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Topical Press Agency Collection (#11)

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

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Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Flying Students

Flying Students
July 1928: Two students from the Cambridge University Air Squadron stand beside their aeroplane studying a map. The squadron was founded in 1925 by the Air Ministry

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Flying Gold

Flying Gold
August 1926: The first consignment of gold from the Lena Goldfields in Russia is unloaded from an Imperial AIrways aeroplane at Croydon Aerodrome. (Photo by Brooke/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Pageant Practice

Pageant Practice
1st July 1927: A group of RAF pilots at Hendon Aerodrome, London, where they have been practising for tomorrows air pageant. (Photo by L. Blandford/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Chute Check

Chute Check
24th July 1928: Undergraduate members of Oxford Universitys Air Squadron check each others parachutes before flight, during training at Manston Aerodrome, Kent

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Practicing Aim

Practicing Aim
24th July 1928: Undergraduate members of Oxford Universitys Air Squadron on camera-gun drill during training at Manston Aerodrome, Kent

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Winning Boat

Winning Boat
2nd April 1927: Competitors and helpers emptying the Cambridge rowing boat of water at the finish of the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Parisian Housing

Parisian Housing
February 1923: A little wooden house which costs 1, 000 francs in a street in Paris during a housing shortage. (Photo by Ware/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Crowds At Brooklands

Crowds At Brooklands
28th May 1928: Motor racing at Brooklands, Weybridge, Surrey, England. Crowds looking at the racing cars before the start of the race. (Photo by Edward G. Malindine/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Motor Trials

Motor Trials
13th January 1928: A competitor who is sitting on a open two seater car, is putting on her foot warmers before the start of the London to Exeter Motor Trial. (Photo by H. F)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: R-100 Construction

R-100 Construction
19th October 1929: Fitters and crew on top of the airship R100, during construction at Howden, Yorkshire. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Army match

Army match
25th May 1928: A group of French military officers sit in the stand at Hurlingham to watch the Polo match between the Army and Hurlingham. (Photo by E. Bacon/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Bound For Oz

Bound For Oz
18th December 1929: Applicants for emigration to Australia, at Australia House, the Australian Embassy in London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Ice-Cream Excitement

Ice-Cream Excitement
13th May 1925: A group of boys crowd around an ice-cream cart in the street on a hot day. (Photo by Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Fun At The Beach

Fun At The Beach
16th April 1927: A male bather carries a female friend over the shingle on the beach at Brighton. (Photo by Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Vantage Point

Vantage Point
31st March 1928: A woman climbs a ladder which is leaning against a lamppost to get a better view over the crowd of the annual University Boat Race between Oxford and Cambridge. (Photo by Edward G)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Haarlem Honour

Haarlem Honour
30th April 1929: Miss Ena Best, centre, who is on an international friendship tour, receiving the freedom of the Dutch bulb fields from the Dutch maids of honour at Haarlem, Holland

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Emigrating

Emigrating
1927: Ex-servicemen and their families on the Canadian Pacific liner, Montrose on their way to take up agricultural work in Canada

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Sleek And Fast

Sleek And Fast
1927: 1, 000 mph car with which Major Henry Segrave set a world record of 203 mph at Daytona Beach in 1927. (Photo by E. Bacon/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Mongolian Headdress

Mongolian Headdress
11th January 1926: 17 year old girl from Inner Mongolia in traditional headgear. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Xmas At Sea

Xmas At Sea
24th December 1925: Father Christmas handing out toys from the christmas tree on board the Arundel Castle, which left Southampton for the Cape on Christmas Eve

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Ladies Day

Ladies Day
4th June 1926: A group of women studying their cards on Ladies day at Epsom Races in Surrey, England. (Photo by E. Bacon/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Young Flappers

Young Flappers
1929: Four young women wearing the cloche hats typical of the flapper era leave the polling station of the London Borough of Stepney, after voting in the parliamentary election

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Revolution Lights

Revolution Lights
14th November 1925: The Grand Theatre, Moscow, illuminated with the inscription Art for the Workers, for the celebration of the 8th anniversary of the Russian Revolution

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Borough Market

Borough Market
March 1928: Goods outside Borough market in London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Park Riders

Park Riders
30th December 1926: Three children riding miniature horses being escorted around Rotten Row in Hyde Park, London as groundsmen tend to the horse tracks borders. (Photo by G)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Steeplechasers

Steeplechasers
circa 1928: Students from Cambridge University eating a picnic lunch around a car during a break from the Universitys annual steeplechase. (Photo by Brooke/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Regatta Women

Regatta Women
1st August 1927: A group of women walking along a street in Cowes on the Isle of Wight during the towns annual regatta. (Photo by Kirby/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Golfers Relax

Golfers Relax
July 1928: Golfers relaxing on Fleetway House golf course at Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire. (Photo by Brooke/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Golf At Gleneagles

Golf At Gleneagles
1929: A crowd of spectators on the golf course at Gleneagles during the championships. The hotel (seen in the background) has four golf courses including the famous Kings course

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Ball Boy

Ball Boy
26th March 1928: A ball boy holding tennis balls at Hampstead Hard Court Club, Hampstead, London. (Photo by Brooke/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Sadhu Penance

Sadhu Penance
circa 1930: A fakir balancing on his knees during his daily penance which lasts for two hours. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Monoplane

Monoplane
30th August 1927: De Havillands DH 71 Tiger Moth about to take off. (Photo by Kirby/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Free Seats

Free Seats
April 1929: Perching on a wooden fence, women racegoers at Towcester Easter Meeting. (Photo by Puttnam /Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Spiritual Filmgoers

Spiritual Filmgoers
3rd December 1926: A crowd of spiritualists gather in the west end for a special showing of the Fox silent film The Return Of Peter Grimm. (Photo by Hawkins/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Exmoor Sheep

Exmoor Sheep
16th June 1926: Prize winner Lidcott No.90 belonging to Messers Robins of Barnstable, at the Devon County Show at Crediton. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Tennis Couple

Tennis Couple
circa 1930: A middle-aged couple ready to play tennis. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: The Columbia

The Columbia
30th August 1927: Police guarding the aeroplane Miss Columbia at Croydon, England. Captain Hinchliffe who is testing the aircraft will later fly the plane back to America accompanied by Charles

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Football Fans

Football Fans
18th February 1928: Police regulate the crowd at the touchline as great numbers of spectators crowd the pitch at Highbury in London for the cup tie battle between Arsenal and Aston Villa

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Kempton Racegoers

Kempton Racegoers
1st April 1929: Holiday racegoers making their own grandstand of the rails at Kempton Park. (Photo by Edward G. Malindine/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Welsh Ponies

Welsh Ponies
9th July 1925: Welsh ponies and their foals prove a great attraction at the Royal Agricultural Show at Chester. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Tourist Firm Moves

Tourist Firm Moves
April 1926: The tourist agents Cooks moving from premises in Ludgate Circus to Berkeley Street, Piccadilly in London. (Photo by G. Adams/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: New Guinea Skulls

New Guinea Skulls
circa 1950: A longhouse in New Guinea where warriors store the skulls of their victims. (Photo by Frank Hurley/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Stuck In The Mud

Stuck In The Mud
1928: A 5070 HP rotary valve Italia car on a motoring trip through the Great St Bernard Pass, on the Swiss-Italian border, encounters a muddy field and has to be towed to safety by local oxen

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Danger Ice

Danger Ice
23rd February 1929: Two boys reading a notice warning of the danger of going on the ice in Hyde Park, London. (Photo by S. R. Gaiger/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Christmas Babies

Christmas Babies
December 1926: Father Christmas with six babies born on Christmas Day at the City of London Maternity home. (Photo by W. G. Phillips/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Field Day

Field Day
24th February 1928: Eton schoolboys advance from an entrenchment during the Eton versus Harrow OT Corps Field Day at Windsor Great Park. (Photo by E. Bacon/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Teatime Barge

Teatime Barge
July 1926: Holidaymakers having tea on a barge in the Norfolk Broads, England. (Photo by E. Bacon/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Snowballers

Snowballers
December 1927: Girls throwing snowballs at Havering, Essex, where the snow has reached a considerable depth. (Photo by Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)



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