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Freelance Photographers Guild (FPG) Glass Place Mat Collection

FPG International, originally known as Freelance Photographers Guild, was started in 1936 by Arthur Brackman, a New York newspaper editor. FPG specialised in producing photo-essay material for magazines, helping photographers get work with the era's new picture magazines, like "Life". FPG eventually became a general stock-photo company.

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Background imageFreelance Photographers Guild (FPG) Glass Place Mat Collection: Farrier At Work

Farrier At Work
A farrier attending to a horses hoof, circa 1930. (Photo by Keystone View Company/FPG/Archive Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageFreelance Photographers Guild (FPG) Glass Place Mat Collection: Ritz Tower

Ritz Tower
The Ritz Tower, built in 1925, was the tallest skyscraper in the world at the time of its completion, New York, New York, 1930s

Background imageFreelance Photographers Guild (FPG) Glass Place Mat Collection: 1959 Ford Thunderbird

1959 Ford Thunderbird
View of a 1959 Ford Thunderbird motor car, its convertible roof in the down position, parked outside on a grassy field, 1959. (Photo by FPG/Getty Images)

Background imageFreelance Photographers Guild (FPG) Glass Place Mat Collection: Group of young women wearing bathing suits, portrait (B&W sepia)

Group of young women wearing bathing suits, portrait (B&W sepia)
Bathing suits reflect different eras from Victorian to 1930 s. archival image

Background imageFreelance Photographers Guild (FPG) Glass Place Mat Collection: Using The Diving Board

Using The Diving Board
Two women and a man in mid air after using a diving board at the Ambassador Lido pool in Los Angeles, California circa 1940 s. (Photo by Keystone View/FPG/Getty Images)

Background imageFreelance Photographers Guild (FPG) Glass Place Mat Collection: Tenements In New York City

Tenements In New York City
Photograph shows laundry drying on clotheslines in the backyards of New York City tenement slums, circa 1900. (Photo by FPG/Getty Images)

Background imageFreelance Photographers Guild (FPG) Glass Place Mat Collection: Chimp Of Police

Chimp Of Police
A chimpanzee poses as a chief of police, 1946. (Photo by Bill Mann/FPG/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageFreelance Photographers Guild (FPG) Glass Place Mat Collection: Iron Mine

Iron Mine
Workers laying explosives in an iron mine, 1880. (Photo by Jack Zehrt/FPG/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageFreelance Photographers Guild (FPG) Glass Place Mat Collection: Eyelash Combing

Eyelash Combing
A woman using an eyelash comb while looking in the mirror circa 1930. (Photo by Keystone View/FPG/Getty Images)

Background imageFreelance Photographers Guild (FPG) Glass Place Mat Collection: Portrait of Czar Nicholas II

Portrait of Czar Nicholas II

Background imageFreelance Photographers Guild (FPG) Glass Place Mat Collection: Oberammergau

Oberammergau
The village of Oberammergau in Bavaria, with its famous Passion Theatre, circa 1770. The villages Passion Play dates back to 1634

Background imageFreelance Photographers Guild (FPG) Glass Place Mat Collection: Brussels Grand Place

Brussels Grand Place
The Grand Place in Brussels filled with cars at night, circa 1960. (Photo by P. Berger/FPG/Getty Images)

Background imageFreelance Photographers Guild (FPG) Glass Place Mat Collection: Woman with two dalmatians wearing patterned dress (B&W)

Woman with two dalmatians wearing patterned dress (B&W)
Archival image

Background imageFreelance Photographers Guild (FPG) Glass Place Mat Collection: Empire State Building

Empire State Building
Construction workers celebrate the completion of the iron work on the Empire State Building, Manhattan, circa 1930. The building was constructed between 1930 and 1931

Background imageFreelance Photographers Guild (FPG) Glass Place Mat Collection: Stockbrokers Office

Stockbrokers Office
Workers chalk up stock quotations as clients use ticker-tape machines and telephones at an EF Hutton & Co stockbrokers office, USA, circa 1925. (Photo by FPG/Archive Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageFreelance Photographers Guild (FPG) Glass Place Mat Collection: Backlit Beauties

Backlit Beauties
Three nude ladies behind a backlit screen, circa 1930. (Photo by FPG/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageFreelance Photographers Guild (FPG) Glass Place Mat Collection: Route 66

Route 66
US Route 66 leading towards Albuquerque, with the Sandia Mountains in the background, circa 1940. (Photo by FPG/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageFreelance Photographers Guild (FPG) Glass Place Mat Collection: Boys At A German Summer Camp

Boys At A German Summer Camp
Meal time at the summer health camp for the children of Berlin, Germany circa 1930. Seven hundred attend the camp at one time. (Photo by Henry Miller News Picture Service/FPG/Getty Images)

Background imageFreelance Photographers Guild (FPG) Glass Place Mat Collection: Bit Of A Lad

Bit Of A Lad
A young man runs a comb through his thinning hair, circa 1930. (Photo by FPG/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageFreelance Photographers Guild (FPG) Glass Place Mat Collection: Art Deco Head Painting

Art Deco Head Painting
A woman spray-painting an art deco bust to be used in a shop display, 1929. (Photo by Keystone View Company/FPG/Archive Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageFreelance Photographers Guild (FPG) Glass Place Mat Collection: Seaside Fun

Seaside Fun
A small boy enjoys pouring a bucket of seawater over his friend during a day at the seaside, circa 1930. (Photo by FPG/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageFreelance Photographers Guild (FPG) Glass Place Mat Collection: Evening Elegance

Evening Elegance
A woman in a long evening gown with puffball sleeves, circa 1930. (Photo by FPG/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageFreelance Photographers Guild (FPG) Glass Place Mat Collection: Happy New Year

Happy New Year
Partygoers celebrate the arrival of the New Year amidst a shower of streamers, circa 1930. (Photo by FPG/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageFreelance Photographers Guild (FPG) Glass Place Mat Collection: Bayreuth Audience

Bayreuth Audience
The audience takes the air between acts of a Wagner opera at the Bayreuth Festspielhaus, Bavaria, circa 1930. (Photo by Henry Miller/FPG/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageFreelance Photographers Guild (FPG) Glass Place Mat Collection: Only Lovely Eyes

Only Lovely Eyes
Contestants in the Miss Lovely Eyes beauty pageant in Florida wearing masks to obscure the rest of their faces, circa 1930. (Photo by FPG/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageFreelance Photographers Guild (FPG) Glass Place Mat Collection: Sorry State

Sorry State
An injured couple with their dog, circa 1930. The mans head is heavily bandaged, while the woman has a badly bruised face. They are both wearing bloodstained clothing

Background imageFreelance Photographers Guild (FPG) Glass Place Mat Collection: Terzigno Evacuated

Terzigno Evacuated
The inhabitants of the village of Terzigno, east of Naples, are evacuated as a flow of volcanic lava (in background) from Mount Vesuvius approaches the village, 3rd June 1929

Background imageFreelance Photographers Guild (FPG) Glass Place Mat Collection: Shepherdess On Stage

Shepherdess On Stage
Four dancers wearing frilly outfits and carrying shepherds crooks during a performance, circa 1930. (Photo by FPG/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageFreelance Photographers Guild (FPG) Glass Place Mat Collection: Chorus Line

Chorus Line
A chorus line of showgirls in top hats and shorts, circa 1930. (Photo by Keystone View Company/FPG/Archive Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageFreelance Photographers Guild (FPG) Glass Place Mat Collection: Playing Cards

Playing Cards
A group of men playing cards circa 1930 s. (Photo by Keystone View/FPG/Getty Images)

Background imageFreelance Photographers Guild (FPG) Glass Place Mat Collection: Walking On Water

Walking On Water
A man, with two small boats on his feet, walks on water in Potsdam, Germany in the 1930 s. (Photo by FPG/Getty Images)

Background imageFreelance Photographers Guild (FPG) Glass Place Mat Collection: Reading The Paper

Reading The Paper
Three men sitting on a park bench reading the newspaper in Germany circa 1930. (Photo by FPG/Getty Images)

Background imageFreelance Photographers Guild (FPG) Glass Place Mat Collection: Egg And Spoon Race

Egg And Spoon Race
Five girls taking part in an egg and spoon race in Berlin, Germany circa 1930. (Photo by Henry Miller News Picture Service/FPG/Getty Images)

Background imageFreelance Photographers Guild (FPG) Glass Place Mat Collection: Choose Communism

Choose Communism
A propaganda van for the Communist Party of Germany (Kommunistische Partei Deutschlands or KPD) during the federal elections in Berlin, Germany, 20th May 1928. (Photo by FPG/Getty Images)

Background imageFreelance Photographers Guild (FPG) Glass Place Mat Collection: Man holding tiny violin, close up of hands

Man holding tiny violin, close up of hands

Background imageFreelance Photographers Guild (FPG) Glass Place Mat Collection: Sorting At Mount Peasant

Sorting At Mount Peasant
Postal workers sorting mail for overseas destinations in the run-up to Christmas at the GPO (General Post Office) main sorting office at Mount Pleasant, London, 28th November 1929

Background imageFreelance Photographers Guild (FPG) Glass Place Mat Collection: No Fun

No Fun
circa 1930: A group of nuns walk round in a circle in an enclosed yard whose building has barred windows giving an impression of convicts in a prison yard

Background imageFreelance Photographers Guild (FPG) Glass Place Mat Collection: Inquiring Microphone

Inquiring Microphone
A crowd of people queuing for the Inquiring Microphone show on radio station WINN in New York, circa 1930. (Photo by FPG/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageFreelance Photographers Guild (FPG) Glass Place Mat Collection: Lazy Dove

Lazy Dove
A small boy on a scooter and with a dove perched on his hat, circa 1930. (Photo by FPG/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageFreelance Photographers Guild (FPG) Glass Place Mat Collection: PE Class

PE Class
A group of schoogirls attend a gym class, circa 1930. (Photo by FPG/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageFreelance Photographers Guild (FPG) Glass Place Mat Collection: Front Crawl

Front Crawl
A woman in a black bikini thrashes her way across a swimming pool, circa 1930. (Photo by FPG/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageFreelance Photographers Guild (FPG) Glass Place Mat Collection: Children Washing Clothes

Children Washing Clothes
Boy and girl washing clothes, circa 1930. (Photo by FPG/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageFreelance Photographers Guild (FPG) Glass Place Mat Collection: Monkey Bars

Monkey Bars
A group of boys hang from a playground climbing frame, circa 1930. (Photo by FPG/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageFreelance Photographers Guild (FPG) Glass Place Mat Collection: Slippery When Wet

Slippery When Wet
Five women line up on a water slide, circa 1930. (Photo by FPG/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageFreelance Photographers Guild (FPG) Glass Place Mat Collection: Wheat Harvest

Wheat Harvest
Men harvesting wheat, circa 1930. (Photo by FPG/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageFreelance Photographers Guild (FPG) Glass Place Mat Collection: American Beauty

American Beauty
Four American beauty contestants on the deck of a ship, circa 1930. (Photo by FPG/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageFreelance Photographers Guild (FPG) Glass Place Mat Collection: Sick As A Dog

Sick As A Dog
A vet examines a bulldog at the Royal Veterinary College in London, circa 1930. (Photo by FPG/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageFreelance Photographers Guild (FPG) Glass Place Mat Collection: Home Help

Home Help
A boxer helps his wife with the washing up, circa 1928. (Photo by FPG/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)



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