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Topical Press Agency Collection (#45)

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

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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

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Plane Parts

Plane Parts
March 1916: The mechanical workings of a bi-plane at Hendon Flying School. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Lifeboat Drill

Lifeboat Drill
Lifeboats being tested on board the Cunard liner Aquitania

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Charabancs

Charabancs
August 1922: A fleet of charabancs seen from the air. They are lined up past a banner reading Foresters High Court. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Paper

Paper
March 1907: Rolls of paper from mills arriving at Marylebone for newspaper printing. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Deck Of Endurance

Deck Of Endurance
July 1914: Looking aft, the main deck of SS Endurance during preparations for Ernest Shackletons Antarctic expedition at Millwall Docks. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: The Vat House

The Vat House
1908: The vat house at Henley and Sons Cider makers in Newton Abbot in Devon. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Horse Lift

Horse Lift
8th December 1913: Workmen take a horse up to the roof by lift, to help clear away the debris after a fire in this Berlin factory. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Kingsway Construction

Kingsway Construction
1905: The construction site at Kingsway, central London, before building operations were commenced. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Cabs At Charing Cross

Cabs At Charing Cross
Cabs and carriages waiting outside Charing Cross station, London, as seen from Northumberland Avenue

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Glasshouses

Glasshouses
1st May 1908: Glass cloches at a fruit and vegetable farm in England. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Tree Transplant

Tree Transplant
1907: A tree is moved in toto on a timber carriage, drawn by a team of five horses, to be transplanted elswhere. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Windsor Castle

Windsor Castle
11th November 1907: Decorations at the entrance to Windsor Castle to mark the visit of Kaiser Wilhelm II. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Road Spraying

Road Spraying
May 1908: A tar spraying machine surfacing a road. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Waterworks

Waterworks
May 1909: A lock in the waterworks at Hampton Wick. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Expecting The Worst

Expecting The Worst
Main street in Ton-y-Pandy with shops barricaded during the strikes and riots at Glamorgan Coliery

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Wood For Paper

Wood For Paper
circa 1950: Wood pulp at the storage depot of the Imperial Paper Mills at Gravesend, Kent, awaits transformation into paper. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Trial In Scotland

Trial In Scotland
June 1908: A car taking part in the RAC and SAC Trial approaches Frinagow Hill, on the Glasgow to Aberdeen run. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Bamboo Jungle

Bamboo Jungle
Three young girls outside a plantation which provides 10, 000, 000 canes of bamboo, near Bodmin in Cornwall

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Lydia Ward

Lydia Ward in Guys Hospital, London

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Tube Train

Tube Train
Interior of an all-steel London underground train

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Fencing Equipment

Fencing Equipment
A collection of fencing equipment

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Airship Balloon

Airship Balloon
circa 1930: The balloon of an airship when inflated floats in its hangar. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Bus Traffic

Bus Traffic
June 1912: Traffic at Charing Cross in London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Plane Crash

Plane Crash
A crowd gathered around the wreckage of Lincoln Beacheys crashed aeroplane, at Ascot Park, Los Angeles, California

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Holiday Time

Holiday Time
Holiday makers sitting on the sands at Clacton-on-Sea, Essex

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Steam Lorry

Steam Lorry
November 1923: A steam traction engine with a broken rear axle in Pall Mall, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Crevasse Crossers

Crevasse Crossers
December 1910: Three mountaineers crossing a crevsasse on the Pers Glacier in the Alps. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Trolley Accident

Trolley Accident
A trolley car hanging over a bridge after coming off the tracks into the Desplaines River on the outskirts of Chicago at Lyons, Illinois

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Frame Of Zeppelin

Frame Of Zeppelin
February 1919: The wooden frame of a zeppelin under construction at Short Brothers Works. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Olympia Aero Show

Olympia Aero Show
14th March 1914: Display stands at the Aero Show, Olympia, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Rowing Race

Rowing Race
A view of the Head of the River Race from Barnes Bridge, London

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Making Buttons

Making Buttons
circa 1909: Workers in a Birmingham button factory packaging the finished product. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Baseball Crowd

Baseball Crowd
A crowd at a baseball match in New York. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Grain Boats

Grain Boats
November 1918: Boats carrying grain on the Great Lakes. (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: Scottish Shipyard

Scottish Shipyard
The Cunard luxury liner Aquitania surrounded by scaffolding while under construction at the Clydebank shipyard owned by John Brown & Company

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Dornier Flying Boat

Dornier Flying Boat
circa 1930: The Do R4 Dornier Flying Boat invented by German pioneer Claude Dornier (1884 - 1969). (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Smoke Helmet

Smoke Helmet
circa 1908: A fireman from the London Fire Brigade, wearing a smoke helmet. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Top Down View

Top Down View
July 1907: A photograph taken from above of a man walking upstairs. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)



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