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Topical Press Agency Collection (#44)

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

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Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Fitting Gun Sights

Fitting Gun Sights
9th January 1930: Workers at the Bristol Aeroplane Co works at Filton, Gloucester, fitting controls and calibrating the gun sights of the Bristol Bulldog

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: SS Beaverford

SS Beaverford
29th May 1929: Canadian merchant ship the SS Beaverford tied up in Surrey Common Docks, London. (Photo by Edward G. Malindine/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Great Sphinx

Great Sphinx
December 1936: The Great Sphinx of Giza, representing a guardian deity in Egyptian mythology, with the body of a lion and the head of a woman. (Photo by David Savill/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Holborn Street

Holborn Street
25th July 1912: A street in Holborn, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Travel Information

Travel Information
17th August 1913: The indicator board showing train arrivals and departures at Charing Cross Railway Station in London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Tilling The Soil

Tilling The Soil
30th March 1917: A woman guides a plough over a field at Cambridge University Farm. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Fetch The Flag

Fetch The Flag
April 1917: Bruno the dog carries a flag in his mouth on America Day in London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Spring Time

Spring Time
April 1917: Sheep and their lambs graze in a field above Dartmouth College, a naval college at the mouth of the River Dart in Devon. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Clive Of India

Clive Of India
23rd November 1916: Workmen taking down a statue of Lord Robert Clive, the British governor of Bengal who established British rule in India. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Empire Day

Empire Day
May 1916: Crowds at St Pauls Cathedral for Empire Day celebrations. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Verdun Nuts

Verdun Nuts
15th December 1916: A chest of acorns and chestnuts from Verdun. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Music Lovers

Music Lovers
1st October 1916: A huge crowd gathers to hear Republican bands playing on the Horse Guards Parade, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Plough The Park

Plough The Park
19th January 1917: Ploughing land in Richmond Park to help the war effort. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: U-Boat In Britain

U-Boat In Britain
July 1916: The captured German submarine UC5 moored at Sheerness. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Chinatown

Chinatown
April 1911: A street in Limehouse, Londons Chinatown. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Ballooning Race

Ballooning Race
25th May 1907: Ballons are brought out for the Ballooning Ranelagh Race for the Harbord Cup. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Hemispherical

Hemispherical
Circa 1580, A Hemispherical, made by Hyeroimus Vulperica, in 1580, part of a complete collection of 16th century astronomical

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Desk Telephones

Desk Telephones
A candlestick design telephone and a later cradle telephone side by side in a busy office

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Haymarket Traffic

Haymarket Traffic
10th August 1911: Traffic in the Haymarket, central London, the day after the Carlton Hotel fire. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Matlock Bridge Street

Matlock Bridge Street
October 1907: Matlock Bridge at the time of the floods. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: High Street

High Street
November 1912: All quiet down a shopping street in Letchworth, Hertfordshire. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Race At Windermere

Race At Windermere
August 1912: Runners take part in the Grassmere Sports meet by climbing the wall after the start of the Guides race at Windermere, in the Lake District. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: In Piccadilly Circus

In Piccadilly Circus
1st January 1925: Traffic in Piccadilly Circus. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Ouside Underground

Ouside Underground
10th April 1917: Disappearing into the distance, the track of an underground railway extension to Watford is actually overground. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Aviation Meet

Aviation Meet
Motor Car stuck in mud on Aviation Ground at the Lanmark Avaition Meet

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Park Lunch

Park Lunch
March 1912: A group of school children having a lunch time picnic and relaxing on deck chairs in Regents Park, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Country Drivers

Country Drivers
A convoy of cars drive through the mountains at Glenshee during a motor trial. Motor trials have been a popular sport since the invention of the car

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Henley Picnic

Henley Picnic
Spectators in punts on the Thames watching the Henley Regatta at lunchtime

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Oban Regatta

Oban Regatta
12th September 1912: Lord Inverclydes yacht Emerald in Oban harbour during the Oban Regatta. Oban now hosts the annual Tennents West Highland Week

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Horse Stalls

Horse Stalls
May 1911: Empty horse stables following the demise of the horse bus. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: London Ski Jump

London Ski Jump
Competitors jump off a special superstructure at Hampstead Heath during the London Ski-jumping competition. The superstructure, 62 feet high, was specially erected for the competition

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Ice Manufacturing

Ice Manufacturing
26th March 1907: The compressor inside the engine room of an ice factory. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: LMR Train

LMR Train
London Midland Regional Railways locomotive, the City of Edinburgh gets a new coat of paint

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: City Fathers

City Fathers
The City Fathers being photographed by a woman before leaving for the Lord Mayors Show

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Lord Mayors Show

Lord Mayors Show
9th November 1912: The Lord Mayors Show procession passing over Ludgate Hill, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Parading Aussies

Parading Aussies
An Australian float at the Lord Mayors Show, London

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Carriage Works

Carriage Works
September 1911: The bogie shop at the London and North Western Railway carriage works. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Black Suede Shoes

Black Suede Shoes
A pair of black suede open-toed bow court shoes from Switzerland. These are just some of the items on display in Lilley & Skinners Brixton Road shoe shop, London, during its spring window fashion show

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Insurance Offices

Insurance Offices
The general offices of the Chartered Insurance Institute at Aldermanbury, London

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Leopard Breakfast

Leopard Breakfast
circa 1935: A Leopard in the Bostock and Wombbells Menagerie watches for his keeper to bring his breakfast. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Abandoning Ship

Abandoning Ship
30th August 1909: Passengers transfer from the Cunard liner SS Mauretania to the ships tender, before reaching the shore at Fishguard, Pembroke. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Majestic Vessel

Majestic Vessel
The massive liner Majestic (former Hamburg America line vessel Bismarck) in South Boston dock, Massachusetts shortly after entering service as a White Star vessel

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Cornish Seaweed

Cornish Seaweed
1935: The gathering of seaweed with St Michaels Mount in the background. (Photo by Hudson/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Strikers Protest

Strikers Protest
1st July 1907: Trollies loaded with paper, upset by the striking Belfast dockers. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Sponge Farm

Sponge Farm
Loading sponges for transport in Key West, Florida

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: British Topical Press Agency (1903 - 1957)

British Topical Press Agency (1903 - 1957)
Fine Art Storehouse Vintage Photo Gallery: Press Photography: British Topical Press Agency (1903 - 1957)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Breaking Seas

Breaking Seas
People watching the huge seas breaking over Portsmouth Harbour

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: V&A Toys

V&A Toys
Toys manufactured by wounded soldiers on display at a British Industries Exhibition in the Victoria and Albert Museum, London



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