England Black Collection (page 9)

Fleet Street Fire
October 1908: A fireman prepares to climb his ladder and rescue the inhabitants of a burning building in Fleet Street, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Horse And Cart
1st May 1907: A horse and cart, part of the May Day parade at Matlock Bath. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

The Bellamy Aeroplane
9th March 1907: A rear view of the Bellamy aeroplane at Brooklands Motor Racing circuit, Weybridge. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Handicap Race
5th August 1912: The eighth 70 mph short handicap race at Brooklands, which was won by K Yano in a 25.8 Bedford. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

National Rose Show
4th July 1913: A general view of the National Rose Show at Regents Park, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Plymouth Harbour
8th June 1908: Strawberries arriving at Plymouth Harbour. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Walnut Picking
1909: Women picking walnuts at Covent Garden fruit and vegetable market. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Deck Of Endurance
July 1914: Looking aft, the main deck of SS Endurance during preparations for Ernest Shackletons Antarctic expedition at Millwall Docks. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

On The Verge
July 1912: Families waiting by the roadside for news of survivors from the Cadsby Colliery disaster watching an ambulance returning to the pithead. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

London Tram
1909: A horse-drawn London tram. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Lyons Vans
1st September 1919: Horse drawn Lyons bread delivery vans parked at Cadby Hall. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Smoke Helmet
circa 1908: A fireman from the London Fire Brigade, wearing a smoke helmet. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Fire Cart
circa 1905: A group of firemen sit on their fire cart at station headquarters. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Packed Up
7th September 1907: A family of hop pickers stand beside their cart which is packed and ready to go. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Harrogate Street
circa 1924: Shoppers in a busy street in Harrogate, Yorkshire. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Street Crossing
May 1908: The junction between Clerkenwell Street and Grays Inn Road, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Lyons Vans
1st September 1919: Lyons bread delivery vans parked at Cadby Hall. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Sleigh Ride
1st December 1908: A sleigh ride in Buxton, Derbyshire. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Release Of The Hounds
8th November 1906: The Meynell Hounds at Auton Hall, Pottingham. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Old And New
1925: The old and new City and South London Railway electric carriages with locomotives on display at Darlington. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Making A Wheel
September 1911: A man shrinking a tyre onto the wheel using water to cool it at the London and North Western Railway carriage works. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

The Hunt Procession
10th November 1908: Meet of the Atherstone Hunt at Brownsover, Warwickshire. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Grafton Hunt
April 1905: Grafton Hunt steeplechase with a view of the Grandstand. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Horse Show
June 1914: The International Horse Show event. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Brooklands Flight
9th May 1911: Gilmours flight from Brooklands to Brighton is seen taking off by spectators. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Farmans Aeroplane
27th April 1910: Crowds surround Grahame-Whites Farman aeroplane at Polesworth while taking part in the London to Manchester flight. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Schoolboy Strike
12th September 1911: Mothers collecting children after school during the schoolboy strike in Londons East End. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Bi-plane
28th August 1913: A small crowd gathered round Claude Grahame-Whites five seater bi-plane at Hendon. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Skiing In England
1st December 1908: A skier sitting down to adjust her skis in the snow at Northampton. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

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)

Bleriot Take Off
May 1911: A Bleriot monoplane flown by Gustave Hamel leaving Brooklands for Brighton. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Motor Union Meeting
1907: A man ties a band around a woman passengers waist, at the Motor Union motor car meeting in Lincoln. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Strike Breaking
30th May 1912: A long line of strike-breaking meat vans on their way to Smithfield with a police escort during the Great Transport Strike. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Mail Vans
July 1912: Lines of identical mail vans in a garage in Shoreditch. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Italian Food Shop
circa 1907: An Italian delicatessen in London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

The French Spad
11th July 1919: The French SPAD competing in the Schneider Cup, the International Seaplane Race held at Bournemouth. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Flying Machines
9th March 1907: A front view of the Bellamy aeroplane at Brooklands Motor Racing circuit. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Doncaster Flight
19th October 1909: A plane flying past the first pylon in the Leeds Cup, during Doncaster Flying Week. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Hendon Aerodrome
22nd July 1911: Spectators watching a competitor arriving at Hendon during the Daily Mail Round Britain Air Race. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

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Aerial Derby
September 1913: A view of the motors in the enclosure at the Aerial Derby in Hendon. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Licensing Bill
27th September 1908: Demonstrations against the Licensing Bill, in Hyde Park, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Oxford Summer Eights
23rd May 1910: Spectators on a moored boat watch the Christ Church crew lead the Pembroke College boat during the Oxford Summer Eights. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Rally Preparation
4th April 1914: The Holborn division assembling in Red Lion Square, for the Great Ulster Rally at Hyde Park, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Kite Flying
1908: Man launching a kite on Wimbledon Common, while a group of children look on. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Childrens Fete
15th July 1913: Tricycle decorated as a swan ridden by a boy in a sailor suit, at the Childrens Fete and Gala, Taggs Island. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Morning Toilet
August 1908: A baboon preens its companion at Bostocks Jungle, Earls Court, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Putting On Green
1st October 1905: Putting on the 10th Green at Westward Ho! Golf Links. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

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