numbering peculiarities
Final issue lacks numbering.
Frequency
Weekly
Notes
Title from cover.
Edited by Stefan Lorant (1938-1940), Tom Hopkinson (1940-1950; later Sir Tom Hopkinson), and a succession of others between 1950 and 1957.
V. 34, no. 8 is a double issue, covering the weeks of Feb. 22 and Mar. 8.
Center bifolium printed in color (v. 1, no. 1 - v. 3, no. 1); color discontinued during war years with very few, special exceptions (e.g. for Christmas issues); regular color bifolium reistated v. 33, no. 6, 1946.
Occasional special issued released outside of regular weekly schedule (e.g. "Battle of the River Plate Special" published in December 1939 or January 1940)
SAX copy: Holds an uninterrupted run from v.1, no.1 (1938) through v. 48, no. 13 (1950).
SAX copy: V. 1, no. 1 imperfect; lacks central, color bifolium (p. 39-42).
Source of description
Description based on: V. 1, no. 1; title from cover.
Latest issue consulted: V. 48, no. 13.
Provenance
SAX copy: Pencil inscription on covers of each issue beginning with v. 9, no. 1 ("Shreeves"); ink stamp on a very few issues ("W. J. Shreeves, 2 Midland Road, Bedford"; see v. 29, no. 2 for clear example).
LCCN
46035664
OCLC
4698287
Statement on language in description
Princeton University Library aims to describe library materials in a manner that is respectful to the individuals and communities who create, use, and are represented in the collections we manage.
Read more...
Other views
Staff view
Ask a Question
Suggest a Correction
Report Harmful Language
Supplementary Information
Other versions
Picture post
id
99125210060806421