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Topical Press Agency Collection (#44)

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

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Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Olympia Aero Show

Olympia Aero Show
14th March 1914: Display stands at the Aero Show, Olympia, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Nieuport Scout

Nieuport Scout
16th March 1914: The Nieuport Military Scout plane, on display at the Aero Show, Olympia, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Football Chimp

Football Chimp
19th August 1955: Joe the chimpanzee preparing for the football season. (Photo by Monty Fresco/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: The Silver Jubilee

The Silver Jubilee
24th May 1936: The locomotive The Silver Jubilee entering a tunnel on the line between Londons Kings Cross line and Newcastle. (Photo by J. A. Hampton/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Cowes Regatta

Cowes Regatta
August 1923: A race during the regatta at Cowes on the Isle of Wight. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Peel Statue

Peel Statue
July 1921: A statue of Conservative politician and Prime Minister Sir Robert Peel in the Yorkshire city of Bradford. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Tall Chimney

Tall Chimney
July 1921: A tall chimney at Listers Mills in Bradford. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Santa On Funnel

Santa On Funnel
24th December 1925: Father Christmas climbing on the funnel of liner Arundel Castle. (Photo by Kirby/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Resolute Yacht In Buoy

Resolute Yacht In Buoy
July 1920: Yacht Resolute (in centre of life buoy on steamer Graham ) competing during the second race of the American Cup

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Brooklands Paddock

Brooklands Paddock
1926: The paddock at Brooklands racetrack at Weybridge in Surrey. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Cowes Crowd

Cowes Crowd
6th August 1928: A crowd on the sea front during the Cowes Regatta on the Isle of Wight. (Photo by H. F. Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Speedy Sands

Speedy Sands
18th June 1922: Drivers attempt to break the world speed record on Saltburn Sands in Yorkshire. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Taj Mahal

Taj Mahal
March 1935: The Taj Mahal (built 1632 - 1654) at Agra, in memory of Mumtaz Mahal, wife of Shah Jahan. (Photo by J. A. Hampton/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Peace Party

Peace Party
July 1919: Crowds sitting down at long tables, at a street party to celebrate the end of the Great War. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Mud Exhibit

Mud Exhibit
14th February 1924: The Nigerian mud village exhibit at the British Empire Exhibition at Wembley, London, nears completion. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: SS Beaverford

SS Beaverford
29th May 1929: Loading cargo onto the SS Beaverford in Surrey Common Docks, London. (Photo by Edward G. Malindine/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Lighthouse

Lighthouse
9th August 1928: The light house at St Catherines on the Isle of Wight. (Photo by Hawkins/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Damaged Building

Damaged Building
July 1915: A group of women and children looking at a damaged building in Shoreditch in east London which was hit during a zeppelin raid during World War I

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: State Lottery

State Lottery
circa 1925: Group fo men looking at the lottery results in Budapest. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: English Bowls

English Bowls
26th August 1938: Mrs JE Tomblin in play during the final of the Englishwomens national Bowwling Championships at Wimbledon Park, London. (Photo by Davies/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Policemans Walk

Policemans Walk
22nd July 1939: Metropolitan Police Athletics Championships at Imber Court, Thames Ditton, Surrey. 2 mile walk in progress. (Photo by Davies/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Crystal Palace Fire

Crystal Palace Fire
31st December 1936: The shell of the Crystal Palace in Sydenham, London, after its recent destruction by fire. The structure of the North Transept can be seen, looking towards the South Tower

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Ju Jutsu Session

Ju Jutsu Session
1906: A couple practising Japanese Ju-jutsu techniques. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Queuing Miners

Queuing Miners
circa 1906: Chinese miners queuing for food rations at their colliery. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Tattooed Man

Tattooed Man
1907: A man with tattoos covering his upper torso, arms and cheeks. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Motor Steamer

Motor Steamer
1905: A British fire brigade motor steamer. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Fire

Fire
February 1922: The New York treasury building on fire. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Meat Vans

Meat Vans
28th May 1912: Crowds demonstrating as meat vans leave Connaught Docks for Smithfield meat market, London, during the 1912 transport workers strike. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Hay Raking

Hay Raking
15th July 1907: Two men raking hay in a field. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Holiday Crowds

Holiday Crowds
July 1913: Crowds of holidaymakers at Waterloo Station on their way out of London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Crevasse Crossers

Crevasse Crossers
December 1910: Three mountaineers crossing a crevsasse on the Pers Glacier in the Alps. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Shirley Hill Crowd

Shirley Hill Crowd
6th August 1912: a crowd, including schoolchildren, on an outing to Shirley Hills. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Row Boat Preparation

Row Boat Preparation
18th August 1927: Bailing out rowing boats in preparation for the Hammersmith Borough Regatta. (Photo by H. F. Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Backyards

Backyards
December 1923: Slum housing in Crossland Square, Bethnal Green, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Tea In The Snow

Tea In The Snow
February 1909: Eilort family having tea in the snow. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Calcutta Flying Boat

Calcutta Flying Boat
circa 1928: The flying boat Calcutta manufactured by the Short Bros company in Rochester England. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Perry Flying Boat

Perry Flying Boat
16th March 1914: A Perry-Beadle flying boat on display at the Olympia Aero show, Olympia, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Farman Biplane

Farman Biplane
October 1909: Louis Paulman flying a Farman biplane at Blackpool. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Police Timer

Police Timer
January 1909: A British police constable inspecting an electric timing device for motor cars. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Voisin

Voisin
May 1909: A Moore Brebazon Voisin being assembled at the Shorts Bros Factory, Sheppy, Kent. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Aircraft Exhibition

Aircraft Exhibition
16th March 1914: Penny Beadle flying boat at the Olympia aircraft show, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Point To Point Cars

Point To Point Cars
31st March 1929: The car park at the Berks and Bucks Point to Point Meeting near Reading. (Photo by Puttnam /Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Snow Climb

Snow Climb
December 1910: Climbers using ropes and pickaxes to climb a snowy bank in the Alps. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Leeds Corn Exchange

Leeds Corn Exchange
July 1921: The Corn Exchange in Leeds. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Derby Station

Derby Station
May 1922: Travellers at Derby Station, Tattenham Common on Derby Day. (Photo by W. G. Phillips/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Sunbeam Car

Sunbeam Car
1st December 1913: The driver of a Sunbeam car which has broken 12 hour speed records at the Brooklands race track in England. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Church Move

Church Move
10th September 1926: Canadian construction workers moving a church at Calgary, Canada. (Photo by W. J. Oliver/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Cycle Battalion

Cycle Battalion
May 1915: Men of the Bersagliere (Italian rifle battalion) on the move across country with their bicycles. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)



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