Talk:Picture Post

Edward Hulton's political views?

The article currently says that "Hulton mainly supported the Conservative Party". I have read quite a bit that Hulton wrote and it hardly seems conservative to me - distinctly left wing in fact. Also, he was a supporter of Tom Wintringham, although that could have been for purely patriotic reasons. Can anybody shed some light on this? Gaius Cornelius 14:53, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

Stefan Lorant

This article claims that he fled to the US in 1940 but his entry in Wikipedia states that it was because he was unsuccessful in seeking to obtain British citizenship --Headhitter (talk) 10:50, 22 August 2010 (UTC)

Dates

Resolved

According to our article on Edward George Warris Hulton: "The photographic archive of Picture Post became an important historical documentary resource. It was set up by Hulton as a semi-independent operation, officially incorporated as the Hulton Press Library in 1947. It was bought by the BBC in 1958 and incorporated into the Radio Times photo archive, which was then sold to Brian Deutsch in 1988. In 1996 the Hulton Picture Collection was bought for £8.6m by Getty Images, who has retained the Hulton Archive as a featured resource within its large holdings." This information needs to be merged here. This article currently says "In 1945, Sir Edward Hulton set up the Hulton Press Library as a semi-independent operation", but regardless of the veracity of this claim, it conflicts with the official incorporation date cited by most authoritative sources and does nothing but confuse people. Viriditas (talk) 20:53, 26 July 2026 (UTC)

I have made an edit clarifying the establishment date and playing down 1945. Other edits are needed. Viriditas (talk) 20:58, 26 July 2026 (UTC)

I believe I have fixed the issue. Viriditas (talk) 21:51, 26 July 2026 (UTC)