In England, the Picture Post was the equivalent of Life magazine here in the U.S. It “was a photojournalistic magazine published in the United Kingdom from 1938 to 1957. It is considered a pioneering example of photojournalism and was an immediate success, selling 1,700,000 copies a week after only two months.”
On August 22, 1953, one of the photographers for the Picture Post — Bert Hardy — visited Dublin, Ireland, and was permitted inside the Guinness brewery at St. James Gate. I’m not sure how many photos he took, but recently Mashable featured twenty-two of them. Here are a few of them below, it’s a great glimpse into the past, and to see all of them, follow the instructions below.
Workers drain beer from a mash tun.
Workers watch as yeast is skimmed off the top of the beer before it is passed to vats for maturing.
A worker fills casks in the racking shed.
Workers at the Guinness brewery at St. James’s Gate in Dublin.
You can see all 22 of them below, or visit Mashable.