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Topical Press Agency Collection (#10)

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

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Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Remains Of Lorry

Remains Of Lorry
February 1929: Passers-by survey the remains of a smashed lorry after a crash on the Embankment, London. (Photo by Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Bus On Its Side

Bus On Its Side
7th June 1925: An omnibus lying on its side in Kingsland Road, Dalston, London, after it overturned during the rush hour. 20 people were injured in the accident

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Austin Seven Car

Austin Seven Car
November 1926: An Austin 7 motor car (1922 model) passes a crowd of spectators at the Lord Mayors Show in the City of London. (Photo by Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Improved Telephone

Improved Telephone
February 1927: A man demonstrating a patent telephone holder. The receiver is positioned next to the ear leaving both hands free. (Photo by H. F. Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Calcutta Riots

Calcutta Riots
26th April 1926: Troops in northern Calcutta during disturbances between Hindus and Mohammedans with Marwaris. Trouble flared when Arya Samajists, a Hindu religious sect

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Phil Scot

Phil Scot
20th August 1925: British Heavyweight Champion Phil Scott gives a hand at the mangle on Brighton beach. (Photo by E. Bacon/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Foursomes

Foursomes
6th June 1928: A group of competitors in a Ladies Scottish Foursomes competition at St Andrews waiting their turn at the 1st tee

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Sister Golfers

Sister Golfers
6th June 1929: Sister competitors in the Eves Ladies Scottish Foursomes, Miss van Marle and Mrs Simpson. (Photo by Puttnam /Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Women Golfers

Women Golfers
4th June 1929: Miss Helen Skene and Miss Margaret Cox on a clubhouse verandah while waiting for their turn in the Eves Ladies Scottish Foursome. (Photo by Puttnam /Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Waiting To Play

Waiting To Play
5th June 1929: Miss Nell Forrest and Miss Vyvian Lamb waiting to play in the Eves Ladies Scottish Foursome. (Photo by Puttnam /Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Racegoers At Ascot

Racegoers At Ascot
15th June 1925: A couple of racegoers at Ascot, the woman in a fashionable dress with a parasol and the man in a morning suit. (Photo by Davis Jr/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Pheasant Beaters

Pheasant Beaters
December 1926: Beaters carrying refreshments for huntsmen on a pheasant shoot at Hackwood Park, Basingstoke. (Photo by W. G. Phillips/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Football In Mud

Football In Mud
22nd August 1925: Players participating in the annual football match in the mud before the Leigh-on-Sea Regatta. The teams are from Leigh and District

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Chelsea Ball

Chelsea Ball
26th February 1926: Party goers in fancy dress at the Chelsea Arts Ball in London. (Photo by E. Bacon/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Missed Put

Missed Put
6th June 1928: Competitors in a Ladies Scottish Foursomes tournament at St Andrews practising their putting. The Royal and Ancient golf club at St Andrews was founded in 1754

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Motorcycle Crash

Motorcycle Crash
5th March 1926: A motorcycle and side-car wrapped around a lamppost in Southend, Essex, after it was flung across the road by the impact of colliding with a car

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Sweep In Snow

Sweep In Snow
January 1926: A chimney sweep walking to work in rural Essex through heavy snow with his equipment. (Photo by H. F. Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Tennis Bandeau

Tennis Bandeau
26th April 1926: A player modelling a fashionable tennis bandeau designed in Paris. (Photo by Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Quiet Dining-Room

Quiet Dining-Room
21st April 1926: Mr T W Long, caretaker at the First Avenue Hotel in High Holborn, eating a meal in one of the hotels deserted dining rooms, accompanied by his dog

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: R33 Salvage

R33 Salvage
17th April 1925: Enthusiastic volunteers dragging the damaged R33 airship back to Pulham, Norfolk, after 28 hours alloft. (Photo by Kirby/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Woman Typing

Woman Typing
November 1925: A woman typing at the Cona Orton Institute. (Photo by H. F. Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Race Goers

Race Goers
24th May 1926: A group of men at the races. (Photo by MacGregor/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Early Morning Call

Early Morning Call
24th January 1929: Charles Nelson of Hoxton in East London has been working as a knocker-up for 25 years. He wakes up early morning workers such as doctors, market traders and drivers. (Photo by J)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Window Smash

Window Smash
26th April 1928: Passers-by stop to survey the damage to a shop front in Victoria, London, which was smashed by a car which skidded off the road

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Playing In Sandpit

Playing In Sandpit
22nd July 1926: Young children playing in the sandpit at a newly-opened open-air nursery at Stepney Causeway, east London, run by Dr Barnardo. (Photo by G. Adams/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Printing Works

Printing Works
July 1928: Staff at work on the shop floor at Messrs John Kidd and Co Ltd, a printing works and ink makers in Stratford. (Photo by Console/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Open-Air Nursery

Open-Air Nursery
22nd July 1926: Staff and children playing at a newly-opened open-air nursery at Stepney Causeway, east London, run by Dr Barnardo. (Photo by G. Adams/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Totalisator

Totalisator
27th June 1929: Mr Howard of the Stadium Club beside his Tote-A-Manuel. (Photo by Edward G. Malindine/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Guns In Wall

Guns In Wall
17th May 1927: British firearms in slits in a wall of a concrete house in Shanghai during war in China. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Football Supporters

Football Supporters
April 1928: Two football supporters in fancy dress with blackened faces in London for the FA Cup final between Blackburn Rovers and Huddersfield Town. Balckburn won 3-1. (Photo by Edward G)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Engine Off Rails

Engine Off Rails
25th August 1927: The engine of an express train lying beside the rails at Riverhead Bridge, between Folkestone and Deal, after an accident. (Photo by H. F. Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Screen As Kitchen

Screen As Kitchen
October 1928: A woman pouring from a jug beside a four-fold screen at the Inventions Exhibition at Central Hall, Westminster, London. The screen serves as a miniature kitchen. (Photo by J)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Uprooted Bricks

Uprooted Bricks
4th February 1927: Uprooted bricks in Dalling Road, Hammersmith, west London, after a water main burst. (Photo by H. F. Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Buying Sandwiches

Buying Sandwiches
20th January 1927: A woman buying sandwiches from a street trader in the West End of London. (Photo by G. Adams/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Smart Young Men

Smart Young Men
15th July 1925: A group of young men from the Special English Speaking Union pose by a fountain in Trafalgar Square, London. (Photo by Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Sidecar At Olympia

Sidecar At Olympia
31st October 1927: Two women looking at a motorcycle with a two-seater sun saloon sidecar of the latest design at a motorcycle show at Olympia Exhibition Centre, London

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Loewe Wireless

Loewe Wireless
September 1928: The Loewe valve wireless set, developed in Germany, powerful, distortion-free, cheap to buy, and compact - as demonstrated. (Photo by Crouch/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Bobsleigh Team

Bobsleigh Team
January 1926: Jimmy Botterell of London and companions, dressed in striped suits and top hats, on a bobsleigh at St Moritz. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Bandeaux From Paris

Bandeaux From Paris
April 1926: Two players modelling fashionable tennis bandeaux. (Photo by Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Stepney Crash Scene

Stepney Crash Scene
28th August 1926: A crowd of spectators in Stepney Green, east London, with one of the two cars which were involved in a crash there, killing two men and injuring a third. (Photo by E)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Coach Crash

Coach Crash
9th June 1928: Passers-by examine the damage after a collision between a coach and a lorry on the Sidcup Eltham bypass road this morning, 20 people were injured in the crash

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: School Tuck Shop

School Tuck Shop
2nd January 1926: Shopkeeper Miss Roud selling chocolate to pupils in the tuck shop at the Schoolboys Exhibition at the Horticultural Hall, Westminster London

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Golf Fashions

Golf Fashions
13th June 1927: Two models modelling ladies golf fashions at Moor Park Golf Club. (Photo by Kirby/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Scottish Scoreboard

Scottish Scoreboard
July 1927: The scoreboard at St Andrews golf course in Scotland, causing much interest during a British Open Golf Championship

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Ladies Open Final

Ladies Open Final
18th May 1929: Spectators and players crossing the Swilcan Bridge during the final of the Ladies British Open Amateur Championship at St Andrews golf course in Scotland

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Golf Caddies

Golf Caddies
9th April 1929: Mrs Edge and her daughter with their two young caddies during a practice game. (Photo by Edward G. Malindine/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: 1000 HP Car

1000 HP Car
February 1927: The car with which Henry Segrave set a world record of 203 miles per hour at Daytona Beach, Florida. The 1000 hp car was built by the Sunbeam Motor Co. of Wolverhampton

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Canvey Island Boat

Canvey Island Boat
10th April 1925: People on a boat on the Thames at Canvey Island, London. (Photo by MacGregor/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)



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