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Topical Press Agency Collection (page 11)

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

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Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Southend Carnival

Southend Carnival
28th August 1929: In aid of the new General Hospital, a float depicting a HM Hospital ship parades through the streets during the Southend Carnival which features a baby show, torchlight procession

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Overland Caravan

Overland Caravan
5th April 1926: A family enjoying a drink outside their mobile caravan, at Leigh-on-Sea, Essex. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Dock Yard

Dock Yard
24th June 1927: Spectators gaze at a giant grain elevator at the Great Western Railways Docks in Cardiff, South Wales. (Photo by Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Strike Labour

Strike Labour
10th May 1926: A replacement workforce at Hayes Wharf, London Bridge unload sacks of bacon on the seventh day of the General Strike

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Crowd At Pithead

Crowd At Pithead
1st March 1927: A large crowd waits at the pithead at Cwm near Ebbw Vale, Monmouthshire, after an explosion in the pit killed many miners on the night shift

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Searching Woodland

Searching Woodland
6th December 1926: Policemen at work searching an area of woodland for clues after the disappearance of English author Agatha Christie. (Photo by H. F. Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Flowers At Bier

Flowers At Bier
September 1926: The flower-strewn bier of film actor Rudolph Valentino at his funeral. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Fit For A King

Fit For A King
28th March 1928: The Royal bedroom in the Midland hotel, Manchester, ready for the visit of the king and Queen of Afghanistan. (Photo by H. F. Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Spectators

Spectators
9th June 1928: Spectators at the Ladies Scottish foursomes at St Andrews golf course crossing a bridge to the eighteenth hole

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Inside Harrod s

Inside Harrod s
22nd March 1925: Goods for sale in the meat and poultry department of Harrods department store in London. (Photo by Hawkins/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Moving Waxworks

Moving Waxworks
March 1928: Moving waxworks into a van bound for Madame Tussauds new premises in Marylebone Road, London. (Photo by H. F. Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Oliver Twist

Oliver Twist
5th May 1928: An open air performance of Charles Dickens Oliver Twist taking place in Mint Street, Southwark, London. (Photo by E. Bacon/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Baseball

Baseball
3rd May 1927: Baseball Pitcher in London. (Photo by E. Bacon/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Police Walk

Police Walk
21st May 1925: Some of the competitors in Policemans Barking to Southend walk. (Photo by Davis Jr/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Strike Scene

Strike Scene
10th May 1926: Two fully manned armoured cars used to protect envoys arriving from the docks during the General Strike. (Photo by E. Bacon/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Cricket On Beach

Cricket On Beach
20th April 1925: Mrs Jack Hobbs playing cricket on the beach at Margate. (Photo by Brooke/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Strike Crisis

Strike Crisis
3rd May 1926: A convoy of Scots Guards troops arriving in Hyde Park in London during the General Strike, called for by the Trades Union Congress

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: The Icy Serpentine

The Icy Serpentine
20th February 1929: Ice-skaters on the Serpentine in Londons Hyde Park. (Photo by Edward G. Malindine/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Trolley Accident

Trolley Accident
27th March 1926: A trolley car hanging over a bridge after coming off the tracks into the Desplaines River on the outskirts of Chicago at Lyons, Illinois. Nobody was seriously hurt

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Arosa Skaters

Arosa Skaters
25th November 1926: Ice-skaters at the resort town of Arosa in Switzerland. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Serpentine Skating

Serpentine Skating
20th February 1929: Two women adjusting their ice skates on the Sepentine in Londons Hyde Park. (Photo by Edward G. Malindine/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Boy Scouts At Croydon

Boy Scouts At Croydon
21st August 1929: Palestinian boy scouts from Haifa visiting Londons airport at Croydon. (Photo by J. Gaiger/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Firewomen

Firewomen
19th January 1928: Two female members of Achille Serre Ltds in-house fire brigade demonstrate the use of a portable fire extinguisher. (Photo by Brooke/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Student Protest

Student Protest
4th April 1925: French students and their supporters at a demonstration in front of the Pantheon in Paris. They are protesting against the governments decision to close the law school of

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Medical Aid Post

Medical Aid Post
circa 1930: Nurses at work in the medical aid post set up in Notting Hill Gate Station, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Torpedo Factory

Torpedo Factory
24th February 1907: The fitting department of Yarrow torpedo factory, Poplar, East London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Sidecar Route

Sidecar Route
17th August 1925: Mr and Mrs Giles of Australia studying their route before the start of the six-day Auto Cycle Unions International Race at Southampton

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: River Fishers

River Fishers
13th August 1925: Two women fishing for salmon in the River Spey. Wild salmon are an important part of Scotlands tourist industry and many anglers visit the country every year

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Sidecar 2, 000

Sidecar 2, 000
12th February 1925: A mototrcycle and sidecar at Ealing Common, London, during a 2, 000 mile non-stop reliability trial. (Photo by Kirby/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Ealing Bikes

Ealing Bikes
12th February 1925: Participants in the 2, 000 mile non-stop motorcycle reliability trial at Ealing Common, London. (Photo by Kirby/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Motorcycling Women

Motorcycling Women
22nd August 1925: Miss E Foley and Miss L Ball on their motorcycles at the International Six Days Reliability Trials at Brooklands race track. (Photo by Kirby/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Guests On Bridge

Guests On Bridge
3rd May 1927: Guests attending the Hampshire County Ball on board White Star liner Majestic at Southampton Docks are shown the compass and wheel on the bridge by an officer

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Deck Tennis

Deck Tennis
September 1929: First-class passengers playing deck tennis aboard New Orient liner Orontes during a cruise in the English Channel. (Photo by Puttnam /Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: One-Man Car Cycle

One-Man Car Cycle
September 1928: A man cycling a One-Man Car Cycle in a street in the West End of London. (Photo by Crouch/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Watching Foxtrot

Watching Foxtrot
4th April 1925: Customers watching mannequins dancing the foxtrot at a display at Messrs Cennards shoe shop. (Photo by Kirby/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Guests On Lifeboat

Guests On Lifeboat
April 1929: Guests sitting on a lifeboat during a dance aboard Cunard liner Berengaria, docked at Southampton. The function is to raise funds for Southampton Childrens Hospital. (Photo by W. G)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Strike Breaker

Strike Breaker
18th May 1926: An LGOC bus being driven in London by a volunteer driver with a police escort during the General Strike, May 1926. (Photo by Davis Snr/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Palm Beach Cafe

Palm Beach Cafe
12th June 1926: Diners and a cabaret performer in the ballroom at Palm Beach Cafe on the Thames. (Photo by E. Bacon/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Embankment Gardens

Embankment Gardens
5th September 1928: People sitting at tea tables in Embankment Gardens, London. (Photo by Crouch/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Dancing On Deck

Dancing On Deck
3rd May 1927: A group of guests dancing on board the White Star Liner Majestic at Southampton Docks during the Hampshire County Ball in aid of the Royal South Hampshire and Southampton Hospital

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Bunks In Coach

Bunks In Coach
14th August 1925: Passengers reading in their bunks in the Albatros sleeping car service which runs between London and Liverpool

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Playing In River

Playing In River
6th June 1925: Little boys playing with a hand-drawn cart made out of a crate in the shallow waters of the River Thames. (Photo by H. F. Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Council Houses

Council Houses
17th May 1929: Houses in an LCC (London County Council) estate at Castlenau, Barnes, London. (Photo by J. Gaiger/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Empire Day

Empire Day
24th May 1928: Pupils of Hugh Middleton Schools in Clerkenwell, London, raising flags to celebrate Empire Day. Their pet bulldog is in the foreground. (Photo by H. F)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Row Of Spectators

Row Of Spectators
3rd April 1929: Spectators at the Royal Artillery steeplechases at Sandown Park. (Photo by W. G. Phillips/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Wearing Sunhats

Wearing Sunhats
3rd July 1929: Women wearing sunhats in a boat on the River Thames at Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, during the Royal Regatta. (Photo by Edward G. Malindine/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Tennis Fashion

Tennis Fashion
29th April 1926: Tennis players wearing fashionable tennis outfits consisting of pique frocks, roll stockings and eye shades. (Photo by H. F. Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Labour Exchange

Labour Exchange
1930: A crowd of men queuing up at the labour exchange at Snow Hill during the Depression. (Photo by J. Gaiger/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)



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