Taking Collection (page 3)

Sea Take Off
circa 1939: An Osprey plane taking off from an aircraft carrier. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Dockside Lunch
circa 1939: Dockers taking lunch under the bows of the Union Castle liner Capetown Castle at Southampton. Moored near by is an Imperial Airways flying boat the Camilla. (Photo by A)

Beach Photographer
1907: A photographer prepares to take a picture of the judges of the best group of donkeys on Scarborough Sands, North Yorkshire. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Afternoon Tea
1st June 1913: Visitors to Londons new riverside resort, the Karsino on Taggs Island, taking afternoon tea. The Karsino was founded by music hall impresario Fred Karno

Big Brother
25th 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)

Steeplechase
A group of riders take a hedge during a country steeplechase. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Great National
1852: The jockeys take a hedge at the Liverpool Great National Steeplechase. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Punchestown Downpour
13th April 1910: Racegoers take shelter in the stand and enclosure during the Punchestown Races, County Kildare. (Photo by W. G. Phillips/Phillips/Getty Images)

Tearaway Horse
December 1909: A riderless horse takes a fence at Newmarket. (Photo by W. G. Phillips/Phillips/Getty Images)

Ban The Juggernauts
11th June 1979: A pekinese dog, in a basket, taking part in a demonstration, against juggernauts, held in Cheyne Walk, London. (Photo by Mike Lawn/Evening Standard/Getty Images)

Making Waves
July 1956: Holidaymakers take advantage of the fine weather at Shanklin Beach on the Isle of Wight. Original Publication: Picture Post - 8944 - Summer Holidays - unpub

Venetian Fete
The Venetian Fete takes place on the Seine during the Paris Exhibition of 1889. The newly-built Eiffel Tower is illuminated for the occasion. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Taking Snuff
A group of women taking snuff. Tis very good!(Indeed) Original Artwork: Engraving by Boilly (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Stand And Deliver
1851: A Victorian highwayman takes two travellers on horseback by surprise, from The life of the late John Mylton (1608 - 1674) by Charles Apperley or Nimrod

New York Post Office
Exterior view of the main branch of the New York City Post Office, taking up more than a city block between 31st and 33rd Streets and Eight and Ninth Avenues, New York City

Assisi Peasants take their geese to the market
22nd September 1951: Locals take their geese to the market in Assisi. Original Publication: Picture Post - 5409 - Assisi - pub. 1951 (Photo by Thurston Hopkins/Picture Post/Getty Images)

Le Baudy Airship
circa 1911: A group watching Le Baudy airship take off the passengers travelling on an open platform supported by a framework of struts. The airship later crashed

Thirsty Giant
9th August 1933: A down train on the tebay troughs, Westmoreland taking up water prior to the ascent of Shap Fell one of the steepest main line gradients in the country

GWR Boat Train
May 1908: The Great Western Railway boat train, taking passengers to the Mauretania, leaving Fishguard station. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Gent On A Jaunt
A well-dressed gentleman takes a group of smiling ladies for a drive in the country, circa 1900. (Photo by Frederic Lewis/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Bon Voyage
American passengers in a tender take a last look at the Cunard liner Mauretania after she drops them in Plymouth and sails on to Cherbourg and Southampton. (Photo by Gill/Getty Images)

The Feelings Neutral
circa 1936: President Franklin D Roosevelt (1882 - 1945) takes part in a neutrality discussion. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Newsagents
circa 1955: A dog takes a nap outside a newsagents shop in San Juan. (Photo by Rosskam/Three Lions/Getty Images)

Mind Your Business
24th November 1970: A zebra takes a dim view of the giraffe prying into its quarters. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

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