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Unlock History's Visual Treasures: Moments Frozen in Time, Capturing the Soul of the 20th Century

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Background imageHulton Archive Collection: Eiffel Tower

Eiffel Tower
1929: The Eiffel Tower designed by Gustave Eiffel and erected in 1887 - 1889) in the Champs-de-Mars for the Paris exhibition of 1889. It was the tallest building in the world until 1930

Background imageHulton Archive Collection: Tower Of Pisa

Tower Of Pisa
1929: The Leaning Tower of Pisa. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageHulton Archive Collection: Tree House

Tree House
1927: A tree house being built at Wokingham, Surrey. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageHulton Archive Collection: Pull Along

Pull Along
March 1927: A competitor in the Southern Scott Motor Cycle reliability trial being pulled up a muddy slope by rope. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageHulton Archive Collection: Spotty Winners

Spotty Winners
March 1927: Winning dalmatians sit proudly on their chairs at a dog show in London's Hyde Park, watched admiringly by their young owners. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageHulton Archive Collection: Balloon Jumping

Balloon Jumping
March 1927: Balloon jumping at Stag Lane Aerodrome. The participant is suspended in a harness under the balloon which appears to be sponsored by the Daily Express newspaper

Background imageHulton Archive Collection: Fun Race

Fun Race
1927: Motor Cycle Chariot race at Crystal Palace with the chariot and its driver being towed by a motor bike. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageHulton Archive Collection: Pyjama Games

Pyjama Games
May 1927: Pyjama clad girl cricketers; the bowler is delivering a pacey ball. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageHulton Archive Collection: Gun Transport

Gun Transport
May 1927: Soldiers at Camberley demonstrating how to haul a gun by means of a caterpillar tractor. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageHulton Archive Collection: Busby Fitter

Busby Fitter
March 1928: Trying the framework for a busby, a tall bearskin hat worn by some British regiments, for size. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageHulton Archive Collection: Lufthansa Airliner

Lufthansa Airliner
March 1928: A 15 seater German Lufthansa airliner on the tarmac. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageHulton Archive Collection: Icy Sioux

Icy Sioux
January 1926: Sioux Indians in feathered headresses going for a toboggan ride on Hampstead Heath. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageHulton Archive Collection: Snow Ride

Snow Ride
January 1926: Youngsters being pulled along by a girl on a motorbike on snowbound Hampstead Heath, London. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageHulton Archive Collection: Tyre Test

Tyre Test
February 1926: Examining the tread of a tyre in the Dunlop factory in Birmingham. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageHulton Archive Collection: School Songsters

School Songsters
February 1926: Choresters at Chethams Hospital School, Manchester where the boys wear 17th century clothing as uniform. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageHulton Archive Collection: Valve Radio

Valve Radio
December 1925: John Bull listening to a large valve wireless. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageHulton Archive Collection: Suburban Floods

Suburban Floods
January 1926: Two women crossing a flooded road near Staines, Middlesex, by means of a makeshift raft and a pole. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageHulton Archive Collection: Control Room

Control Room
February 1928: The control room in the Post Office Tube Railway which sends mail under London to and from sorting offices

Background imageHulton Archive Collection: Wash Day

Wash Day
February 1928: Female pupils at Downham School, Edmonton learn how to wash clothes with tubs and wash- boards. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageHulton Archive Collection: Water Football

Water Football
February 1928: Crowds watch the annual Shrovetide football game, which is kicked - off in the stream which runs through the Derbyshire town of Ashbourne. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageHulton Archive Collection: Disconnection

Disconnection
February 1928: Removing an electric light bulb from its socket to illustrate what the word, Disconnect means. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageHulton Archive Collection: Parish Church Luton

Parish Church Luton
September 1969: The Parish Church in Luton, Bedfordshire. (Photo by K. Britten/Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageHulton Archive Collection: Elbe At Dresden

Elbe At Dresden
circa 1930: People promenade along the King's Shore of the River Elbe at Dresden, Germany. In the centre is the Church of our Lady, and on the right are the spires of the rococo Hofkirche

Background imageHulton Archive Collection: Elephant Stars

Elephant Stars
October 1927: Filming elephants and their keepers at London zoo with Movietone apparatus. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageHulton Archive Collection: Women Barbers

Women Barbers
October 1927: A woman barber in the City of London giving a shave with a cut throat razor to a male client whilst a colleague puts the finishing touches to a haircut

Background imageHulton Archive Collection: Seasonal Mail

Seasonal Mail
December 1926: Piling up the Christmas mail at Mount Pleasant sorting office, London. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageHulton Archive Collection: Motormyles

Motormyles
June 1927: A motorcycle beach conveyor for transporting people along the beaches on the Isle of Man. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageHulton Archive Collection: Shooting At Bisley

Shooting At Bisley
June 1927: A black competitor for the King's Prize at Bisley, taking aim. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageHulton Archive Collection: Leaping Scots

Leaping Scots
June 1927: Soldiers of the London Scottish brigade runing across a sandy track during training at their camp in Colchester, Essex. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageHulton Archive Collection: Hotel Cecil

Hotel Cecil
July 1927: A car leaving the Hotel Cecil is attracting the attention of a crowd. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageHulton Archive Collection: Summer's Here

Summer's Here
July 1927: Pupils from a London County Council school express their delight as they break up for the summer holidays. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageHulton Archive Collection: Wireless Car

Wireless Car
July 1927: The controls of a car radio, which looks like a piece of furniture strapped to the outside of the bonnet, are being adjusted. A large diamond shaped aerial rests on the running-board

Background imageHulton Archive Collection: Smart Soldiers

Smart Soldiers
August 1928: In camp, two members of the23rd London Regiment, Territorial Army on manoeuvres, check their appearance in a large mirror. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageHulton Archive Collection: Tournament Rehearsal

Tournament Rehearsal
May 1928: Lancers rehearsing for the Royal Tournament. A rider and his horse are leaping over swords held by two fencers. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageHulton Archive Collection: Herring Boats

Herring Boats
19th July 1927: Steam herring drifters massed at North Shields fish quay where they are discharging a good catch. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageHulton Archive Collection: Beech Trees In Wood

Beech Trees In Wood
circa 1970: Beech trees in the Forest of Compiegne. (Photo by L. V. Clark/Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageHulton Archive Collection: French Bridge

French Bridge
December 1928: The world's largest span bridge under construction over the River Elorn. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageHulton Archive Collection: Making Pasta

Making Pasta
February 1929: Workers hanging macaroni out to dry. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageHulton Archive Collection: Quarrying Marble

Quarrying Marble
1929: Blocks of marble are transported from an Italian marble quarry. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageHulton Archive Collection: View Of Pisa

View Of Pisa
1929: The streets of Pisa as seen from the Leaning Tower of Pisa. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageHulton Archive Collection: Pisa Bell

Pisa Bell
1929: Framed in an archway the bell in the Leaning Tower of Pisa. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageHulton Archive Collection: Dovedale

Dovedale
1941: Dovedale in the Peak District, Derbyshire. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageHulton Archive Collection: Head Tennis

Head Tennis
October 1927: Footballers playing Head Tennis, butting a football over a tennis net with their heads. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageHulton Archive Collection: Off To The Bonfire

Off To The Bonfire
November 1927: A guy is a passenger in an open car at Messrs Brocks factory and there is a bundle of fireworks in the boot. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageHulton Archive Collection: Royal Yawn

Royal Yawn
October 1927: A lion at London zoo gives a full throated yawn. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageHulton Archive Collection: Ruined Business

Ruined Business
October 1927: A small shop front in an east London street destroyed by a runaway lorry. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageHulton Archive Collection: Ratcatcher

Ratcatcher
December 1926: Septuagenarian government ratcatcher Thomas Wellman looking for rats in an overgrown bank. He is armed only with a walking stick. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageHulton Archive Collection: Nursing Staff

Nursing Staff
March 1926: Nurses from a St Gregory's Homes for orphans. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageHulton Archive Collection: Spring Clean

Spring Clean
March 1926: The lookout man polishing the lens of the Lizard lighthouse, Cornwall. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageHulton Archive Collection: Car Boat

Car Boat
October 1926: The Peugeot motor-boat car, on a river bank. The front end is shaped like the bow of a boat, the middle part like a car and it has wheels. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageHulton Archive Collection: Lighthouse Relief

Lighthouse Relief
November 1926: Two lighthouse keepers waving flags from a window in the Longstone Lighthouse, Farne Islands. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageHulton Archive Collection: Tiddler Fishers

Tiddler Fishers
July 1927: Boys examining their catch after they have been fishing for tiddlers in Hyde Park. Their only sporting equipment was a jam jar and fishing nets. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageHulton Archive Collection: Sheldonian Theatre

Sheldonian Theatre
1928: The Sheldonian Theatre in Oxford built by Sir Christopher Wren between 1664 and 1669. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageHulton Archive Collection: Baby Maestro

Baby Maestro
July 1928: An enthusiastic choir from the Homeless Children's Aid & Adoption Home in Leytonstone, London, led by a very young conductor whose baton is almost as big as he is

Background imageHulton Archive Collection: Road Sleeper

Road Sleeper
August 1928: The Albatross, the first motor road sleeping saloon, running from London to Liverpool

Background imageHulton Archive Collection: Death Of A Chimney

Death Of A Chimney
July 1928: A tall chimney breaking in half as it falls into a graveyard, at Dover in southern England. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageHulton Archive Collection: Bridge View

Bridge View
1928: A view of London from Tower Bridge with a wharf and cranes fronting warehouses. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageHulton Archive Collection: Sheep Shearing

Sheep Shearing
May 1928: Sheep shearers at work in Hyde Park, London. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageHulton Archive Collection: Marble Arch

Marble Arch
May 1928: Marble Arch at night. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageHulton Archive Collection: Bun Break

Bun Break
April 1927: Children from the Homeless Children's Aid & Adoption Society Home at Leytonstone enjoying hot cross buns. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageHulton Archive Collection: Street In Senlis

Street In Senlis
circa 1970: An old street at Senlis. (Photo by L. V. Clark/Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageHulton Archive Collection: Haxey Hood Game

Haxey Hood Game
December 1928: Locals take part in the ancient custom of the Haxey Hood Game at Haxey, Lincolnshire. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageHulton Archive Collection: Car Mechanics

Car Mechanics
January 1929: Mechanics at work on Major Segrave's new speed record car. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageHulton Archive Collection: Lake District

Lake District
April 1947: A caravan parked in front of Gimmer Grag in Langdale, Westmorland, the Lake District. (Photo by J. Hardman/Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageHulton Archive Collection: Copper's Cuppa

Copper's Cuppa
June 1928: Policemen enjoying a cup of tea whilst on duty at Epsom Downs on Derby day. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageHulton Archive Collection: Out On A Limb

Out On A Limb
June 1928: US Coastguard cadets in the rigging aboard the Alexander Hamilton'. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageHulton Archive Collection: White Ensign

White Ensign
March 1934: The White Ensign, flown by the Royal Navy and the Royal Yacht Squadron. It consists of a white field and St George's cross, with the Union Jack in the canton

Background imageHulton Archive Collection: Ice Skating

Ice Skating
February 1929: Schoolboys skating on the frozen fountain at Trafalgar Square, London. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageHulton Archive Collection: Supermarine Lands

Supermarine Lands
1st February 1929: The flying boat Southampton lands on water. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageHulton Archive Collection: Traffic Police

Traffic Police
February 1929: Police Constable Gordon, the City Police boxing champion directing traffic. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageHulton Archive Collection: African Natives

African Natives
February 1929: African women in traditional dress. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageHulton Archive Collection: Vimy Ridge

Vimy Ridge
June 1936: Vimy Ridge, preserved as a memorial to over 11, 000 Canadian troops who lost their lives there during the battle of Arras. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageHulton Archive Collection: Thatched Village

Thatched Village
1958: Timbered houses in the Worcestershire village of Cropthorpe. (Photo by Maeers/Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageHulton Archive Collection: Thatched Village

Thatched Village
1958: Timbered houses in the Worcestershire village of Cropthorpe. (Photo by Maeers/Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageHulton Archive Collection: Winchester Cathedral

Winchester Cathedral
12th August 1949: The cloisters of Winchester Cathedral, Hampshire. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageHulton Archive Collection: Arched Abbey

Arched Abbey
1934: The interior of Tintern Abbey in the Wye Valley, Monmouthshire, Wales. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageHulton Archive Collection: Seashore Cave

Seashore Cave
19th April 1937: A shingle shore, Peacehaven beach, Sussex seen from the mouth of a cave with part of a sea wall in view. (Photo by Maxwell/Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageHulton Archive Collection: Lily Pond

Lily Pond
circa 1950: A circular garden pond full of water lilies and other water plants. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageHulton Archive Collection: Khyber Pass

Khyber Pass
circa 1934: The road through the Khyber Pass on the north-west frontier of India (later Pakistan). (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageHulton Archive Collection: Khyber Pass

Khyber Pass
circa 1934: The Khyber Pass through the mountains of the Safed Koh range on the north-west frontier of India (later Pakistan) and Afghanistan. Afghanistan is in the background

Background imageHulton Archive Collection: Woods At Box Hill

Woods At Box Hill
12th November 1950: Autumn sunshine on the trees and fallen leaves in the woods at Box Hill, Surrey. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageHulton Archive Collection: Air Union Offices

Air Union Offices
April 1929: An Air Union bus outside the London offices of the Air Union. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Background imageHulton Archive Collection: Walking In Sleet

Walking In Sleet
April 1929: Commuters walking up steps to the Embankment in London whilst sleet is falling. (Photo by Fox Photos/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageHulton Archive Collection: Park Chairs

Park Chairs
April 1929: A collection of chairs sit askew in Hyde Park. Most of them are leaning at an angle with their legs sunk in to the ground. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)



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