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Topical Press Agency Collection (#31)

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

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Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Bellamy Plane

Bellamy Plane
9th March 1907: Adjustments being made to the Bellamy aeroplane at Brooklands, Weybridge. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Victory Loan

Victory Loan
1st June 1919: The Peace and Joy Victory Loan is launched in Trafalgar Square, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Bleriot In Flight

Bleriot In Flight
5th August 1912: Louis Bleriot (1872-1936) piloting his plane on the return journey from Lowestoft. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Manoeuvres

Manoeuvres
1911: French army manoeuvres. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Shipping Plane

Shipping Plane
8th July 1912: A crowd on the beach at Portsmouth watch the biplane T2 being shipped on a lighter by the Fleet. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Bleriot Take Off

Bleriot Take Off
May 1911: A Bleriot monoplane flown by Gustave Hamel leaving Brooklands for Brighton. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Pit Safety

Pit Safety
1st April 1908: A mining rescue team wearing safety apparatus. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Southend Beach

Southend Beach
circa 1919: Bathers at Southend enjoying a dip with the security of a rope attatched to their bathing machines. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Motor Union Meeting

Motor Union Meeting
1907: A man ties a band around a woman passengers waist, at the Motor Union motor car meeting in Lincoln. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Strike Breaking

Strike Breaking
30th May 1912: A long line of strike-breaking meat vans on their way to Smithfield with a police escort during the Great Transport Strike. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Welsh Riot

Welsh Riot
25th August 1911: Shops boarded up after looting by Anti-Semitic mobs in Ebbw-Vale and Tredegar in which Jewish shops and property were wrecked. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Hop Kilns

Hop Kilns
16th April 1908: Hop-pickers drive their cart to a demonstration at Maidstone, Kent. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Himalayan Glacier

Himalayan Glacier
1st May 1913: Members of the Bullock Workman expedition in the Himalayas discover the north source of the Siachen glacier. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Expedition Porters

Expedition Porters
1st April 1913: The Bullock Workman expedition and its 100 porters resting on the Sia La at 18, 000 feet in the Himalayas. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Loading Up Apples

Loading Up Apples
1908: Workmen unloading apples from a goods wagon in the sidings of the Great Western Railway at Newton Abbot, Devon, bound for Henley cider works. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: SS Discovery

SS Discovery
1912: Captain Scotts cabin aboard the Discovery. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Rest Home For Horses

Rest Home For Horses
January 1913: The Home of Rest for Horses at Cricklewood, north London, where the horses annual New Year dinner is about to take place. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Post Office Dog

Post Office Dog
August 1908: A postman with Prince, a dog belonging to the post office. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: a Scout

a Scout
1909: An Automobile Association inspector, wearing the Associations new uniform, signals danger by standing at attention. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Himalayas

Himalayas
1st May 1913: The Himalayas as seen by the Bullock Workman expedition. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Flying Boat

Flying Boat
January 1919: A flying boat made by Short Brothers resting in shallow water, at Rochester, Kent. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Race At Windermere

Race At Windermere
August 1912: Runners take part in the Grassmere Sports meet by climbing the wall after the start of the Guides race at Windermere, in the Lake District. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Matlock Bridge Street

Matlock Bridge Street
October 1907: Matlock Bridge at the time of the floods. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Mail Vans

Mail Vans
July 1912: Lines of identical mail vans in a garage in Shoreditch. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Forces Aircraft

Forces Aircraft
28th September 1912: Naval and military aircraft in a line on the airfield at Hendon. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Before Take Off

Before Take Off
5th August 1912: Salmet flying at Southend. A crowd watch the Bleriot monplane prepare for takeoff. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Italian Food Shop

Italian Food Shop
circa 1907: An Italian delicatessen in London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Monoplane In Flight

Monoplane In Flight
25th September 1913: The American monoplane flown by W L Brock at the International Air Race at Hendon. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Information Board

Information Board
August 1910: The information board for the air races at Lanark Aviation Meeting. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Manchester Regiment

Manchester Regiment
23rd March 1914: The Manchester Regiment on the march at Curragh, Ireland. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Aerial Derby

Aerial Derby
6th June 1914: Louis Noel, the winner at the Aerial Derby at Hendon. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Rapid Racer Refuels

Rapid Racer Refuels
1907: A rapid racer is refuelled at the petrol tanks at Brooklands. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Stunt Plane

Stunt Plane
25th September 1913: The Bleriot monoplane used by Pegoud when he flew upside down at Brooklands Motor Racing circuit. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: The French Spad

The French Spad
11th July 1919: The French SPAD competing in the Schneider Cup, the International Seaplane Race held at Bournemouth. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Tuning Piano Organ

Tuning Piano Organ
1907: A man tuning a piano organ in the Italian colony in London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Lanark Hangars

Lanark Hangars
August 1910: The hangars as seen from the grand stand at the Lanark Aviation meeting. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Air Race At Hendon

Air Race At Hendon
August 1913: Pilots Birchenough and Carr flying Grahame-White biplanes in the final race at Hendon. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Take Off

Take Off
18th August 1908: The Bellamy aeroplane at full throttle trying to fly during its trials at Petersham Meadows, Weybridge. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Finish Of Race

Finish Of Race
October 1913: The finish of the race at the Bristol Motor Car Club speed trials at Weston Supermare. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Harbord Cup Race

Harbord Cup Race
25th May 1907: An entry for the Harbord Cup Balloon Race. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Athol Aeroplane

Athol Aeroplane
2nd April 1910: The Blair Athol aeroplane at Eastchurch. It was designed by Dunne and Cody at the Avro Balloon Factory. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Jacobsons Shop

Jacobsons Shop
July 1909: Interior of M Jacobsons showroom, a mens outfitters, in Manchester. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Climbing Aloft

Climbing Aloft
24th July 1911: A spectator climbs onto the roof of a car for a better view at the Harrogate leg of the Round Britain Air Race. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Elephant Ride

Elephant Ride
February 1907: A ride on Dr Jim the elephant at London Zoo. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Lisbon Revolution

Lisbon Revolution
3rd October 1910: A Red Cross Station during the Lisbon Revolution of 1910, which commenced on the 3rd October. Manoel II (1889 - 1932) the King of Portugal

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: A Glass Of Dog

A Glass Of Dog
1st November 1913: A toy terrier in a wine glass exhibited in Berlin. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: High Street

High Street
November 1912: All quiet down a shopping street in Letchworth, Hertfordshire. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: New Forest Ponies

New Forest Ponies
19th October 1911: A group of wild ponies in the New Forest rounded up for the annual sale. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)



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