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Topical Press Agency Jigsaw Puzzle Collection (#8)

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

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Background imageTopical Press Agency Jigsaw Puzzle Collection: Riding Shotgun during the General Strike

Riding Shotgun during the General Strike
6th May 1926: A policeman rides beside a volunteer bus driver during the General Strike. There is barbed wire round the bonnet to stop strikers getting at the driver of the bus which belongs to

Background imageTopical Press Agency Jigsaw Puzzle Collection: Brighton Beach

Brighton Beach
18th February 1925: Members of the Brighton Swimming Club take advantage of an early summer to visit the beach. (Photo by E. Bacon/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Jigsaw Puzzle Collection: Speedy Estelle

Speedy Estelle
31st May 1928: A Saunders-Napier motor boat, Estelle 1 being manhandled out of a Cowes ship yard. Owner Miss Marion Betty Carstairs is racing it in the British International Trophy Race, Detroit

Background imageTopical Press Agency Jigsaw Puzzle Collection: To The Water

To The Water
31st May 1928: Estelle I the Saunder-Napier speedboat which owner Betty Carstairs is racing in the British International Trophy Race at Detroit being manhandled to a launch site at Cowes

Background imageTopical Press Agency Jigsaw Puzzle Collection: Engineering Students

Engineering Students
24th February 1927: A group of Eton college students watching the star class engine Knight Templar (no. 4019) being lifted at GWRs Swindon works. (Photo by E. Bacon/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Jigsaw Puzzle Collection: Crystal Set

Crystal Set
4th September 1926: Probably the largest crystal set ever made on display at Selfridges. (Photo by E. Bacon/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Jigsaw Puzzle Collection: Reeling Skeins

Reeling Skeins
6th December 1926: Workers at the Rayon Manufacturing Company, who are involved in the production of artificial silk, reel the skeins. (Photo by E. Bacon/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Jigsaw Puzzle Collection: Holiday Puff

Holiday Puff
2nd July 1926: Two bathers enjoy a cigarette on the beach at Lowestoft. (Photo by E. Bacon/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Jigsaw Puzzle Collection: Mobile Phone

Mobile Phone
25th February 1928: Workmen transporting a giant model telephone to Olympia where it will be exhibited at the Ideal Home Exhibition. (Photo by E. Bacon/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Jigsaw Puzzle Collection: Mail Train

Mail Train
1928: Mail in containers being loaded into a train at Mount Pleasant depot, London, 9th February 1928. (Photo by E. Bacon/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Jigsaw Puzzle Collection: Weighing Pulp

Weighing Pulp
6th December 1926: Workers at the Rayon Companys factory weighing wood pulp for use in the production of artificial silk. (Photo by E. Bacon/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Jigsaw Puzzle Collection: Bullion Flight

Bullion Flight

Background imageTopical Press Agency Jigsaw Puzzle Collection: Fleet St Gardener

Fleet St Gardener
June 1925: The Commissionaire watering the flowers at Hoares Bank in Fleet Street, London. (Photo by Kirby/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Jigsaw Puzzle Collection: Strike Over

Strike Over
14th May 1926: Mounted and foot police clearing the streets before the first tram left the New Cross depot at the end of the General Strike. (Photo by Kirby/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Jigsaw Puzzle Collection: Royal Roller

Royal Roller
24th November 1926: A Rolls Royce car which is being used by the Prince of Wales on a tour of Margate and Ramsgate, Kent. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Jigsaw Puzzle Collection: Watson Quads

Watson Quads
A neighbour holding baby quads, three boys and a girl, born to a Mrs Watson of Deptford, London, 30th April 1927. Mrs Watsons husband is a carriage cleaner on the Southern Railway

Background imageTopical Press Agency Jigsaw Puzzle Collection: Childrens Clothing

Childrens Clothing
2nd April 1925: Children modelling clothes. (Photo by Kirby/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Jigsaw Puzzle Collection: Drapers Show

Drapers Show
12th November 1926: An exhibition of fashion for men and women, organised by Hursts the drapers in Hyde Park. (Photo by Kirby/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Jigsaw Puzzle Collection: Naval Funeral

Naval Funeral
19th November 1925: A Naval funeral service over the grave of those killed in the submarine M1. Wreaths are being thrown over the stern of the HMS Maidstone

Background imageTopical Press Agency Jigsaw Puzzle Collection: Shoe Fair

Shoe Fair
5th September 1925: A waitress trying on a pair of the latest shoes at the International Shoe and Leather Fair, London. (Photo by Kirby/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Jigsaw Puzzle Collection: Flying Machine

Flying Machine
6th June 1926: Visitors enjoying an exhilarating ride through space on The Captive Flying Machine, a fairground ride designed by Sir Hiram Maxim at Crystal Palace, south London

Background imageTopical Press Agency Jigsaw Puzzle Collection: Wedding Fans

Wedding Fans
12th May 1927: Crowds of spectators line the pavements and climb the lamppost at the wedding of the MP for Warrington, Alec Cunningham Reid. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Jigsaw Puzzle Collection: Psychological Test

Psychological Test
19th November 1926: A Girl-Guide undergoing a test at the National Institute of Psychology. (Photo by Kirby/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Jigsaw Puzzle Collection: Table Birds

Table Birds
17th December 1926: Live turkeys, ducks and chickens for sale at the Caledonian Market, London in time for Christmas dinner. (Photo by Kirby/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Jigsaw Puzzle Collection: Rooftop Paparazzi

Rooftop Paparazzi
28th June 1926: Press photographers at work on a roof. (Photo by Kirby/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Jigsaw Puzzle Collection: Shrimping

Shrimping
2nd July 1926: A couple of kids shrimping whilst on holiday. (Photo by Kirby/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Jigsaw Puzzle Collection: White Macs

White Macs
6th January 1927: A couple of ladies wearing fashionable white mackintoshes in Hyde Park, London. (Photo by Kirby/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Jigsaw Puzzle Collection: Bicester Hunt

Bicester Hunt
2nd November 1929: Children interested in equestrian pursuits, this one, suitably protected from the elements is attending the Bicester Hunt on her Shetland Pony

Background imageTopical Press Agency Jigsaw Puzzle Collection: Miss Foley

Miss Foley
22nd August 1925: Miss Foley, a competitor in the International Six Days Reliability Trials at Brooklands. (Photo by Kirby/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Jigsaw Puzzle Collection: Political Cinema

Political Cinema
8th August 1925: The Conservative and Unionist Central Offices begin a tour of the country with a van converted to a cinema on wheels. (Photo by Kirby/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Jigsaw Puzzle Collection: Golfing Outfits

Golfing Outfits
13th June 1927: Two women modelling fashionable outfits for playing golf at Moor Park Golf Club. (Photo by Kirby/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Jigsaw Puzzle Collection: Tuck Shop

Tuck Shop
23rd December 1925: Miss Houd, who runs the tuck shop at Westminster School, London. (Photo by Kirby/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Jigsaw Puzzle Collection: Holiday Fun

Holiday Fun
June 1927: A polo match in sidecars at Crystal Palace. (Photo by Kirby/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Jigsaw Puzzle Collection: Christmas Morning

Christmas Morning
25th December 1925: A happy boy in bed on Christmas morning with toys he has received. (Photo by Kirby/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Jigsaw Puzzle Collection: Ice-Cream Delight

Ice-Cream Delight
A group enjoying their ice-creams. (Photo by H. F. Davis/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Jigsaw Puzzle Collection: Margate Beach

Margate Beach
25th March 1929: A holidaymaker sitting on the beach at Margate. (Photo by H. F. Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Jigsaw Puzzle Collection: On the Beach

On the Beach
July 1927: Two women walking along the beach at Broadstairs, Kent. (Photo by H. F. Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Jigsaw Puzzle Collection: Unloading Elephants

Unloading Elephants
23rd May 1928: Elephants from the Blackpool Whitsun circus being unloaded at Tilbury docks. (Photo by H. F. Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Jigsaw Puzzle Collection: All Rounders

All Rounders
8th May 1926: Sailors feeding the boilers at Neasden Power Station during the General Strike. (Photo by H. F. Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Jigsaw Puzzle Collection: Crane Crash

Crane Crash
29th October 1927: Remains of a crane and its tripod which crashed into a shop front in Southampton Row, London during a gale. (Photo by H. F. Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Jigsaw Puzzle Collection: Club Tote

Club Tote
A totalizator in use at a London Club, 19th November 1926. The totalizator is in operation during a boycott of bookmakers over betting tax. (Photo by H. F)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Jigsaw Puzzle Collection: Now You See It

Now You See It
29th June 1927: A group gathered in a window to view the total solar eclipse over London through smoked glass. (Photo by H. F. Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Jigsaw Puzzle Collection: Signal Office

Signal Office
6th May 1927: German students on a tour of the LNER in Manchester are shown where the lines electrical signalling is controlled from. (Photo by H. F. Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Jigsaw Puzzle Collection: Evening Dresses

Evening Dresses
22nd January 1929: Three smart evening dresses from the Mannequin Parade, at the British Artificial Silk Exhibition at Olympia, London. (Photo by H. F. Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Jigsaw Puzzle Collection: Protection League

Protection League
28th April 1927: A parade by dog lovers to support Sir Robert Gowers anti-Vivisection Bill, at Whitehall, London. (Photo by H. F. Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Jigsaw Puzzle Collection: Modesty Preserved

Modesty Preserved
25th March 1929: The Skreenette, a new bathing tent, for the beach. It consists of a bell-shaped tent arranged with shoulder straps whereby the bather can dress and undress entirely screened

Background imageTopical Press Agency Jigsaw Puzzle Collection: Theatre Band

Theatre Band
20th January 1928: Some of the 950 sailor boys being entertained by a band outside the Elephant and Castle Theatre, London, where they are to see Dick Whittington. (Photo by H. F)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Jigsaw Puzzle Collection: Hanging Out

Hanging Out
25th March 1929: Two women bathers sitting out on the cliffs at Cliftonville, Margate. (Photo by H. F. Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)



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