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Topical Press Agency Collection (page 3)

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

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Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Swing-A-Round

Swing-A-Round
August 1928: A mixed group enjoying a ride on a funfair ride. (Photo by J. Gaiger/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Home Made Fiddler

Home Made Fiddler
6th March 1925: Mr William Glenister, who runs a tobacconist shop in Soho but makes violins as a hobby, playing one of his own instruments. (Photo by Davis Jr/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Red Cross Volunteers

Red Cross Volunteers
11th May 1926: Two Red Cross volunteer drivers during the general strike. (Photo by W. G. Phillips/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: General Strike Tram Novice

General Strike Tram Novice
14th May 1926: A volunteer driving a tram during the General Strike. (Photo by Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Oval Stand

Oval Stand
circa 1929: The enormous crowd which watched Sutcliffe and Hobbs open for England at the test between England and South Africa at the Oval. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Portable Sun Tan

Portable Sun Tan
circa 1927: A woman with a sun lamp at the International Exhibition of Light and Heat in Medicine. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Farewell Son

Farewell Son
19th September 1925: Call boy Alfred Ayre waves goodbye to his mother at Waterloo train station, London, to take up his contract in America. (Photo by MacGregor/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Girl Guides

Girl Guides
July 1927: Girl Guides setting off to their camp from Waterloo Station in London. (Photo by Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Boy Farm Emigrants

Boy Farm Emigrants
circa 1926: A large party of boy farmers departing from Waterloo Station, London, on their way to New Zealand. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Southend

Southend
26th April 1927: Children having fun on the beach at Southend during the Bank Holiday. (Photo by Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Mobile Advertising

Mobile Advertising
May 1925: An van advertising LMS Holidays drives down a city street. (Photo by Brooke/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Giant Propeller

Giant Propeller
1926: Workers at LMS railway preparing a huge propeller for loading. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Dangling Apples

Dangling Apples
1928: Women trying to eat apples from the end of pieces of string, at an event organized for the opening of Tottenham sports ground. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Wheres A Porter ?

Wheres A Porter ?
3rd August 1929: Two young women pushing their luggage on a trolley at Paddington station during the holiday rush out of London. (Photo by J. A. Hampton/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Is It On The Trolley

Is It On The Trolley
circa 1926: A cook at Cadby Hall with a trolley load of Christmas puddings ready to be packed up for selling. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Muddy Pram

Muddy Pram
11th December 1928: A mother pushes her babys pram across the rutted mud of New Century Road. (Photo by J. Gaiger/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Sporting Soldiers

Sporting Soldiers
circa 1926: Soldiers at the 1st Battalion Scots Guards tipping the bucket at Burtons Court, Chelsea. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Sheep Walking

Sheep Walking
July 1925: Two British Bluejackets take the New Zealand sheep for exercise whilst they are at Wembley. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Young Hopefuls

Young Hopefuls
circa 1929: Young men at Australia house in the process of emigrating to Australia. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Vet Check

Vet Check
February 1928: A vet examining a dog entered for Crufts Dog Show at the Royal Agricultural Hall, Islington, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Strike Champagne

Strike Champagne
12th May 1926: A group of students unloading crates of champagne at a leading hotel in Birmingham on the ninth day of the Great Strike. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Royal Travel

Royal Travel
14th February 1928: The Queens Day Saloon on board the Royal Train, it is decorated in blue, the Queens favourite colour. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Tsars Memorial

Tsars Memorial
February 1928: The memorial to Tsar Alexander has been destroyed by the Bolsheviks leaving only these structures. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: At The Palace

At The Palace
circa 1927: A group of children leaving Buckingham Palace on a bus after seeing King George V and Queen Mary leave for Scotland. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Britannia

Britannia
circa 1926: The Kings yacht sailing at Cowes on the Isle of Wight. The crew are seen hoisting the main sail. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Yacht Preparation

Yacht Preparation
1926: Men preparing King George Vs yacht Britannia for her race at Harwich. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Farm Sale

Farm Sale
1926: A cow being auctioned during a sale of the Kings fat stock at the Royal farm at Windsor. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Child Cake

Child Cake
27th May 1926: Two confectioners putting the finishing touches to a large cake celebrating the birth of Princess Elizabeth to the George, Duke of York and Elizabeth, Duchess of York

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Sunray lamp

Sunray lamp
circa 1927: A woman under a sunray lamp, on show at the first International Exhibition of Light and Heat in Medicine at Central hall, Westminster. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Christmas Shopping

Christmas Shopping
circa 1926: A crowd of Christmas shoppers on Oxford street in Central London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Political Cinema

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

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Dental Lamp

Dental Lamp
The sunviray dental lamp being demonstrated at the first International Exhibition of Light and Heat in Medicine at Central Hall, Westminster, London. (Photo by E Bacon/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Dancing In Lake

Dancing In Lake
Students of the Mayfair School of Dancing dancing in the lake at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Regents Park, London. (Photo by E Bacon/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Calcutta Interior

Calcutta Interior
Workers attending to the interior saloon of a three-engined, 18 seat Shorts Calcutta flying boat being constructed at Shorts plant in Rochester, England. (Photo by E Bacon/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Hawker Cygnet

Hawker Cygnet
Two women looking at the engine of a Hawker Cygnet at Lympne in Kent. (Photo by E Bacon/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Empress of Scotland

Empress of Scotland
The Canadian Pacific liner Empress of Scotland (foreground) and the Alaunia in a canal of Southampton Dock. The Empress is the captured Hamburg America Line vessel Kaiserin Auguste Victoria

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Ships Garden

Ships Garden
A ships gardener on the Cunard liner Berengaria (former Hamburg America line vessel Imperator) takes stock of his bay trees on the main staircase. (Photo by E Bacon/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Car Cleaning

Car Cleaning
A car being cleaned at a new service station at Gatton Point on the Brighton Road. (Photo by E Bacon/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Money For Roads

Money For Roads
June 1927: a (Automobile Association) scouts carrying piles of signed petitions into theri HQ. The protest was made against the use of road fund monies for other purposes! (Photo by E)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Transatlantic Cable

Transatlantic Cable
28th May 1926: Local children help the workers drag the British end of a Transatlantic cable or communications line ashore at Sennen Cove, Lands End. (Photo by E)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: After You

After You
9th April 1925: A punt full of bathers waiting their turn to dive into the river Thames at Richmond, Surrey. (Photo by E. Bacon/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Lowestoft

Lowestoft
July 1926: Paddling at Lowestoft. (Photo by E. Bacon/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Dog Show Entry

Dog Show Entry
9th April 1925: A young exhibitor brings her two entries for the dog show at the Royal Horticultural Hall in Westminster. (Photo by E. Bacon/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Kennel Club

Kennel Club
20th September 1925: A young lady with her entry to the dog show at Alexandra Palace. (Photo by E. Bacon/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Novelty Act

Novelty Act
1st March 1926: The organiser of a motor cycle gymkhana at Crystal Palace performing on his broncho buster. (Photo by E. Bacon/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Pomeranian Dog

Pomeranian Dog
18th April 1925: An exhibitor spraying her pet before going into the ring at the Championship Dog Show at Holland Park. (Photo by E. Bacon/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Borzoi Dog

Borzoi Dog
4th May 1927: Miss Lewis with her Borzoi at the Kennel Club Show at the Olympia. (Photo by E. Bacon/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Christmas Treat

Christmas Treat
24th December 1926: A crowd of children in party hats enjoy a production of Treasure Island as a Christmas treat at the Strand Theatre, London. (Photo by E. Bacon/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)



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