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Topical Press Agency Collection (#29)

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

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Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Delivery Boys Race

Delivery Boys Race
18th November 1924: Contestants in the annual race for delivery boys at the start of the race at Courbevoie. The boys race in their three-wheeled carts. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Lincolns Inn Fields

Lincolns Inn Fields
1909: Lincolns Inn Fields, Holborn, London WC2. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Salisbury Square

Salisbury Square
1st May 1913: Salisbury Square, London, was changed from a private residence and converted into a Catholic church. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Goupy II

Goupy II
8th April 1910: A Goupy II biplane built by Ambroise Goupy in collaboration with Mario Calderara in Bleriots shop. Aeroplane Album - Vol 3 Page 68 (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Railway Cleaner

Railway Cleaner
26th October 1907: A man sweeping a Great Central Railway carriage, at Marylebone. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Blockade Helpers

Blockade Helpers
1st July 1948: Bristol Hercules powered Handley Page Hastings C1 transport aircraft lined up at the factory airfield at Radlett, Hertfordshire, prior to delivery to RAF Transport Command

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Heavy Artillery

Heavy Artillery
circa 1914: A large coastal defence gun, protected from overhead bombardment, in a French port. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Locomotive

Locomotive
1914: An electric locomotive from the London and North Eastern Railway. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Carriage Works

Carriage Works
September 1911: The bogie shop at the London and North Western Railway carriage works. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Goods Guard

Goods Guard
26th October 1907: A guard standing at the end of a goods train in the Great Central Railway goods yard. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Honest Toil

Honest Toil
1907: A country parson chopping up a tree. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Isker River

Isker River
1st November 1924: The River Isker winds through a rocky valley, near Sofia, Bulgaria. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Albanian River

Albanian River
23rd December 1937: The Suschiyja River, in Volonu, Albania. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Romanian Town

Romanian Town
circa 1920: The Balkan town of Bucovetich. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Waterloo Cup

Waterloo Cup
20th February 1908: The members enclosure at the Waterloo Coursing Cup Meeting. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Execution

Execution
1st June 1915: An executed spy, lies dead and blind-folded under a cross. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Penitent

Penitent
January 1903: A priest dressed up for Penitent week in Seville. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: The Field Moving Off

The Field Moving Off
circa 1910: Warwickshire Hunt at Farnborough. Topical Special 431. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Release Of The Hounds

Release Of The Hounds
8th November 1906: The Meynell Hounds at Auton Hall, Pottingham. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Brooklands Crowd

Brooklands Crowd
July 1907: Brooklands Motor Racing Track and a general view of the crowds. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Motoring Club

Motoring Club
14th March 1914: R J Hartmann in his Benz driving up Kop Hill in the Essex Motoring Club Open. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Cycle Car Club

Cycle Car Club
28th June 1913: Cars parked outside the Dolphin Hotel, just before the Cycle Car Club Hill Climb. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Aerial Observation

Aerial Observation
circa 1914: A spotter biplane flying over French troops firing at the enemy from a trench. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Old And New

Old And New
1925: The old and new City and South London Railway electric carriages with locomotives on display at Darlington. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: A Crooked House

A Crooked House
April 1907: The Glynne Arms pub, a crooked house in Staffordshire. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Brake Trials

Brake Trials
15th June 1908: Brake and shunting trials at the Great Western Railway depot in Acton. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Making A Wheel

Making A Wheel
September 1911: A man shrinking a tyre onto the wheel using water to cool it at the London and North Western Railway carriage works. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Passenger Porter

Passenger Porter
26th October 1907: A porter at the ready at a London, Tilbury and Southend Railway station. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Dust Prevention

Dust Prevention
circa 1907: The Hahnite Dust Preventer spraying the road from a water cart. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Lords Crowd

Lords Crowd
1st July 1907: Crowds at the cricket match between England and South Africa at Lord s, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Beet Field

Beet Field
1st October 1913: A newly cleared sugar beet field in Norfolk. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Oval Crowds

Oval Crowds
19th August 1912: Spectators at the Oval for the cricket match between England and Australia. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Car Ferry

Car Ferry
1909: Cars boarding the Cowes Steam Ferry, bound for East Cowes on the Isle of Wight. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Sugar Mill

Sugar Mill
1st November 1913: A sugar cane mill in South Africa. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Canal Railings

Canal Railings
16th August 1912: Children leaning over the railings beside the grand Union Canal at Maida Vale in London, a potential death trap. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Pottery Workers

Pottery Workers
1st October 1908: Painting designs on pottery at the Aller Vale Potteries. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Sugar Cane Factory

Sugar Cane Factory
circa 1901: Men unloading sugar cane at a processing plant in Natal, South Africa. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: The Eagle Hut

The Eagle Hut
circa 1905: A worker for the YMCA at the American Eagle Hut. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: The Meet

The Meet
10th November 1905: The Atherstone hounds at Brownsover. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: The Field Moving Off

The Field Moving Off
1st February 1907: The Warwickshire Hounds. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Floating Timber

Floating Timber
1906: Timber floating down a river, over a waterfall, on its way to a timbermill in New Zealand. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: The Hunt Procession

The Hunt Procession
10th November 1908: Meet of the Atherstone Hunt at Brownsover, Warwickshire. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Otter Hounds

Otter Hounds
circa 1905: A pack of dogs from the Cheriton Otter Hounds pursue their quarry in the river. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Grafton Hunt

Grafton Hunt
April 1905: Grafton Hunt steeplechase with a view of the Grandstand. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Brooklands

Brooklands
July 1907: Bookmakers are busy at Brooklands motor racing circuit. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Horse Show

Horse Show
June 1914: The International Horse Show event. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Clay Shoot

Clay Shoot
circa 1910: Pigeon setters - two men sitting in a shelter, holding clay pigeons. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Tree Felling

Tree Felling
1906: A felled tree in the New Zealand bush. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)



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