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Topical Press Agency Collection (#47)

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

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Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Dockside Cranes

Dockside Cranes
circa 1907: Cranes for unloading coal on the new export side of Cardiff docks. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: HMS Queen Elizabeth

HMS Queen Elizabeth
16th November 1913: The HMS Queen Elizabeth leaves the slips at Portsmouth docks on her launching. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Lifeboat Launch

Lifeboat Launch
The launching of the Newquay lifeboat

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Hunt Crowds

Hunt Crowds
5th November 1909: Crowds at the Quorn Meet at Kirkby Gate. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Hay Making

Hay Making
1922: Women loading hay on a farm in Bedford. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Oronsay In Dock

Oronsay In Dock
August 1924: The 20, 000 ton steamer Oronsay in dry dock in England. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Wembley Amusements

Wembley Amusements
1925: A general view of the amusement park at the re-opening of Wembley, north London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Feeding Time

Feeding Time
Two small children feeding birds

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Cart Horse

Cart Horse
A cart horse and its driver, making a collection at a goods yard in Kings Cross, London

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Fire Fighters

Fire Fighters
Two fire women at drill, with a hose spraying at full force

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Nice Carnival

Nice Carnival
circa 1925: A float in the opening procession at the Nice Carnival. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Hospital Food

Hospital Food
Nurses at St Bartholomews Hospital eat lunch in the dining hall

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Park View

Park View
circa 1923: A group of young boys looking through the railings of Southfields Park. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Alone In The Stands

Alone In The Stands
A solitary spectator sitting in one of the stands at the opening of the Hard Court Tennis Championship in Bournemouth

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Country Dancing

Country Dancing
Dancers practising their routines in the garden

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Car Rescue

Car Rescue
A motorist being rescued by canoe after his car was caught in severe floods in Kent

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Holiday Crowd

Holiday Crowd
Holidaymakers waiting for their train at Waterloo Station, London

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Hebridean Emigrants

Hebridean Emigrants
A crowd of Hebrideans waving goodbye to their countrymen who are emigrating to Canada on board the Matagama

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Marshalling Yard

Marshalling Yard
circa 1921: The Midland Station yard at Bradford, Yorkshire. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Train Wheels

Train Wheels
1926: A scene in a factory which makes wheels for trains. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Model Armada

Model Armada
Craftsmen at work on a model armada for His Majestys Government Exhibit at Wembley, London

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Trafalgar Square

Trafalgar Square
A cinematograph photographer taking pictures of London while suspended in a bucket from a giant crane

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Cable Photography

Cable Photography
Photography By Cable And Wireless. A photograph being wound off a large spool

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Sand Racing

Sand Racing
21st June 1913: Competitors in the South Wales and Cardiff Motor Cycle Speed Trials racing along the beach at Rest Bay Sands, Porthcawl. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Rubber Trees

Rubber Trees
A rubber tree on a plantation showing tree trunks scored for the collection of sap

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Chinatown

Chinatown
Two Chinese men meet on a street corner in Chinatown in Londons East End

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Fire Women

Fire Women
Members of the Womens Fire Brigade on a fire drill with hoses and extingushers at full force

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Well Dressing

Well Dressing
May 1923: The pagan rite of well dressing shown on one of the five wells in the village of Tissington, Derbyshire. The design is made of clay on a wooden frame and stuck with flowers and berries

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Telegraphy Worker

Telegraphy Worker
A man in Britain receives a telegraph message from India, January 1909. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Canal Crisis

Canal Crisis
Workers on the Panama Canal project deal with a landslide. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Rolls Last Flight

Rolls Last Flight
Air pioneer Charles Stewart Rolls (1877 - 1910) of Rolls Royce in his French built Wright biplane which broke up in the air and crashed during Bournemouth Aviation Week

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Window Shoppers

Window Shoppers
Poor London slum children, with no shoes, look at items for sale in a shop. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Mind Machine

Mind Machine
A woman whose head is attached to a machine which resembles a large hairdryer, but is in fact a Lavery Electric Automatic Phrenometer, for measuring brain activity

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Swimming Lesson

Swimming Lesson
Two children, suspended in the water by rope and poles, are given a swimming lesson in the River Thames at Wallingford. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Dunne Biplane

Dunne Biplane
The John William Dunne D8 biplane in flight during trials at Hendon. The aircraft flew from Eastchurch to Paris in 1913. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Stunt Flying

Stunt Flying
Irish aviator Francis McClean (1876 - 1955) flies his Short seaplane through Tower Bridge, over the River Thames, 10th August 1912. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Airship Mayfly

Airship Mayfly
H M Airship No 1, built in Barrow as a response to German advances in airship technology, prior to its maiden test-flight. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Hotel Astor

Hotel Astor in New York City, the largest hotel in the world in its time. Built in 1904 to designs of Clinton & Russell. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Chrysler Building

Chrysler Building
A flock of birds flying in front of the nearly-completed Chrysler Building in New York City. Designed by William Van Alen. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Dublin 1916

Dublin 1916
Sections of the city burn freely as the fire brigade are unable to operate during the Easter Rising in Dublin. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Alexander Bell

Alexander Bell
Scottish inventor Alexander Graham Bell ( 1847 - 1922 ) who invented the telephone. Bell, born in Edinburgh, worked with his father, Scottish educator Alexander Melville Bell

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Harding And Coolidge

Harding And Coolidge
President Warren Gamaliel Harding (1865 - 1923) (R) the 29th President of the United States seen here with Calvin Coolidge (1872 - 1933), his Vice-President and successor

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Benito Mussolini Aged 22

Benito Mussolini Aged 22
Italian dictator Benito Mussolini (1883 - 1945), aged 22. Original Publication: People Disc - HW0218 (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Schneider Cup

Schneider Cup
Crowds watching the Schneider Trophy International Seaplane Race from Bournemouth pier. The race was won by Italian Guido Janello in his Savoia S13 plane. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Canadian Memorial

Canadian Memorial
The National Canadian War Memorial, designed by Vernon March to represent Victory and Liberty, on display at a temporary exhibition in Hyde Park before being shipped to Ottawa

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Turkey Farm

Turkey Farm
A group of workers at a Norfolk turkey farm. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Tea Party

Tea Party
Elderly ladies taking tea on an outing to Loughton, Essex. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Bobsleigh Ride

Bobsleigh Ride
A woman tobogganing down the Dorf Dimson bobsleigh run at St Moritz. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)



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