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

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Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Cornish Ceremony

Cornish Ceremony
27th July 1926: Under the will of the late John Knill of St Ives, Cornwall, every five years a number of young girls and elderly women must dance around his mauseleum

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Guards Band

Guards Band
15th August 1928: The 1st Battalion Prince of Wales Volunteers leaving Waterloo Station headed by the Guards Band, on their way to Buckingham Palace

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Cold Whippet

Cold Whippet
8th February 1957: A whippet named Briarcliffe Belita wrapped up to keep warm at the Crufts Dog Show at Olympia, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Wembley Spidermen

Wembley Spidermen
1924: Workmen engaged on the construction of one of the Mosques for the Wembley exhibition. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Skiing By Pony

Skiing By Pony
2nd January 1908: A skier being pulled by a pony. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Cole Abbey

Cole Abbey
May 1920: A view of St Nicholas Cole Abbey in Fish Street, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Torquay Trains

Torquay Trains
circa 1922: A general view of Torquay railway station. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: The Edinburgh Castle

The Edinburgh Castle
circa 1948: The RMS Edinburgh Castle in Southampton docks prior to leaving on her maiden voyage. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Princess Maud

Princess Maud
circa 1923: The Star Class Princess Maud receiving some last minute attention before setting out from Paddington Station, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Marshalling Yard

Marshalling Yard
circa 1921: The Midland Station yard at Bradford, Yorkshire. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Trackless Train

Trackless Train
1926: A trackless train leaving King George V Dock for London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: River Police

River Police
circa 1921: Waterloo police station, on the bank of the River Thames, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Railcar

Railcar
1928: The Clayton Steam Coach. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: The King George

The King George
July 1927: The King George V locomotive engine leaving Paddington Station for a non-stop trial run to Plymouth. (Photo by Kirby/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: One-Way Street

One-Way Street
circa 1926: A street at Drake Circus, Plymouth, where traffic has been converted to a one-way system. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Sand Yachting

Sand Yachting
19th April 1927: A sand yacht at the Easter meeting of the New City Sand Yachting Club at Bognor Regis. (Photo by Kirby/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Flying In Formation

Flying In Formation
June 1930: The RAFs 35th Squadron, flying in formation, during rehearsals for the Hendon Air Display. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: RAF In Egypt

RAF In Egypt
12th February 1925: A formation of RAF Vickers Vinny aeroplanes, flying low over the Pyramids in a demonstration to Egyptians. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Up Turned Car

Up Turned Car
circa 1936: A group of school children examining an up-turned car lying on the pavement in Tufnell Park, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: A Wedding Car

A Wedding Car
circa 1938: The back of a taxi, with the traditional Just Married slogan witten in snow on the window. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: British Museum Tank

British Museum Tank
circa 1938: A tank standing on a pile of earth outside the British Museum, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Balloon Jumping

Balloon Jumping
circa 1927: Englands first tests of a new sport called balloon jumping. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Fallen Poles

Fallen Poles
circa 1926: Telegraph poles which were ripped down during a tornado. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Rough Seas

Rough Seas
circa 1925: Children dodging the waves and spray during high seas in Massachusetts. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Wrecked Cars

Wrecked Cars
circa 1924: Several cars swept into Lake Erie during a tornado. Two of the occupants were drowned. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Autumn In The Park

Autumn In The Park
circa 1925: Gardeners in Hyde Park cleaning leaves and trimming trees. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Wrecked Pier

Wrecked Pier
circa 1923: The earthquake damage at Kobi Pier. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Snow Plume

Snow Plume
circa 1927: A huge cloud of snow being thrown up by a newly developed locomotive snow plough which scoops up and throws clear any snow in its path. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Bloomsbury Damage

Bloomsbury Damage
circa 1925: A general view of the extensive damage caused by a gas explosion in High Holborn, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Windmill

Windmill
circa 1925: A windmill on the polderland (land reclaimed from water) in Holland. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: General Strike Food Convoy, May 1926

General Strike Food Convoy, May 1926
9th May 1926: An armoured car escorts spirit wagons through Aldgate, watched by interested bystanders during the General Strike

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Air Pageant

Air Pageant
circa 1927: A line of aeroplanes awaiting rehearsals for Hendon Air Pageant. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Monarchist Parade

Monarchist Parade
31st August 1926: A monarchist demonstration at Nuremberg which was organised in commemoration of the Imperial Army. (Photo by Grandery/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Busy Shoppers

Busy Shoppers
circa 1922: A crowd of shoppers outside the Louvre de Paris in Oxford Circus. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Nice Carnival

Nice Carnival
circa 1925: A float in the opening procession at the Nice Carnival. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Fair Scene

Fair Scene
circa 1925: A general view of the amusement park at Wembley Stadium, during the Exhibition opened by the King. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Coaling

Coaling
circa 1922: Coal being loaded onto the Homeric. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Ascot Sunday

Ascot Sunday
circa 1923: The photograph shows holiday makers boating down the Thames at Boulters Lock, on Ascot Sunday. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Flying Boats

Flying Boats
circa 1925: A flying boat ride at a fair on Londons Hampstead Heath. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Cement Mixer

Cement Mixer
circa 1925: Workmen repairing a road, with the aid of a cement mixer. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Southampton Dock

Southampton Dock
20th June 1928: An aerial view of Southampton Dock. (Photo by Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Beach Umbrellas

Beach Umbrellas
circa 1934: Two holiday-makers standing under umbrellas on the beach at Lowestoft. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Capital Flying Visit

Capital Flying Visit
1st August 1928: The flying boat Calcutta, lands on the Thames, outside the Houses of Parliament, after its flight from Rochester to Westminster. (Photo by Brooke/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Racer Rollercoaster

Racer Rollercoaster
2nd May 1938: The undulating Giant Racer rollercoaster ride at Bellahouston Amusement Park in Glasgow. The amusement park formed part of the Empire Exhibition at Bellahouston Park which offered a

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Bathing Mask

Bathing Mask
1921: A woman wearing a bathing mask. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: SS America

SS America
1926: The SS America on fire while being refitted at New York harbour. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Gas Masks

Gas Masks
7th April 1927: Scots Guards trying on their gas masks before sailing to China. (Photo by E. Bacon/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: MI Submarine

MI Submarine
1925: The MI submarine which disappeared in the English Channel with the loss of 68 lives. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)



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