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Topical Press Agency Collection (page 37)

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

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Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Sleeping Car

Sleeping Car
circa 1918: The sleeping car of an American train built by the Great Eastern Railway. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Cleaning Carriages

Cleaning Carriages
August 1908: London & South Western Railway carriages are cleaned using industrial vacuum cleaners. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Hunting Beagles

Hunting Beagles
4th October 1906: The Worcester Park Harriers hunt hares with their beagles. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Huntsgirl

Huntsgirl
October 1907: A young girl prepares to join the fox hunt at Caldscote Hall. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Spectator Sport

Spectator Sport
1st April 1907: A group of hunters watch from the banks of the river during a meet of the Hawkston Otter Hounds. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Hunt Crowds

Hunt Crowds
5th November 1909: Crowds at the Quorn Meet at Kirkby Gate. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Bramham Hunt

Bramham Hunt
12th October 1908: The Bramham Moor Hunt meet outside the Harewood Arms in preparation for the afternoons fox hunt. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Bicester Hunt

Bicester Hunt
1st March 1907: Riders from the Bicester Hounds pursue their quarry over the fields near Cadycot. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Rabbit Shoot

Rabbit Shoot
29th January 1908: Four men carrying dead rabbits return from their hunting at Burnham-on-Crouch. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Cottesmere Hunt

Cottesmere Hunt
1st November 1908: The hounds and riders of the Cottesmere Hunt out on a meet. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Shipping Disaster

Shipping Disaster
29th May 1914: Crowds gather to read the latest newsheet, following the sinking of the Empress of Ireland, with great loss of life. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: The Storstad

The Storstad
circa 1910: The Norwegian cruiser the Storstad, which collided with the liner, the Empress of Ireland. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Postponed Match

Postponed Match
11th December 1914: A variety artist dressed in costume with a sign around his neck notifying people of the postponement due to bad weather of the football match between Jockeys

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Ships Launch

Ships Launch
14th January 1914: HM Canadian custom cruiser, Margaret, on the slips at Southampton docks, showing screws. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: First Aid Yeomanry

First Aid Yeomanry
11th June 1909: Two women from the First Aid Yeomanry take part in horse jumping exercises while at camp in Lee. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Ambulance Interior

Ambulance Interior
1906: A view of the inside of a police ambulance. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Tube Escalator

Tube Escalator
30th July 1912: The escalator on the Central London Railway extension at Liverpool Street Station. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: River Hunt

River Hunt
circa 1910: Two members of the Dumfriesshire Otter Hounds follow their dogs along the river. Otter hounds have been bred for hunting since the 12th century

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Bicester Meet

Bicester Meet
November 1908: The Bicester Hunt gathers for a day of fox hunting. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Clay Mine

Clay Mine
1912: A china clay mine in Burngollow, showing the drying kilns and ridings for loading. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: High Flyer

High Flyer
March 1924: A canine aviator ready for action. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: East End Market

East End Market
October 1928: Market traders at Spitalfields Market, London. (Photo by J. Gaiger/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Lining The Decks

Lining The Decks
circa 1907: People lining the decks of the Torrington, at Cardiff docks, when they were officially opened by the King and Queen. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Boot Shiner

Boot Shiner
November 1907: A man has his boots cleaned by an automatic penny in the slot boot polishing machine. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Bomb Site

Bomb Site
October 1940: Middle Temple Hall, bomb damaged during an air raid. (Photo by Hudson/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Darlington Station

Darlington Station
22nd June 1925: Darlington North Road railway station, Yorkshire. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Old Havana

Old Havana
March 1927: A street in the old district of Havana, Cuba. (Photo by J. B. Helsby/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: O Connell Street 1922

O Connell Street 1922
July 1922: The Gresham Hotel in O Connell Street, Dublin in flames during the Irish Civil War. (Photo by Brooke/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Four Courts Siege

Four Courts Siege
June 1922: Crowds gather outside the Irish Law Courts in Dublin where the anti-treaty section of the IRA have established their headquarters during the Irish Civil War

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Elephant Hotel

Elephant Hotel
1907: Elephant Hotel in Atlantic City, New Jersey. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Winter Seas

Winter Seas
4th January 1934: Rough seas at Hastings on Englands south coast. (Photo by A. Hudson/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Beachcombers

Beachcombers
19th October 1936: Beachcombers at Brighton diligently searching for anything thrown up by the rough sea. (Photo by E. Dean/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Loaded Cart

Loaded Cart
13th September 1907: Farmers loading an overladen cart with hay during harvest. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Rail Hospital

Rail Hospital
May 1918: Interior of a South Western Railways ambulance train at Eastleigh, Hampshire. (Photo by V. M. Palmer/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Waterloo Station

Waterloo Station
May 1922: Trains alongside platforms at Waterloo Station, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Rail Clinic

Rail Clinic
May 1918: Interior of a South Western Railways ambulance train at Eastleigh, Hampshire. (Photo by V. M. Palmer/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Rail Crash

Rail Crash
22nd August 1910: A railway carriage is damaged after a smash at Victoria Station, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Rail Ambulance

Rail Ambulance
May 1918: Interior of an American ambulance train. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Motorboat At Sea

Motorboat At Sea
August 1905: Napier II, a member of the British Motorboat Club, travelling at speed off the Isle of Wight at Sea View. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Otter Hunt

Otter Hunt
1911: A hunting party following the Northern Counties Otter Hounds across a river to reach the kill. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Waterfall

Waterfall
August 1910: A waterfall in the Aareschlucht, Switzerland. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Otter Hounds

Otter Hounds
1911: The Northern Counties Otter Hounds at work on the edge of a river, trying to find the kill. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Climbing Rural Road

Climbing Rural Road
11th August 1911: Motorcyclists with an Indian sidecar climbing up a country road during the 3rd day of the Auto Cycle Union Reliability Trials. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Early Motor-Car

Early Motor-Car
8th March 1905: An early motor-car at Hopwell Hall. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Swiss Funicular

Swiss Funicular
August 1910: The funicular which runs up Sonnenberg near Lucerne. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Mercedes In Yorks

Mercedes In Yorks
August 1911: A 75 Mercedes taking part in a Yorkshire Automobile Club hill climbing competition. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Harriers Riding

Harriers Riding
23rd October 1906: Peppard Farmers Harriers riding in single file in the countryside at Wyfold Grange. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Aareschlucht

Aareschlucht
August 1910: The river Aareschlucht, in Switzerland, passing through a rock canyon. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)



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