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Topical Press Agency Collection

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

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Often known simply as Topical, the Agency was founded c.1903 by Mr J.B. Helsby & Mr Walter J. Edward and was one of the leading photo agencies in London in the early twentieth-century. This is an amazing collection of historical black & white art prints taken by Topical photographers who captured images of contemporary events and stock footage that was syndicated to newspapers and publishers around the world.

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Topical Press Agency Collection: The bow of Sir Ernest Shackletons exploratory vessel SS Endurance
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Topical Press Agency Collection: Wellington Bombers
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Topical Press Agency Collection: Shire Horse
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Topical Press Agency Collection: HMS Hood at Table Bay in Cape Town with the HMS Repulse behind
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Topical Press Agency Collection: Benito Mussolini Portrait 1925
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Topical Press Agency Collection: Suffragette Parade through New York City, 3rd May 1913
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Topical Press Agency Collection: Boots The Chemist
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Topical Press Agency Collection: Female Surgeons
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Topical Press Agency Collection: Coal Truck Crash
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Topical Press Agency Collection: President Roosevelt
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Topical Press Agency Collection: Shrunken Heads
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Topical Press Agency Collection: SS Endurance leaving Millwall Docks
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Topical Press Agency Collection: Aquaplaning
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Topical Press Agency Collection: Italian Dictator
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Topical Press Agency Collection: Cunard Ocean Liner RMS Aquitania
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Topical Press Agency Collection: British Battleship HMS Rodney
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Topical Press Agency Collection: Cheeky Bathers
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Topical Press Agency Collection: Picnic At Henley
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Topical Press Agency Collection: Captured Aircraft
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Topical Press Agency Collection: Gardening Nuns
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Topical Press Agency Collection: Dublin Horse Show
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Topical Press Agency Collection: Hawkstone Hounds
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Topical Press Agency Collection: Hammersmith Broadway
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Topical Press Agency Collection: Instruments
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Topical Press Agency Collection: Captured Plane
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Topical Press Agency Collection: Goodbye Kiss
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Topical Press Agency Collection: Evening Dresses
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Topical Press Agency Collection: Mounted Policeman
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Topical Press Agency Collection: Auto Red Bug
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Topical Press Agency Collection: Arsenal And Villa
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Topical Press Agency Collection: Lambton Quay
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Topical Press Agency Collection: HMS Indefatigable
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Topical Press Agency Collection: British Topical Press Agency (1903 - 1957)
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Topical Press Agency Collection: Airship R33
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Topical Press Agency Collection: Shrewsbury Rail Accident
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Topical Press Agency Collection: RMS Aquitania
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Topical Press Agency Collection: Working For Suffrage
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Topical Press Agency Collection: Aquitania
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Topical Press Agency Collection: Hair Waving Machine
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Topical Press Agency Collection: Royal Enclosure
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Topical Press Agency Collection: Francisco Villa
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Topical Press Agency Collection: Market Stall
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Topical Press Agency Collection: Brighton Bathers
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Topical Press Agency Collection: Best Friends
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Topical Press Agency Collection: Ascot Racecourse
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Topical Press Agency Collection: Trinidad Bath Day
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Topical Press Agency Collection: Ascot Fashions
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Topical Press Agency Collection: Hop Pickers


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