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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: Pension Grandeur

Pension Grandeur
circa 1912: The central courtyard inside the Pension Office Building, Washington DC. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Boat Race

Boat Race
3rd July 1929: Thames Rowing Club beating Courtenay Lodge Rowing Club in the Wyfold cup race on the first day of the Henley regatta in Oxfordshire. (Photo by Edward G)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Henley Regatta

Henley Regatta
30th June 1926: Crowds at the Henley regatta watch the rowing race from the banks of the Thames. (Photo by Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Rubbing Noses

Rubbing Noses
September 1922: A horse and her foal rub noses at a horse show. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: British Tank

British Tank
18th March 1926: A British tank used in World War I is hoisted aboard the Cunard SS Vardulia at the King George V dock in London. It is to be shipped to Cornell University in New York. (Photo by E)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Strathmore Home

Strathmore Home
January 1923: St Paul s, Waldenburt, Hertfordshire, the country home of the Earl of Strathmore. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Fenchurch Track

Fenchurch Track
August 1924: The railway track outside Fenchurch Street station in London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Irish Rail Strike

Irish Rail Strike
25th September 1911: British troops marching into Dublin during the Irish Railway Strike. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Camping Trip

Camping Trip
3rd August 1934: A group of schoolboys arrive at Londons Waterloo Station with their camping equipment, ready to set off on holiday to Devon

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Evacuation

Evacuation
January 1922: Troops gather at the rails as their ship sails away. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Empty Station

Empty Station
25th September 1911: The deserted station at North Wall, Dublin, during the Irish Railway Strike. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Transatlantic Flight

Transatlantic Flight
May 1919: The US Navy NC4 flying boat (biplane) ready for its first transatlantic flight. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Union Rally

Union Rally
4th April 1914: Stock market workers show their support for the Unionist cause in Ireland during the Great Ulster rally at Hyde Park in London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Postal Vans

Postal Vans
June 1911: A row of General Post Office Mail Motor Vans and a steam traction engine. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Coronation Engine

Coronation Engine
5th May 1911: The Coronation engine at the London and North Western Railway Works in Crewe being moved outside to be completed. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Dublin Rising

Dublin Rising
May 1916: The remains of Liberty Hall, headquarters of the Transport Workers Union and the Irish Citizen Army, after the violence of the Easter Rising in Dublin

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Anti Home Rule

Anti Home Rule
25th September 1912: Armed Unionists marching through Portadown in Ulster to demonstrate aginst Home Rule. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Earthquake Damage

Earthquake Damage
January 1909: The aftermath of an earthquake at Reggio, in the Catania province of Sicily. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Tool Of The Trade

Tool Of The Trade
11th March 1949: A press camera. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Howth Funeral

Howth Funeral
29th July 1914: Mourners pay their respects to the victims of the massacre at Bachelors Walk, where the Kings Own Scottish Borderers killed three and injured thirty civilians in frustration

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Coronation Engine

Coronation Engine
5th May 1911: The Coronation engine at the London and North Western Railway Works in Crewe. The workmen are fitting the body of the steam engine to the bogie (the under carriage section with wheels)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Hairpin Race

Hairpin Race
September 1925: Small engined racing cars lined up for a motor-obstacle race at Brooklands. They have to navigate 130 hairpin bends in 200 miles at an average of 80mph

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Cinema Lights

Cinema Lights
July 1929: The lit-up exterior of the Empire Theatre cinema in Leicester Square, London. (Photo by J. Gaiger/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Trafalgar Crowd

Trafalgar Crowd
June 1919: A huge crowd in Trafalgar Square, London, during the launch of the Peace And Joy loan. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Lifeboat Depot

Lifeboat Depot
4th March 1924: The stores and depot of the Roral National Lifeboat Institution in Poplar. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Stalbridge Dock

Stalbridge Dock
circa 1926: Ships at Stalbridge Dock, in Garston, Liverpool. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: The Bourse

The Bourse
circa 1913: Refuse carts outside the Bourse, the French stock exchange, in Paris. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Charity Ward

Charity Ward
February 1913: The Charity Ward, Guys Hospital, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Reichs Bank

Reichs Bank
circa 1915: The Reichs Bank, Berlin. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Guys Library

Guys Library
February 1913: The library at Guys Hospital, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Snowdon Climb

Snowdon Climb
17th April 1933: A group of women wearing the Welsh national costume look at the view from the summit of Snowdon, North Wales. (Photo by J. A. Hampton/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Cultivator

Cultivator
6th October 1932: The Cultivator, an invention by Mr Fishleigh, demonstrates its ability to remove weeds and prepare the soil for sowing at the Duke of Connaughts Estate at Bagshot, Surrey

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Collision Damage

Collision Damage
February 1928: The damaged bows of the soviet ship Tovarisch, after its collision with Italian steamer Alcantara off Dungeoness. It is feared that the Alcantara is sunk with all hands

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Cocoon Collecting

Cocoon Collecting
January 1907: Two men balanced on a ladder collecting cocoons from a tree to prevent them hatching and causing a plague of caterpillars in Hyde Park. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Colliery Disaster

Colliery Disaster
February 1908: A crowd waiting anxiously outside the perimeter fence of Hampstead Colliery for survivors of a disaster in the mine. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Royal Show

Royal Show
1907: The grand entrance to the Royal Agricultural Show yard in Lincoln as people arrive with their horses and traps. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Lincoln Festival

Lincoln Festival
1907: Crowds lining the decorated streets of Lincoln during the Royal Agricultural Show. A decorated celebrating the towns wealth dominates the street. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Early Racing Cars

Early Racing Cars
6th June 1907: Racing cars with their drivers at Brooklands racing track before competing in the second heat of the Marcel Renault Plate. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Open Air Skating

Open Air Skating
1st February 1908: A busy open-air skating rink with a spectators stand in the Swiss valley town of Davos. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Safely Dry

Safely Dry
October 1922: The yacht Ara in dry dock. The yacht, owned by millionaire William K. Vanderbilt, is currently overdue in New York harbour by four days

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Colt Nap

Colt Nap
22nd May 1952: A two week old Clydesdale foal asleep after winning a rosette for second prize at a Hertfordshire Agricultural Show. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Curiosity

Curiosity
March 1929: Clydesdale foals interested in a ranch cat at the Prince of Wales ranch in Pekisko, Alberta. (Photo by Mr W. J. E./Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Auckland Harbour

Auckland Harbour
17th February 1927: Warehouses and processing plants in Aucklands harbour district. (Photo by S. C. Smith/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: French Grand Prix

French Grand Prix
13th July 1913: Morgan MacMinnies passes the grandstand on his last lap in the French Grand Prix. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: New Year Crowd

New Year Crowd
1st January 1924: A crowd of people outside St. Pauls Cathedral, London celebrating New Years Eve. (Photo by Stevens /Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Bembridge Regatta

Bembridge Regatta
30th August 1935: The start of the dinghy race, with a record 42 entrants, at the Bembridge Sailing Regatta and annual meeting, Isle of Wight. (Photo by G. Adams/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Funeral Procession

Funeral Procession
May 1915: The funeral procession after the railway crash at Gretna Green in Scotland, where 158 soldiers were killed. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Sale Street

Sale Street
December 1923: Sale Street in Londons Bethnal Green. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)



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