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Hulton Archive

 

            Hulton|Archive is one of the largest collections of photography and illustrative material in the world.
             containing over 40 million images, covering prints, engravings, cartoons, illustrations, maps,.
             periodicals and other ephemera. This unique resource is available for the global picture buyer; those.
             looking to research historically significant subjects or personalities as well as those searching for.
             creative and stock imagery.
             Hulton|Archive was formed after Getty Images had acquired two of the leading historical stock houses;.
             Hulton Deutsch in London in 1996 - forming Hulton Getty, and Archive Photos in New York - a division.
             of The Image Bank - in 2000.
             The cornerstone of the Hulton is the seminal news weekly Picture Post, founded in 1938 by Edward.
             Hulton publisher of this and numerous other magazine titles. Picture Post commissioned much of its.
             photography which featured in the magazine until its closure in 1957. Its pioneering photojournalism.
             helped to revolutionise the style and content of newspapers and magazines not only in Britain but also.
             throughout the world. Picture Post photographers include such luminaries as Bert Hardy and Bill.
             Brandt. The Hulton passed through the hands of the BBC and private ownership and, in the process,.
             doubled the size of the collection with the acquisition of the Keystone Collection. Though the majority.
             of the Hulton is wholly owned, representations of note include Weegee and Ernst Haas.
             Archive Photos was formed in 1990 by the merger of two well-established photo agencies, Pictorial.
             Parade (founded 1935) and Frederick Lewis Stock Photos (founded in 1938). Prior to the merger of the.
             two agencies, Pictorial Parade was one of the oldest continuously operated photo syndication.


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