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1930 1939 Collection (#32)

Background image1930 1939 Collection: Boys Diving

Boys Diving
11th August 1938: A young schoolboy diver gives an exhibition to his fishing friends on the towpath at Putney. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background image1930 1939 Collection: Out-Building Cinema

Out-Building Cinema
12th March 1930: An out building on Chillingham Castle Estate, Northumberland has been converted into a cinema, and is being run by the Earl of Tankerville and Lord Ossulston

Background image1930 1939 Collection: Flying In Formation

Flying In Formation
June 1930: The RAFs 35th Squadron, flying in formation, during rehearsals for the Hendon Air Display. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background image1930 1939 Collection: Up Turned Car

Up Turned Car
circa 1936: A group of school children examining an up-turned car lying on the pavement in Tufnell Park, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background image1930 1939 Collection: A Wedding Car

A Wedding Car
circa 1938: The back of a taxi, with the traditional Just Married slogan witten in snow on the window. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background image1930 1939 Collection: British Museum Tank

British Museum Tank
circa 1938: A tank standing on a pile of earth outside the British Museum, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background image1930 1939 Collection: Beach Umbrellas

Beach Umbrellas
circa 1934: Two holiday-makers standing under umbrellas on the beach at Lowestoft. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background image1930 1939 Collection: Racer Rollercoaster

Racer Rollercoaster
2nd May 1938: The undulating Giant Racer rollercoaster ride at Bellahouston Amusement Park in Glasgow. The amusement park formed part of the Empire Exhibition at Bellahouston Park which offered a

Background image1930 1939 Collection: Pyrene Factory

Pyrene Factory
September 1930: The Pyrene Company factory. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background image1930 1939 Collection: Winter Seas

Winter Seas
4th January 1934: Rough seas at Hastings on Englands south coast. (Photo by A. Hudson/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background image1930 1939 Collection: Beachcombers

Beachcombers
19th October 1936: Beachcombers at Brighton diligently searching for anything thrown up by the rough sea. (Photo by E. Dean/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background image1930 1939 Collection: Roundabout

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

Background image1930 1939 Collection: Quay Station

Quay Station
6th October 1938: A new soundproofed and air-conditioned London and North Eastern Railway train at a quayside station in Harwich, Essex. (Photo by J. A. Hampton/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background image1930 1939 Collection: Wash From Flying Boat

Wash From Flying Boat
9th June 1937: As she takes off in the Solent, near Southampton, the giant Empire flying boat Capella produces an enormous wash. As seen from a passenger seat

Background image1930 1939 Collection: Improvised Shelter

Improvised Shelter
30th April 1939: A child shelters from the rain under a womans coat during the ceremony at the Cavalry memorial at Stanhope Gate, Hyde Park, London. (Photo by Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background image1930 1939 Collection: Camping Trip

Camping Trip
3rd August 1934: A group of schoolboys arrive at Londons Waterloo Station with their camping equipment, ready to set off on holiday to Devon

Background image1930 1939 Collection: Snowdon Climb

Snowdon Climb
17th April 1933: A group of women wearing the Welsh national costume look at the view from the summit of Snowdon, North Wales. (Photo by J. A. Hampton/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background image1930 1939 Collection: Cultivator

Cultivator
6th October 1932: The Cultivator, an invention by Mr Fishleigh, demonstrates its ability to remove weeds and prepare the soil for sowing at the Duke of Connaughts Estate at Bagshot, Surrey

Background image1930 1939 Collection: The Silver Jubilee

The Silver Jubilee
24th May 1936: The locomotive The Silver Jubilee entering a tunnel on the line between Londons Kings Cross line and Newcastle. (Photo by J. A. Hampton/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background image1930 1939 Collection: Taj Mahal

Taj Mahal
March 1935: The Taj Mahal (built 1632 - 1654) at Agra, in memory of Mumtaz Mahal, wife of Shah Jahan. (Photo by J. A. Hampton/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background image1930 1939 Collection: English Bowls

English Bowls
26th August 1938: Mrs JE Tomblin in play during the final of the Englishwomens national Bowwling Championships at Wimbledon Park, London. (Photo by Davies/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background image1930 1939 Collection: Policemans Walk

Policemans Walk
22nd July 1939: Metropolitan Police Athletics Championships at Imber Court, Thames Ditton, Surrey. 2 mile walk in progress. (Photo by Davies/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background image1930 1939 Collection: Crystal Palace Fire

Crystal Palace Fire
31st December 1936: The shell of the Crystal Palace in Sydenham, London, after its recent destruction by fire. The structure of the North Transept can be seen, looking towards the South Tower

Background image1930 1939 Collection: The Hampden

The Hampden
June 1938: A Handley Page bomber, the Hampden, on the airfield at Radlett, Hertfordshire. (Photo by J. A. Hampton/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background image1930 1939 Collection: R100 Mooring

R100 Mooring
21st May 1930: A mooring mast near St Hubert, Montreal to which the R 100 will be moored on completion of her transatlantic trip. (Photo by H. H. Humphries/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background image1930 1939 Collection: Empress Sails

Empress Sails
23rd November 1932: The CPR liner Empress of Britain leaving Southampton docks for a tour of Africa, India, China, Japan and Australia, (Photo by A. Hudson/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background image1930 1939 Collection: Train Transporter

Train Transporter
11th April 1933: SS Beaverdale loaded with coaches of the Royal Scot which are being taken to the USA. (Photo by J. A. Hampton/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background image1930 1939 Collection: The White Ship

The White Ship
17th May 1933: The liner Mauretania after being painted white. (Photo by A. Hudson/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background image1930 1939 Collection: Racing Start

Racing Start
15th August 1931: One of the two flying-boats engaged in a race to the Red Sea and back, a Saunders- Roe A 7, about to take off from Felixstowe Seaplane Station, Kent. (Photo by A)

Background image1930 1939 Collection: Ready For Passengers

Ready For Passengers
20th May 1931: Canadian Pacific liner, Empress of Britain, at the quay side, Southampton. (Photo by A. Hudson/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background image1930 1939 Collection: P & O Liner

P & O Liner
13th January 1932: Bows of the P&O liner Strathnaver. (Photo by J. A. Hampton/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background image1930 1939 Collection: Fitting Gun Sights

Fitting Gun Sights
9th January 1930: Workers at the Bristol Aeroplane Co works at Filton, Gloucester, fitting controls and calibrating the gun sights of the Bristol Bulldog

Background image1930 1939 Collection: Great Sphinx

Great Sphinx
December 1936: The Great Sphinx of Giza, representing a guardian deity in Egyptian mythology, with the body of a lion and the head of a woman. (Photo by David Savill/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background image1930 1939 Collection: Hemispherical

Hemispherical
Circa 1580, A Hemispherical, made by Hyeroimus Vulperica, in 1580, part of a complete collection of 16th century astronomical

Background image1930 1939 Collection: Desk Telephones

Desk Telephones
A candlestick design telephone and a later cradle telephone side by side in a busy office

Background image1930 1939 Collection: Canadian Memorial

Canadian Memorial
The National Canadian War Memorial, designed by Vernon March to represent Victory and Liberty, on display at a temporary exhibition in Hyde Park before being shipped to Ottawa

Background image1930 1939 Collection: London Fogbound

London Fogbound
A bargee sitting on the stern of his barge waiting for the London fog to lift before he can start work. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background image1930 1939 Collection: American Winner - The yacht America

American Winner - The yacht America
The yacht America which won first won the trophy offered by the Royal Yacht Squadron, now known as the Americas Cup. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background image1930 1939 Collection: Disrupted Travel

Disrupted Travel
20th October 1938: A rail worker fixing a fog warning notice at South Woodford Railway Station in Essex. (Photo by H. F. Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background image1930 1939 Collection: Rail-Plane

Rail-Plane
4th July 1930: Self-propelled and streamlined passenger cars of the George Bennie Railplane system in Glasgow. (Photo by J. A. Hampton/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background image1930 1939 Collection: Airship R101 Disaster Wreckage

Airship R101 Disaster Wreckage
7th October 1930: Wreckage of the airship R101 which crashed and burst into flames in a forest near Beauvais on its maiden voyage to India. Only six of the 54 people on board survived. (Photo by S)

Background image1930 1939 Collection: Leningrad Opera House

Leningrad Opera House
circa 1930: The Opera House in Leningrad (St Petersburg). St Petersburg was the home of composer and pianist Alexander Dargomyzhsky. He wrote a few operas, one, Rusalka was base on a tale by Pushkin

Background image1930 1939 Collection: Dirigible Duo

Dirigible Duo
26th April 1930: The Graf Zeppelin under Dr Eckener arrives at Cardington airfield, Bedfordshire, where another ship, the R100 is already moored

Background image1930 1939 Collection: Temple Ruins

Temple Ruins
circa 1930: Ruins of the mortuary temple (Ramesseum) of Ramses II in Thebes (modern Luxor and El-Karnak). Decapitated statues stand in the ruins. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background image1930 1939 Collection: Kings Cutter

Kings Cutter
28th May 1930: The Kings cutter Britannia during a special Solent Regatta of the Royal Thames Yacht Club arranged for the testing of Sir Thomas Liptons Americas Cup challenger Shamrock V

Background image1930 1939 Collection: City Transport

City Transport
17th March 1938: Passengers jumping onto a moving bus in London. (Photo by A. Hudson/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background image1930 1939 Collection: Silver Link

Silver Link
14th September 1935: Silver Link, the new LNER streamlined express train. (Photo by J. A. Hampton/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background image1930 1939 Collection: Snowy Footsteps

Snowy Footsteps
28th December 1939: A lone pedestrian walking through the snowfall in a London park. (Photo by J. A. Hampton/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)



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