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Topical Press Agency Collection (page 2)

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

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Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Trinidad Bath Day

Trinidad Bath Day
circa 1930: A Trinidadian women carries a bowl of fruit for her bathing children. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Ascot Fashions

Ascot Fashions
June 1925: Fashionable guests at Ascot. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Hop Pickers

Hop Pickers
Hop pickers using stilts on a farm at Wateringbury in Kent, August 1928. (Photo by Crouch/Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Horse Race Fair

Horse Race Fair
April 1925: A dwarf posing on a funfair ride with a group of people on Newmarket 2, 000 Guinea Race Day. (Photo by W. G. Phillips/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Salmon Fishing

Salmon Fishing
13th August 1925: Mrs MacDonald fishing for salmon on the River Spey. The area is also popular for grouse shooting. Wild salmon are an important part of Scotlands tourist industry

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Lady Mountbatten

Lady Mountbatten
27th January 1927: The worker for the London Division of the British Red Cross Society and Saint Johns Ambulence, Lady Mountbatten (1901 - 1960), with the American, Stephen Sanford

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Battle Scene

Battle Scene
20th September 1927: The remains of an old flour mill on the banks of the Iser at Dixmunde, Belgium, which was the scene of heavy fighting during World War I

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Gold Shipment

Gold Shipment
17th February 1927: Russian sailors watching gold from the Lena Gold Fields being unloaded from thess Trotsky at Hays Wharf. The shipment belongs to Messrs Rothschild

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Death Of A Friend

Death Of A Friend
25th August 1925: Nurses in uniform file from Westminster Abbey following the funeral of one of their doctor colleagues. (Photo by Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Isle Of Thanet

Isle Of Thanet
July 1927: Children walking at the waters edge on the beach at Dumpton Gap, Isle of Thanet, carrying their buckets and spades. (Photo by Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Christmas Spirit

Christmas Spirit
December 1925: Children enjoying themselves at a Christmas party at Kentish Town. (Photo by Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Lunch Time

Lunch Time
18th September 1926: The ?100 prize winners from a national essay competition on bananas starting their lunch with bananas. (Photo by Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Thirsty

Thirsty
5th June 1925: An office boy drinking from a hose used for watering the Temple Garden lawn. (Photo by Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: British Tobacco Farm

British Tobacco Farm
September 1926: At a tobacco farm near Fleet, in Hampshire, workers strip tobacco leaves in readiness for grading. Over 80 acres of land are being used for the cultivation of tobacco

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Rustic

Rustic
September 1926: A farm worker relaxes with a pipe and young companions on a tobacco farm at Church Crookham near Fleet. (Photo by Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Winter Sports

Winter Sports
19th December 1927: Two young ladies trying out a toboggan at a London store. (Photo by Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Limited Headroom

Limited Headroom
12th August 1925: A Covent Garden carman crossing a temporary Waterloo Bridge, London. (Photo by Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Dairymans Guild

Dairymans Guild
July 1925: The Dairymans Guild complete with float and bottles. (Photo by Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Sevenoaks Rail Crash

Sevenoaks Rail Crash
August 1927: Workmen dig out the locomotive of the 2-6-4 tank engine which crashed near Sevenoaks on the Southern Railway. (Photo by Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Cooling Down

Cooling Down
June 1925: A group of children paddling in the River Thames in London. (Photo by Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Hopwood Triplets

Hopwood Triplets
29th September 1926: Connie, Henry and Susan Hopwood prepare for next years schooling. The triplets are all five years of age. (Photo by Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Beach Belles

Beach Belles
7th May 1928: Two bathers sitting on the rocks at Broadstairs beach under a parasol. (Photo by Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Low Dive

Low Dive
25th March 1929: A swimmer prepares for a plunge into the sea at Margate, Kent. (Photo by H. F. Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Knee Gaiters

Knee Gaiters
20th February 1928: A couple of ladies showing their knee gaiters on their stockings. (Photo by Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: 1920s Fashion

1920s Fashion
7th April 1925: A woman wearing a 1920s day dress. (Photo by Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Evening Wear

Evening Wear
1st March 1928: Dark gold and platinum evening dress on the right, and a black Crepe de China picture gown with dainty underskirt and ribbons on the left

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Racegoers

Racegoers
April 1926: At a Ludlow Hunt Steeplechase, Miss Hunt and on right resting on a shooting-stick, Miss R Hamilton-Russell. (Photo by W. G. Phillips/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Bank interior

Bank interior
3rd October 1925: Rows of clerks at work making manual entries to the ledgers in the interior of a bank, while a doorman stands by the door. (Photo by Davies/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Young Paddlers

Young Paddlers
5th July 1927: Two young holidaymakers at Viking Bay, Broadstairs, on the Isle of Thanet. (Photo by Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Synthetic Silk

Synthetic Silk
19th April 1926: Fashion models on the catwalk wearing clothes made from artificial silk at the Holland Park Hall in London. (Photo by Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: C Patrick during the ACU 6 Day Reliability Trial from Burton

C Patrick during the ACU 6 Day Reliability Trial from Burton
August 1926: Supporters cheering as C Patrick passes by during the ACU 6 Day Reliability Trial from Burton. (Photo by Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Slimming Aid

Slimming Aid
1928: A woman exercising on a vibrating motor machine. (Photo by Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Police Questioning

Police Questioning
22nd February 1926: Police questioning sandwich-board carriers during a demonstration outside the Houses of Parliament in London at the time of the general strike

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Bank Clerk

Bank Clerk
29th September 1925: A bank clerk paying out to two customers. (Photo by Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Rooftop Creche

Rooftop Creche
8th December 1926: Lady Islington and Lady Grigg open their roof top home and garden for the benefit of children who have no gardens at home. (Photo by Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Military Tattoo

Military Tattoo
21st May 1926: Soldiers at Aldershot wheeling out the galleys from the store depot in preparation for the great military tattoo. (Photo by Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: St Moritz Cafe

St Moritz Cafe
1st January 1929: Holidaymakers outside a cafe in St Moritz. (Photo by W. G. Phillips/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Potatoes For Sale

Potatoes For Sale
23rd November 1928: A display of potatoes at the stand of James Ruane & Sons at Spitalfields Market. (Photo by J. Gaiger/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Oxford Airmen

Oxford Airmen
24th July 1928: A pilot of the Oxford University Air Squadron during a pre-flight inspection. (Photo by J. Gaiger/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Rat Wars

Rat Wars
10th October 1928: Men rolling poison dough and cutting it into Red Squill biscuits for the Ministry of Defences rat control programme. (Photo by J. Gaiger/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Steel Sleepers

Steel Sleepers
Steel sleepers being laid on a GWR line near Maidenhead, Berkshire. Old wooden sleepers are lying beside the track

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Cowes Week

Cowes Week
The start of the Kings Cup race in Cowes, on the Isle of Wight

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Boat Launch

Boat Launch
The launching of the Canadian Pacific Railway liner Princess Helene at Dumbarton near Glasgow

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Preparing Poison

Preparing Poison
10th October 1928: A member of staff working for Dr C L Claremont, Research Chemist on Rat Destruction for the Ministry of Agriculture

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: City Lights

City Lights
Electric signs outside the London Pavilion in Piccadilly Circus, advertising the Charles B Cochran revue Wake Up and Dream!, as well as Gordons Gin, State Express cigarettes and the Ever Ready razor

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Mobile Vending

Mobile Vending
A money-in-the-slot automatic fruit and nut vending machine attached to a car, on display in Britain for the first time. (Photo by J Gaiger/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Rat War Preparations

Rat War Preparations
9th October 1928: Staff working for Dr C L Claremont, Research Chemist on Rat Destruction for the Ministry of Agriculture, baking poison biscuits in preparation for the Rat War. (Photo by J)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Green Grocers

Green Grocers
21st November 1928: A magnificent display of fruit and vegetables by R Levy on a stall at Spitalfields Market, London. (Photo by J. Gaiger/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)



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