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Topical Press Agency Collection (page 4)

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

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Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Fancy That

Fancy That
2nd September 1926: Two competitors in a fancy dress competition arriving as bride and bridegroom at the fete in Sandown, Isle of Wight. (Photo by E. Bacon/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Tank Capture

Tank Capture
14th December 1927: The crew of a German tank surrendering to the crew of a British tank in a scene from a British film shot in Dorset, England. (Photo by E. Bacon/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Dog Show Entrant

Dog Show Entrant
November 1926: An entrant at the Metropolitan and Essex Canine Society Show at Alexandra Park, London. (Photo by E. Bacon/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Silly Games

Silly Games
2nd June 1928: A group of women playing games, at the Cable companies opening of the sports ground at Tottenham. (Photo by E. Bacon/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Gym Club

Gym Club
13th March 1925: Young women railway clerks swinging Indian clubs in the LNR Railway gymnasium. (Photo by E. Bacon/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Service Station

Service Station
5th August 1927: A new petrol service station at Redhill, Surrey, with rest rooms and smoking rooms. (Photo by E. Bacon/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Local Curiosity

Local Curiosity
3rd January 1927: People from the local town watch a group of mechanics inspect Captain Malcolm Campbells racing car Bluebird during his attempt to break the land speed record at Pendine Sands

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Underground Mail

Underground Mail
Mail in containers are loaded into trains at Mount Pleasant depot in London

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Volunteer Conductor

Volunteer Conductor
A blackleg conductor on one of the LGOC busses during the General Strike. (Photo by E Bacon/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Almanzora

Almanzora
The White Star superliner Olympic (behind) moored next to the Royal Mails Almanzora at Southampton Dock. (Photo by E Bacon/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Deportment Class

Deportment Class
Young debutantes at a deportment school in Kensington, London, are shown the correct and incorrect way to retrieve a handkerchief from the floor in this demonstration

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: First Flying Cinema

First Flying Cinema
Passengers on a German airline watching the first ever in-flight film. (Photo by E Bacon/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Riding Shotgun during the General Strike

Riding Shotgun during the General Strike
6th May 1926: A policeman rides beside a volunteer bus driver during the General Strike. There is barbed wire round the bonnet to stop strikers getting at the driver of the bus which belongs to

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Brighton Beach

Brighton Beach
18th February 1925: Members of the Brighton Swimming Club take advantage of an early summer to visit the beach. (Photo by E. Bacon/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Speedy Estelle

Speedy Estelle
31st May 1928: A Saunders-Napier motor boat, Estelle 1 being manhandled out of a Cowes ship yard. Owner Miss Marion Betty Carstairs is racing it in the British International Trophy Race, Detroit

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: To The Water

To The Water
31st May 1928: Estelle I the Saunder-Napier speedboat which owner Betty Carstairs is racing in the British International Trophy Race at Detroit being manhandled to a launch site at Cowes

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Engineering Students

Engineering Students
24th February 1927: A group of Eton college students watching the star class engine Knight Templar (no. 4019) being lifted at GWRs Swindon works. (Photo by E. Bacon/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Crystal Set

Crystal Set
4th September 1926: Probably the largest crystal set ever made on display at Selfridges. (Photo by E. Bacon/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Reeling Skeins

Reeling Skeins
6th December 1926: Workers at the Rayon Manufacturing Company, who are involved in the production of artificial silk, reel the skeins. (Photo by E. Bacon/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Holiday Puff

Holiday Puff
2nd July 1926: Two bathers enjoy a cigarette on the beach at Lowestoft. (Photo by E. Bacon/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Mobile Phone

Mobile Phone
25th February 1928: Workmen transporting a giant model telephone to Olympia where it will be exhibited at the Ideal Home Exhibition. (Photo by E. Bacon/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Mail Train

Mail Train
1928: Mail in containers being loaded into a train at Mount Pleasant depot, London, 9th February 1928. (Photo by E. Bacon/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Moving Eros

Moving Eros
18th February 1925: Workmen men move the statue of Eros from its plinth in Piccadilly Circus, London. (Photo by E. Bacon/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Weighing Pulp

Weighing Pulp
6th December 1926: Workers at the Rayon Companys factory weighing wood pulp for use in the production of artificial silk. (Photo by E. Bacon/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Bullion Flight

Bullion Flight

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Fleet St Gardener

Fleet St Gardener
June 1925: The Commissionaire watering the flowers at Hoares Bank in Fleet Street, London. (Photo by Kirby/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Strike Over

Strike Over
14th May 1926: Mounted and foot police clearing the streets before the first tram left the New Cross depot at the end of the General Strike. (Photo by Kirby/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Royal Roller

Royal Roller
24th November 1926: A Rolls Royce car which is being used by the Prince of Wales on a tour of Margate and Ramsgate, Kent. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Watson Quads

Watson Quads
A neighbour holding baby quads, three boys and a girl, born to a Mrs Watson of Deptford, London, 30th April 1927. Mrs Watsons husband is a carriage cleaner on the Southern Railway

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Childrens Clothing

Childrens Clothing
2nd April 1925: Children modelling clothes. (Photo by Kirby/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Mannequin Parade

Mannequin Parade
18th June 1925: A striking bathing costume being admired by business girls, during a mannequin parade. (Photo by Kirby/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Drapers Show

Drapers Show
12th November 1926: An exhibition of fashion for men and women, organised by Hursts the drapers in Hyde Park. (Photo by Kirby/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Naval Funeral

Naval Funeral
19th November 1925: A Naval funeral service over the grave of those killed in the submarine M1. Wreaths are being thrown over the stern of the HMS Maidstone

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Shoe Fair

Shoe Fair
5th September 1925: A waitress trying on a pair of the latest shoes at the International Shoe and Leather Fair, London. (Photo by Kirby/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Flying Machine

Flying Machine
6th June 1926: Visitors enjoying an exhilarating ride through space on The Captive Flying Machine, a fairground ride designed by Sir Hiram Maxim at Crystal Palace, south London

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Wedding Fans

Wedding Fans
12th May 1927: Crowds of spectators line the pavements and climb the lamppost at the wedding of the MP for Warrington, Alec Cunningham Reid. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Psychological Test

Psychological Test
19th November 1926: A Girl-Guide undergoing a test at the National Institute of Psychology. (Photo by Kirby/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Exploding Policeman

Exploding Policeman
5th November 1925: A young boy plays a practical joke on a policeman with a rick-rack firework attached to his jacket. (Photo by Kirby/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Table Birds

Table Birds
17th December 1926: Live turkeys, ducks and chickens for sale at the Caledonian Market, London in time for Christmas dinner. (Photo by Kirby/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Rooftop Paparazzi

Rooftop Paparazzi
28th June 1926: Press photographers at work on a roof. (Photo by Kirby/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Shrimping

Shrimping
2nd July 1926: A couple of kids shrimping whilst on holiday. (Photo by Kirby/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: White Macs

White Macs
6th January 1927: A couple of ladies wearing fashionable white mackintoshes in Hyde Park, London. (Photo by Kirby/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Bicester Hunt

Bicester Hunt
2nd November 1929: Children interested in equestrian pursuits, this one, suitably protected from the elements is attending the Bicester Hunt on her Shetland Pony

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Miss Foley

Miss Foley
22nd August 1925: Miss Foley, a competitor in the International Six Days Reliability Trials at Brooklands. (Photo by Kirby/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Political Cinema

Political Cinema
8th August 1925: The Conservative and Unionist Central Offices begin a tour of the country with a van converted to a cinema on wheels. (Photo by Kirby/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Golfing Outfits

Golfing Outfits
13th June 1927: Two women modelling fashionable outfits for playing golf at Moor Park Golf Club. (Photo by Kirby/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Tuck Shop

Tuck Shop
23rd December 1925: Miss Houd, who runs the tuck shop at Westminster School, London. (Photo by Kirby/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: New World Cooker

New World Cooker
2nd December 1926: A woman demonstrating the Radiation `New World Gas Cooker. Decades - 1920s - 1249 61 (Photo by Kirby/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)



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