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Topical Press Agency Collection (#30)

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

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Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Soviet Consulate

Soviet Consulate
19th March 1927: The Soviet consulate and the Aster House Hotel in Shanghai. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Recruiting League

Recruiting League
1st September 1915: Crowds gather outside a Toronto Recruiting League tent. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Kitchener Inspects

Kitchener Inspects
1st March 1915: The parade of various sections of the New Army of 12, 000 men, recruited in Liverpool, south Lancashire and West Cheshire, opposite St Georges Hall

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Oil Tank

Oil Tank
circa 1930: A two million gallon oil tank belonging to the Burma Oil Company surrounded by a moat to contain spillages. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Main Street

Main Street
circa 1900: A view of the dusty Main Street of Puerto Limon, Costa Rica. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: St Denis

St Denis
1st March 1916: The funeral cortege for the St Denis victims gathers outside the citys town hall. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Military Band

Military Band
1909: The military band ready to lead the Serbian Army into battle. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Car On Tracks

Car On Tracks
1917: Motor cars on railway tracks. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Turbo Generator

Turbo Generator
19th October 1948: A turbo generator at the power station at Kingston-Upon-Thames. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Farman Bi-plane

Farman Bi-plane
October 1909: A Farman rounds a pylon during the Blackpool Flying Week. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Glider Launch

Glider Launch
July 1910: Aeroplane taking off down the gliding launch track at Brooklands. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Brooklands Flight

Brooklands Flight
9th May 1911: Gilmours flight from Brooklands to Brighton is seen taking off by spectators. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: The Flying House

The Flying House
5th December 1913: The Flying House - an aeroplane invented by Capt Arlington Batson which contains a sitting room and sleeping apartments. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Avro G Biplane

Avro G Biplane
30th July 1912: The Avro G biplane sans propeller and wings and designed for rapid assembly, is pushed into a hangar at the 1912 Military Trials on Salisbury Plain. It spun in on 25 August

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Farmans Aeroplane

Farmans Aeroplane
27th April 1910: Crowds surround Grahame-Whites Farman aeroplane at Polesworth while taking part in the London to Manchester flight. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Boxkite In Flight

Boxkite In Flight
October 1909: Louis Paulhan flying a Farman boxkite biplane Le Gypaete No 6 at the Blackpool flying week. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Dead Whale

Dead Whale
circa 1910: The carcass of a dead whale floats off the coast of Alaska. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Lead Picking

Lead Picking
circa 1909: Fluorspar lead picking, Derbyshire. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Statue

Statue
1st April 1909: A carving of a male figure. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Wash Day

Wash Day
1906: Women washing in a Maori village. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Gas Mask

Gas Mask
August 1915: A soldier wearing a gas mask in the trenches during WW1. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Schoolboy Strike

Schoolboy Strike
12th September 1911: Mothers collecting children after school during the schoolboy strike in Londons East End. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Bi-plane

Bi-plane
28th August 1913: A small crowd gathered round Claude Grahame-Whites five seater bi-plane at Hendon. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Transatlantic Flight

Transatlantic Flight
June 1919: Transatlantic plane at Plymouth, seen from a boat. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Valkyne I

Valkyne I
1910: Side view of Valkyne I aircraft. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Military Aviation At Hendon

Military Aviation At Hendon
Monoplanes at a naval and military aviation review at Hendon Aerodrome, North London, 28th September 1912. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Aviation Ground

Aviation Ground
13th September 1911: General view of the aviation ground at Bristol. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Hammond Aeroplane

Hammond Aeroplane
1909: Hammond aeroplane at Brooklands. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Great Dane

Great Dane
August 1912: One of Miss May Wickinsons Great Danes, Rupert. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Wright Machine

Wright Machine
1st August 1909: Paul Tissandiers Wright Biplane at the Reims Aviation Week, with tail number 4 and its launching pylon and rails

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Ride That Boat

Ride That Boat
10th November 1913: Sea Scouts in their boat which is being drawn by a horse during the Lord Mayors Show, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Lord Mayors Show

Lord Mayors Show
9th November 1912: The Lord Mayors Show procession passing over Ludgate Hill, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: New York Tree

New York Tree
27th December 1913: New Yorks Christmas tree for the homeless waiting to be erected in Madison Square. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Salt Collecting

Salt Collecting
June 1926: Natives gathering salt from evaporation beds at Aden. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Kite Flying

Kite Flying
1909: An instruction lesson in kite flying at the United Service College in Windsor. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Kinematograph Camera

Kinematograph Camera
July 1912: The Kinematograph Camera, capable of filming in colour, seen on a roof top. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Boer War

Boer War
circa 1899: A bullock waggon kraal. (Photo by Reinhold Thiele/Thiele/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Skiing In England

Skiing In England
1st December 1908: A skier sitting down to adjust her skis in the snow at Northampton. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Ice Clad Boat

Ice Clad Boat
18th January 1925: The Fishing Trawler Breaker returning back to South Boston Fish Pier, after encountering severe wintry weather. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Boys Diving

Boys Diving
11th August 1938: A young schoolboy diver gives an exhibition to his fishing friends on the towpath at Putney. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: The First Air Mail

The First Air Mail
9th September 1911: The first air mail leaves Hendon on its way to Windsor. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: British Topical Press Agency (1903 - 1957)

British Topical Press Agency (1903 - 1957)
Fine Art Storehouse Vintage Photo Gallery: Press Photography: British Topical Press Agency (1903 - 1957)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Verdun Rebuilt

Verdun Rebuilt
circa 1925: The French fortified town of Verdun, on the Meuse, scene of the longest and most severe battle of World War I in 1916, in which the French repelled a powerful German offensive

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Smashed Aeroplanes

Smashed Aeroplanes
8th November 1913: Two army aeroplanes smashed on Salisbury Plane when the descending plane crashed into a Henri Farman which was about to start. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Under Canvas

Under Canvas
2nd August 1912: Soldiers of the County of London Territorials under canvas in their mess at camp in Aldershot. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Chinatown

Chinatown
April 1911: A street in Limehouse, Londons Chinatown. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Aeroplane On Barge

Aeroplane On Barge
8th July 1912: The Fleet at Portsmouth ship the aircraft T2 on a lighter. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Aeroplane T2

Aeroplane T2
8th July 1912: The Fleet at Portsmouth ship the biplane T2 on a lighter. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)



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