Press Collection

HMS Hood at Table Bay in Cape Town with the HMS Repulse behind
The HMS Hood at Table Bay in Cape Town with the HMS Repulse behind, January 1924. The Special Service Squadron are on a tour around the world

RMS Celtic
The White Star liner RMS Celtic, circa 1913. She was launched in 1901 and ran aground off Queenstown in 1928. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Middlesbrough
Blast furnaces near the River Tees in Middlesbrough, 1912. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

William Blakes House
20th October 1913: A plaque on Number 13 Hercules Buildings in Lambeth informs visitors that it was the home of English painter and poet William Blake from 1793 until 1800

Bournville Baths
The Girls Baths, a swimming pool complex on Bournville Lane, in Bournville Village near Birmingham, a new town founded by Chocolate manufacturer and social reformer George Cadbury, July 1909

Bournville Swimming Baths
The mens swimming baths in Bournville Village near Birmingham, a new town founded by Chocolate manufacturer and social reformer George Cadbury, July 1909

Shoe Lane
August 1919: The Daily Sketch, Evening Standard and Edward Hulton offices in Shoe Lane, off Fleet Street, home of Britains national press. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Bristol University
King George V and Queen Mary make their way down Park Street in Bristol, having just opened the new Wills Memorial Building, part of Bristol University, June 1925

Handley Page Victor
The Handley Page Victor, a four-jet crescent-wing bomber, makes an appearance at the Farnborough Air Show, 7th September 1953. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Franklin D Roosevelt
19th January 1938: United States president Franklin Delano Roosevelt (1882 - 1945) addressing a press conference. (Photo by Central Press/Getty Images)

Glamorgan Colliery
Police guarding the Glamorgan Colliery during the strikes and riots in the coalmining town of Tonypandy, in the Welsh Rhondda, November 1910

Corsham Quarry
A tramway leading to the Pictors Bath stone quarry in Corsham, Wiltshire, 24th October 1928. (Photo by Edward G. Malindine/Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

RMS Aquitania
The Cunard ocean liner RMS Aquitania on the River Clyde in Scotland, shortly after leaving the shipyard for her maiden voyage, 10th May 1914

Kings College Hospital
The out-patients waiting hall of Kings College Hospital in Denmark Hill, London, April 1914. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Exchange Interior
The interior of the Baltic Exchange in London, 3rd May 1920. The exchange is the centre of shipbroking and chartering in the City of London. (Photo by A. R)

Spitalfields Market
R. Rumbolds fruit and vegetable stand at Spitalfields Market, 23rd November 1928. (Photo by S. R. Gaiger/Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Cadburys Workers
Employees leaving the Cadburys chocolate works in Bournville Village near Birmingham, a new town founded by Chocolate manufacturer and social reformer George Cadbury, July 1909

Cheese making, pressing the cheese, Allgaeu, Bavaria, Germany, Historic, digitally restored reproduction from a 19th
1 person, 1900s, 19th-century, allgaeu, bayern, black, black-and-white, black-white, cheese production, cheeses, copy, dairy products, digital, digitally, drawing, drawings, drawn, europe's

Love Machine

Paper Going Through Rollers

Paper Roll

British Library Reading Room
A section of the newly-painted dome of the Reading Room of the British Library, 6th May 1952. The dome has been finished in cream, grey and gold. (Photo by L)

Old Style Printing Press
A diagram of Applegath and Cowpers improved 1823 printing press, early 19th Century. Augustus Applegath and Edward Cowper provided presses for the Times of London for many years

Exmouth Station
The resurfacing of the platform at Exmouth railway station in Devon, September 1925. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Signal Box
A signal box at a London station, 20th January 1939. Original Publication : Picture Post - 362 - The Life Of A London Station - pub

HMS Rodney
The battleship HMS Rodney is launched from the Cammell Laird shipyard in Birkenhead, 17th December 1925. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Corsham Wharf
The loading wharf for Bath stone quarried in Corsham, Wiltshire, 24th October 1928. (Photo by Edward G. Malindine/Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Student Stunt
An Austin Seven van perched atop the Cambridge University Senate House, 11th June 1958. The van was hoisted onto the roof as an undergraduate prank a few days earlier

Titanic In Dry Dock
The liner Titanic in dry dock at the Harland and Wolff shipyard, Belfast, February 1912. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Hoe Rotary Press
Engraving of the Hoe rotary press. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

A Cotton Press
Illustration of a short staple cotton press at work in South Carolina circa 1880. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Printing Press
Illustration of a Harrild and Sons Bremner printing press from 1871. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Parisian Printing Press
Illustration of a 15th Century printing press at work in Paris, France. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Workers printing using large metal presses, front view

Wine press, Dettelbach, Mainfranken, Lower Franconia, Franconia, Bavaria, Germany, Europe

Two women sitting by fireplace, reading newspaper, (B&W)

High Photographer
1928: A press photographer at work in a brick crate, 270 feet above the street, photographing the construction of a new building over Baker Street Station, London

Roundabout
1939: Cyclists overlooking a valley at Caterham in south east England. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Tool Of The Trade
11th March 1949: A press camera. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Enrico Caruso
circa 1900: Italian operatic tenor Enrico Caruso (1873 - 1921), one of the first opera singers to achieve fame through gramophone recordings. (Photo by W. & D. Downey/Getty Images)

First Class Travel
A first class coach at Charing Cross Station, January 1924. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Charing Cross Station
The new roof of Charing Cross station in London, as seen from the platform, 1907. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Victoria Station
The exterior of Victoria Station in London, January 1924. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Moscow Cathedral
The Cathedral of Christ the Saviour in Moscow, during a conference of the Council of Russian Priests, October 1925. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Royal Ascot
The cups arrive at Ascot Station prior to the races, 16th June 1908. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Buildings On Newspaper Row In New York
View of the New York Tribune Building (center, with clock), the World Building (left, with dome), and The New York Times Building (right) on Nassau Street, New York, New York, 1920s

Old Style Printing Press
A hand operated printing press of the kind used in colonial era North America, early 20th Century. (Photo by FPG/Getty Images)

Bournville Street
A street in Bournville Village near Birmingham, a new town founded by Chocolate manufacturer and social reformer George Cadbury, July 1909. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

All Professionally Made to Order for Quick Shipping