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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: K2 Submarine

K2 Submarine
1925: HM Submarine K2 at sea. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Liner On Fire

Liner On Fire
1925: The Southern Pacific Companys giant liner Bienville, on fire off the coast of New Orleans. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Biarritz At Sea

Biarritz At Sea
1925: The Southern Railways Cross-Channel steamer Biarritz. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Oil Tanker

Oil Tanker
1927: The first bulk petroleum carrier Paua, owned by the Imperial Oil Company, at sea on trials. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: SS Sheringham

SS Sheringham
1926: The launching of SS Sheringham at Hull Docks. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Liner Departs

Liner Departs
25th July 1925: 100 teachers depart for Canada on the liner Empress of Scotland, for an educational tour of the country. (Photo by MacGregor/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Otranto

Otranto
1925: The Orient liner Otranto in dry dock prior to launch. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Ship Embarkation

Ship Embarkation
1929: The SS Canterbury docked at Calais. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Manoeuvres

Manoeuvres
1926: HMS Iron Duke, HMS Marlborough and HMS Emperor of India during naval manoeuvres at Portland. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Wembley Re-Opens

Wembley Re-Opens
1925: Visitors crossing a bridge at the re-opening of Wembley Stadium, north London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Torpedo Trials

Torpedo Trials
1929: A torpedo being fired from the Chilean destroyer Adea. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: HMS York

HMS York
1928: The liner HMS York after being launched by the Duchess of York at Jarrow-on-Tyne. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Steamer Sinks

Steamer Sinks
1920: The sunken Belgian steamship Ville de Liege, stranded on rocks at the entrance to Dover Harbour. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Demolition

Demolition
1925: A one hundred foot high chimney stack in mid-fall in England. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Seven Day Challenge

Seven Day Challenge
1926: Unskilled builders undertaking a challenge to break the worlds record in house building by trying to build a two storey workmens dwelling in less than seven days

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Dock Strike

Dock Strike
1949: Cars on the Royal Albert Docks waiting to be shipped to South Africa but held up by the London Dock Strike. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Forest Of Steel

Forest Of Steel
1928: The new building above Londons Baker Street Station under construction. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: High Photographer

High Photographer
1928: A press photographer at work in a brick crate, 270 feet above the street, photographing the construction of a new building over Baker Street Station, London

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Cycle Car

Cycle Car
circa 1921: A street scene: the car on the right is a cycle car. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Girder Train

Girder Train
circa 1928: A traction engine towing a giant girder down Farringdon Street, London, in the early hours of the morning. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Strike Traffic

Strike Traffic
1926: Londons traffic confusion on the first day of the General Strike. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: City Workers

City Workers
29th June 1926: Commuters arriving at Liverpool Street Station, London, for work in the City. (Photo by Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Elephant And Castle

Elephant And Castle
circa 1922: Traffic at the Elephant and Castle, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Farm Machinery

Farm Machinery
3rd May 1926: The agricultural tractors and elevators in the machinery yard at Lord Rayleighs farm, Hatfield. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Hay Making

Hay Making
1922: Women loading hay on a farm in Bedford. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Pyrene Factory

Pyrene Factory
September 1930: The Pyrene Company factory. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: HMS Collingwood

HMS Collingwood
April 1913: The battleship, HMS Collingwood, at sea. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Greek Warship

Greek Warship
September 1916: The Greek battleship, Psura, at sea. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: HMS Hibernia

HMS Hibernia
9th May 1912: The HMS Hibernia, with an aeroplane on board, awaits Fleet inspection by King George, at Weymouth harbour. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: HMS Inflexible

HMS Inflexible
17th July 1909: The British battlecruiser HMS Inflexible takes part in a Naval pageant on the river Thames. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: HMS Hannibal

HMS Hannibal
July 1914: The battleship, the HMS Hannibal, ready for Fleet inspection by the King, flying the Union Jack. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: HMS Blenheim

HMS Blenheim
circa 1909: The battleship, the HMS Blenheim, at sea. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Organ Grinders

Organ Grinders
circa 1907: Italians turning barrel organs in the Italian colony in London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Pedestrians Crossing

Pedestrians Crossing
6th August 1912: Pedestrians cross the road in Piccadilly, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Wireless Telegraphy

Wireless Telegraphy
December 1910: Wire attached to the Tower of the Law Courts, to demonstrate wireless telegraphy during the case of Marconi versus Bush Radio Telegraph Company

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Icelandic Bugler

Icelandic Bugler
October 1907: An Icelander blows his bugle for echoes in the mountains. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Road Construction

Road Construction
1909: Workmen lay a foundation of wooden blocks during road construction in Whitehall, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Taxi Crash

Taxi Crash
23rd February 1914: A taxi cab, damaged after skidding on tramlines and mounting the pavement. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Traction Engine

Traction Engine
1908: A traction engine carrying tar spraying equipment, during road repair experiments near Putney, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Piggy-Back Race

Piggy-Back Race
1st December 1905: Members of the Salvation Army farm colony at Hadleigh prepare to take part in a piggy-back race. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Sailors Salute

Sailors Salute
November 1918: Airmen and sailors cheering the King from the aircraft carrier Argus, on his visit to the Fleet at Rosyth, Scotland. The carrier is painted in dazzle camouflage

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Fleet Review

Fleet Review
circa 1914: The British Fleet at Spithead in the Solent for the Kings review with HMS Jupiter in the foreground. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Pre-Race Gathering

Pre-Race Gathering
28th June 1912: A crowd gathers at the start of the Isle of Man Junior Tourist Trophy Race. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Essex Motor Club

Essex Motor Club
30th August 1912: A crowd gathers at the garage of the Eagle Hotel for the start of the Essex Motor Clubs run to York. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Roman Catholic Parade

Roman Catholic Parade
13th September 1908: Crowds watching the procession for the Roman Catholic Eucharist Congress at Westminster. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Badger Hunting

Badger Hunting
October 1908: A whip with a dead badger killed by the hounds during the Grafton Hunts cub hunting. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Letter Box

Letter Box
circa 1910: An elderly lady reaches to post a letter in a postbox fixed to a lamppost. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Mental Welfare

Mental Welfare
23rd October 1913: A general view of the delegates at the National Conference for the Welfare of the Feeble Minded, at the Guildhall in London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)



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