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Topical Press Agency Collection (#73)

Early 20th Century images captured by one of the leading photo agency of the time

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Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Herbert Hoover

Herbert Hoover
circa 1920: Herbert Hoover (1874 - 1964), later the 31st President of the United States, seated at a desk writing. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Franco-British Fair

Franco-British Fair
June 1908: General view of the Franco-British Exhibition at White City, London, taken from the Flip-Flap allowing all the spectacular buildings to be seen. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Grand Palais

Grand Palais
March 1908: Front view of the impressive entrance to the Grand Palais(Salon) where the French Automobile Club Motor Exhibition was being held. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Fokker Transportation

Fokker Transportation
March 1916: A German Fokker aircraft is transported by road in occupied France. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Railway Station

Railway Station
5th July 1911: Holidaymakers arriving at Henley-on-Thames station for the Regatta. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: The Emigrants

The Emigrants
21st May 1926: Emigrants, leaving for Canada on the SS Montcalm, looking back at the coastline. (Photo by MacGregor/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Drawing Room

Drawing Room
April 1909: The high-ceilinged drawing room, with chandeliers, at Carlton House Terrace. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Paris Bomb Damage

Paris Bomb Damage
February 1916: A five storey house hit by a German bomb, during an air raid on Paris. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Chinese Army

Chinese Army
1906: The Chinese army during the Russo-Japanese War. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: The Great Wall

The Great Wall
1911: The Great Wall of China, which was built to protect against Mongols and Huns, runs for 1550 miles, is 50 ft high and 15-20 feet wide with a watch tower every 100 yards

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Woomph

Woomph
1914: Blowing up a bridge over the River Aisne in France during WW I. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Food Convoy

Food Convoy
9th May 1926: A crowd watches as a food convoy guarded by armoured cars drives down India Dock Road in east London, during the 1926 General Strike. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Phone Box

Phone Box
15th March 1928: A telephone box outside 67A Farringdon Street, London. (Photo by King/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Peace Conference

Peace Conference
July 1921: Sinn Feiners cheer the arrival of Irish republican leader Eamon de Valera and the founder of Sinn Fein Arthur Griffith at the Irish Peace Conference in Dublin

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Marseilles Harbour

Marseilles Harbour
July 1926: The harbour at Marseilles. (Photo by Hawkins/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Happy Tank

Happy Tank
13th June 1952: A Cromwell tank jumping a distance of 31 feet after taking off from a concrete ramp. A demonstration at the Royal Armoured Corps Centre at Bovington Camp, Dorset. (Photo by E)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Dawn Swim

Dawn Swim
22nd February 1933: A 10 year old boy follows his father into the water at Victoria Park, London for an early morning swim

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Train To Siberia

Train To Siberia
1911: A steam crossing a bridge on the Siberian railway. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Murray Islanders

Murray Islanders
circa 1901: Natives of Murray Island off the coast of Australia. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Sugar Cane Harvest

Sugar Cane Harvest
circa 1901: Australian white sugar cane cutters. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Family Hotel

Family Hotel
August 1910: The Strand Palace Hotel in London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Production Line

Production Line
1909: Workers cutting buttons in a factory in Birmingham. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Airship R38

Airship R38
June 1921: The airship R38 in a hangar at Bedford. (Photo by A. R. Coster/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Canadian Liner

Canadian Liner
31st October 1928: Canadian Pacific Atlantic liner, Empress of France leaves Southampton for Hong Kong to replace the Empress of Canada which is returning to Clydeside for refitting

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: American Liner

American Liner
10th July 1952: The American liner, United States, after arriving at Southampton in record time. (Photo by Monty Fresco/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Napier Cub

Napier Cub
November 1922: A 1000 hp Napier Cub Aero stands beside a baby Avro at Hamble, Hampshire. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: The Queens Bows

The Queens Bows
27th September 1938: The bows of the liner Queen Elizabeth before its launching ceremony at John Browns shipyard in Clydebank, Glasgow. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Factory Visit

Factory Visit
9th January 1930: Visitors to the Bristol Aeroplane Co works at Filton, Gloucester where the all-steel fighting planes Bristol Bulldogs are constructed

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Hauling Horatius

Hauling Horatius
13th December 1935: A tiny tractor at Croydon airport pulling the giant Handley Page air-liner, Horatius to the hangar after a Paris flight. (Photo by A. Hudson/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Maiden Voyage

Maiden Voyage
1st June 1928: Canadian Pacific Railways liner, Duchess of Bedford by Liverpool landing stage at the start of her maiden voyage across the Atlantic. (Photo by Edward G)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Mount Etna Erupts

Mount Etna Erupts
February 1925: The Italian volcano Mount Etna, erupting. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Bristol Helicopter

Bristol Helicopter
circa 1950: A Bristol type 171 helicopter belonging to the Bristol Aeroplane Co Ltd. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Fighter Factory

Fighter Factory
9th January 1930: Factory at Filton, Gloucester where Bristol Bulldog all-steel fighting machines are being constructed for Australia. (Photo by Edward G. Malindine/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Bomb Site

Bomb Site
circa 1940: A heap of rubble and the shell of a house in the Temple area of London, after a World War II German bombing raid. (Photo by Frank J. Galloon/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Cap Makers

Cap Makers
July 1909: Capmakers at work in M Jacobsons factory in Manchester. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: USS Roosevelt

USS Roosevelt
January 1923: The USS President Roosevelt at Southampton. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Hat Makers

Hat Makers
July 1909: Women making hats at the Sutton & Torkington factory in Manchester. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: In For Repairs

In For Repairs
1st July 1929: German liner the 48, 000 ton Bremen in a floating dock at Southampton where she will have her hull painted. (Photo by J. Gaiger/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Painting Wings

Painting Wings
9th January 1930: Workers at the Bristol Aeroplane Co works at Filton, Gloucester, spraying identification markings onto the wings of the Bristol Bulldog

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: DH Dragon Rapide

DH Dragon Rapide
22nd March 1935: The Air Councils latest plane, a De Havilland Dragon Rapide, making its trial flights at the De Havilland Aerodrome at Hatfield, Hertfordshire. (Photo by J. A)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Bulldog Jupiter

Bulldog Jupiter
9th January 1930: Mechanics at the Bristol Aeroplane Company works in Filton, Gloucester, adjusting a Bristol Jupiter engine during the manufacture of a Bristol Bulldog aircraft. (Photo by Edward G)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: SS Laconia

SS Laconia
1st May 1922: SS Laconia leaving Southampton docks with the help of a tug. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Cable Layer

Cable Layer
10th October 1935: Residents of Greenwich, London, waving goodye to the Dominia a cable laying ship on its way to work in the Mediterranean. (Photo by A. Hudson/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Naval Visitor

Naval Visitor
16th September 1925: American naval vessel, Pennsylvania dockside at Pipitea Whay, Wellington, New Zealand. (Photo by S. C. Smith/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Flooded Track

Flooded Track
4th January 1928: A main line train splashes along a flooded track at Temple Mills, Stratford, East London. (Photo by H. F. Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Kingsway Tunnel

Kingsway Tunnel
17th July 1929: A tram emerges from the Kingsway Tunnel that runs from Southampton Row in Holborn, under the Thames, to Victoria Embankment. (Photo by J. A. Hampton/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Avro Lancastrian

Avro Lancastrian
13th September 1946: A Lancastrian aircraft in flight at the trade show at Handley Page airfield in Radlett, Hertfordshire

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Shaping Propellers

Shaping Propellers
9th January 1930: Workers at the Bristol Aeroplane Company works in Filton, Gloucester shaping and balancing propellers for the Bristol Bulldog



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