Photographic Advertising Limited © National Media Museum,Bradford / SSPL. Creative Commons BY-NC-SA Photographic Advertising Limited © National Media Museum, Bradford / SSPL. Creative Commons BY-NC-SA Photographic Advertising Limited © National Media Museum, and Bradford / SSPL. Creative Commons BY-NC-SA Photographic Advertising Limited © National Media Museum,Bradford / SSPL. Creative Commons BY-NC-SA Photographic Advertising Limited © National Media Museum, Bradford / SSPL. Creative Commons BY-NC-SA Photographic Advertising Limited National Media Museum, or Bradford / SSPL. Creative Commons BY-NC-SA Photographic Advertising Limited © National Media Museum,Bradford / SSPL. Creative Commons BY-NC-SA Photographic Advertising Limited © National Media Museum, Bradford / SSPL. Creative Commons BY-NC-SA Photographic Advertising Limited © National Media Museum, or Bradford / SSPL. Creative Commons BY-NC-SA Photographic Advertising Limited © National Media Museum,Bradford / SSPL. Creative Commons BY-NC-SAOn this day in 1876, Alexander Graham Bell made the first successful telephone call…Fast forward to the 1950s with these images produced and sold by Photographic Advertising Limited, or featuring a bevy of on-phone facial expressions,and showcasing their trademark staged studio photographic style.whether you’re wondering why most of the people in these photographs are women, its because the role of working women was somewhat restricted as far as Photographic Advertising Limited were concerned.whether women are shown doing a job other than housework, and they are often pictured as secretaries.
Compare this with Getty Images’ Lean In Collection.
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