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Disused ChimneyJuly 1919: Steeplejack Jim Larkin demolishing a chimney. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
Dance! Bear! Dance1909: Two young children in fancy dress, one as a bear, dance together at a garden party. (Photo by W. G. Phillips/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
Factory Fodder1st July 1909: Two youths operate the factory machines involved in the blowing process, at the High Grade Hatters Sutton & Torkington Ltd. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
Road SprayingMay 1908: A tar spraying machine surfacing a road. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
Travelling On Top6th March 1914: Two gentlemen travelling on the open top deck of a London bus. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
Recording On Papercirca 1909: A pianist recording music onto a punched paper roll, for use on a player-piano, at the premises of the Perforated Music Company in the City Road, London
Motor Post Buscirca 1906: The driver on board a Motor Post bus. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
StablesMay 1911: The stables used by a bus company to accommodate horses used for pulling the London Horse Bus. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
Southend Transport1907: The laying of wires for the electrification of the Southend-on-Sea trams. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
Flame ThrowerAugust 1915: The projection of liquid fire across a railway line by French troops. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
Railway Shunter26th October 1907: A railway shunter ready to couple two wagons, one of which is a Stephenson Clarke 10-tonner. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
Death Curve16th March 1914: J B Marquis in a 1913 GP Sunbeam racing car overturns on Death Curve during the 35th lap of the International Grand Prix at Santa Monica. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
Water For CarsJune 1906: Water provided for cars at Inverness during the Scottish Reliability Trial. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
Thames Flight10th August 1912: A modified Short S27 hydroplane flown by Irish aviator Francis McClean (1876 - 1955) returns from the River Thames
Balloon MakingSeptember 1906: An interior of Short Brothers workshop where hot air balloons are manufactured. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
Model BoatJune 1912: Two young children playing with a boat on the Serpentine, Hyde Park, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
Tower Bridge24th September 1912: Tower Bridge and barges on the Thames. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
Safe With Mum27th May 1934: A mother and daughter standing hand in hand at the edge of Chiswick Open Air Swimming Pool, west London. (Photo by J. A. Hampton/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
Out Walking29th March 1948: Two young hikers out for a walk near Wray Windmill, Surrey. (Photo by J. A. Hampton/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
Scouts At Work1908: A pair of Scout masters hiding a message in a wood. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
Young Trickster4th November 1925: A practical joker attaching a firework to a policemans jacket. (Photo by Kirby/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
Street ShellingJuly 1922: Uniformed Free State troops fire an 18 pounder field gun at the Tramway House, during the Irish Civil War. They are using two damaged Lancia armoured cars for protection
Stadium Phonographcirca 1908: Two Edwardian gentlemen setting up a large phonograph in a stadium. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
Mending Saddlescirca 1901: British soldiers make good cavalry equipment during a lull in the South African campaign during the second Boer War. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
DocksideSeptember 1907: Construction work under way on the new docks at Avonmouth. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
Two PresidentsMarch 1921: Warren Gamaliel Harding (1865 - 1923), the 29th President of the United States of America, riding in a carriage with the former President Woodrow Wilson (1856 - 1924)
Railway Employees26th October 1907: A platelayer and ganger working on railway track. It was many years before bright clothing was introduced to make track workers readily visible
Traction Engine1908: A traction engine drawing a tar-sprayer for road repair experiments near Putney. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
Train Driver1852: The driver of a locomotive by his engine. Original Publication: From Isaac Briks collection at the Science Museum (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
Horse Tramcirca 1909: A Hampstead to Euston horse tram. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
Power Wheelcirca 1900: Actual power wheel used by railways engineer George Stephenson to drive a lathe at Killingworth Colliery, Northumberland. (Photo by Kirby/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
Sea Lion IIISeptember 1923: The Vickers Supermarine Sea Lion III during preparations for the Scheider Cup race at Cowes. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
Soldier HeightJuly 1907: Measuring new recruits at St Georges Barracks, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
Jack SheppardJuly 1907: The house of the English robber Jack Sheppard (1702-1724) in Southwark, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
Burlington Arcadecirca 1910: A security guard stands in one of the arched entrances to Burlington Arcade, Piccadilly, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
Foggy Christmas1st December 1948: Two policemen regard Londons 64ft Christmas tree, a gift from Norway, illuminated in Trafalgar Square, in front of the National Gallery
Spring Board Divingcirca 1930: Jackie Hodges preforming a diving trick with the aid of a couple of friends at Hastings swimming pool. (Photo by David Savill/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
Ice Lifting25th June 1907: Slabs of ice being winched through a trap door in an ice manufacturing plant. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
Painting Wings9th January 1930: Workers at the Bristol Aeroplane Co works at Filton, Gloucester, spraying identification markings onto the wings of the Bristol Bulldog
Shaping Propellers9th January 1930: Workers at the Bristol Aeroplane Company works in Filton, Gloucester shaping and balancing propellers for the Bristol Bulldog
Big Brother25th July 1938: A little boy holds his younger sister by the hand as they wait for the Dartmouth ferry to take them to Kingswear on the other side of the River Dart in south Devon. (Photo by A)
Telegraph Car1st July 1907: A special travelling Post Office telegraph van in use at Lords cricket ground, London, for the international between England and South Africa
Marble street sign in Pienza, Tuscany, Italy, a UNESCO heritage siteMarble street sign on Via dell Amore ( Love street ) in Pienza, Tuscany, Italy, a UNESCO heritage site
Religious CanvasJuly 1958: Visitors examine a painting at an exhibition of modern art, organised by the Contemporary Art Society on the theme of religion, in Londons Tate Gallery
Royal Ascot16th June 1927: Spectators at Royal Ascot, Gold Cup day. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)
Trotting RaceSeptember 1956: Punters at the Inter Dominion Trotting Championships at Sydney Racecourse. (Photo by Dennis Rowe/BIPs/Getty Images)
Croydon Airport24th March 1930: Passengers waiting to board an aircraft at Croydon Airport, London, bound for the Grand National in Liverpool. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)
Artists At WorkTwo artists painting on the beach. (Photo by Evening Standard/Getty Images)