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Topical Press Agency Collection (#46)

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

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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)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Matches And Fag Ends

Matches And Fag Ends
The matches and fag ends box at the Embankment Fellowship Centre, London, a night centre, canteen and recreational facility for ex-service men over 45-years of age

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Royal Tournament

Royal Tournament
The Physical Training Display by the combined Womens Services (WRNS, WRAC and WRAF), during the Royal Tournament at Earls Court, London

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: King Charles Spaniel

King Charles Spaniel
17th March 1914: Lady Cynthia Grahams King Charles Spaniel watches the presentation of shamrock to Irish Guards at Wellington Barracks from the comfort of her car

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: Point Of Impact

Point Of Impact
2nd October 1916: A group of men cluster round a dent in the grass caused by a falling body at a zeppelin crash site in Potters Bar. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Motor Badge

Motor Badge
11th January 1917: A hackney carriage with a new licensed motor badge. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Take Off

Take Off
March 1916: A bi-plane taking off from the airfield at Hendon Flying School. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Bi-Plane Parts

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

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: Bi-Plane

Bi-Plane
March 1916: A bi-plane on the airfield at Hendon Flying School. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: A Days Rations

A Days Rations
August 1916: A days food rations for a German prisoner in Britain. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Saw Mill

Saw Mill
July 1916: Steam saw mills at Virginia Water, Surrey, being used by the Canadian Forestry Battalion to process timber. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: For The Fallen

For The Fallen
August 1916: A memorial to the war dead at St Judes, Hampstead. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: One-Legged Race

One-Legged Race
July 1916: A very literal one-legged race held during a garden party for wounded soldiers at Roehampton House. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: U-Boat At Sheerness

U-Boat At Sheerness
July 1916: Mines on the deck of the captured German submarine UC5, moored at Sheerness. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: On A Flooded Road

On A Flooded Road
December 1915: A car driving down a flooded road in Berkshire. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Junior Car Club Race

Junior Car Club Race
August 1922: Contestants taking part in the Junior Car Club 200 mile race at Brooklands. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: I Need A Drink

I Need A Drink
14th July 1926: A horse getting a drink on a hot day in London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: London Store

London Store
January 1924: The DH Evans shop on Oxford Street, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Wheel Locks

Wheel Locks
Circa 1650, Wheel locks for guns. Top: chiselled in relief upon a punched ground, (c1710). Middle: engraved with a lion hunt; (c1650). Bottom: engraved, c1650

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Chinese Earth Spirit

Chinese Earth Spirit
Circa 750 AD, An earth spirit with a human face, horns and wings on a horses body on show at an exhibition of art of the Tang Dynasty, (618 - 907 AD), held in 1955

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Pamela

Pamela
1744, Pamela Tells A Nursery Tale, an illustration of Richardsons Pamela, by Joseph Highmore, on show at the Royal Academy Exhibition of British Art

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Ovis Poli

Ovis Poli
Circa 750 AD, On show at the 8th Antique Dealers Fair at Grosvenor House, London, is a stone head of the Tang Dynasty period found at Hupeh in northern China, entitled Ovis Poli

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: 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: Maternity Ward

Maternity Ward
15th November 1912: A ward at the Rotunda Maternity Hospital in Dublin. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Paddington Pool

Paddington Pool
January 1909: Paddington Public Baths, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Sidford Hill

Sidford Hill
A car makes its way up a hill at Sidford in Devon

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Horse-Drawn Bus

Horse-Drawn Bus
July 1907: Passengers on a horse-drawn bus. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Irish Rail Strike

Irish Rail Strike
The timber yard where the Irish Railway Strike began

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Pub In Floodwater

Pub In Floodwater
3rd February 1953: The Lord Nelson public house on the outskirts of Sittingbourne, Kent, surrounded by floodwater some ten feet deep. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Water Course

Water Course
9th August 1911: A motorcyclist tackles the water course during the Auto Cycle Union Reliability Trials. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Hounds Arriving

Hounds Arriving
A pack of hounds pouring off a railway wagon at Aston Hall, Nottingham

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: Caterham Road

Caterham Road
A pedestrian using the underpass to avoid the traffic at Caterham in south east England

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: Antibiotic Plant

Antibiotic Plant
Technicians at Europes newest and most modern antibiotic plant on its opening day. The plant in Sandwich, Kent, cost ?2, 500, 000 to establish and manufactures Terramycin, Tetracyn

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Festival Of Empire

Festival Of Empire
May 1911: Children singing the national anthem in front of a huge audience for the Festival of Empire at Crystal Palace, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Traction Engine

Traction Engine
1908: A traction engine carrying tar spraying equipment, during road repair experiments near Putney, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Road Foundations

Road Foundations
Workmen using old salmon tins and other assorted containers for road foundations in Euston Road, London

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Road Construction

Road Construction
Workmen renovating Londons road surfaces by cleaning old road stones



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