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Topical Press Agency Collection (page 7)

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

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Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Water Main

Water Main
25th February 1928: The LNER marshalling yard at March, Cambridgeshire, with men laying a water main for the water crane. (Photo by Edward G. Malindine/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: The Way To Travel

The Way To Travel
July 1928: Gentleman travellers relax in leather armchairs and are served by the steward in the small dining car on the LMS train, the Royal Scot. (Photo by Edward G)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Wireless Cabinet

Wireless Cabinet
10th October 1928: Mr Sutton with his invention, a cabinet and loudspeaker for both wireless and gramophone. (Photo by Edward G. Malindine/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Big Crane Crash

Big Crane Crash
11th June 1927: A road, which was destroyed by a mystery explosion in Wilson Street, Long Acre, London. (Photo by Edward G. Malindine/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Hay Loading

Hay Loading
1929: The SS Beaverford being loaded with bales of hay at Surrey Docks, east London. (Photo by Edward G. Malindine/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Side Car Seat

Side Car Seat
29th October 1927: A woman demonstrating the latest comfort in motorbike side car seats, at the Motorcycle show at Olympia, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: British Submarine

British Submarine
22nd June 1929: H.M. Submarine Parthian enters the water at Chatham Dockyard at its launching. (Photo by Edward G. Malindine/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: On Their Way

On Their Way
18th October 1929: 100 British men, who are emigrating to Australia, outside the Salvation Army Migration House, London, prior to visiting the Mansion House

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: We Were Swamped

We Were Swamped
15th February 1928: Members of the Queens College rowing team emptying the water out of their boat after they were swamped. (Photo by Edward G. Malindine/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Prizewinning Ram

Prizewinning Ram
A prizewinning ram at the Kent or Romney Marsh Sheep Breeders Association 51st Annual Show of Registered Sheep at the cattle market at Ashford, Kent

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: In The Tote-A-Manuel

In The Tote-A-Manuel
Operators inside the Tote-A-Manuel mobile Totalisator, 27th June 1929. (Photo by Edward G. Malindine/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Mobile Totalisator

Mobile Totalisator
Operators inside the Tote-A-Manuel mobile Totalisator, 27th June 1929. (Photo by Edward G. Malindine/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Cantonese Soldiers

Cantonese Soldiers
1927: Cantonese soldiers with their newly-supplied Russian equipment after arriving at Hankow as reinforcements for the Red Garrison. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Indian Gypsies

Indian Gypsies
16th June 1928: Women of one of the gypsy tribes of southern India wearing tribal costumes and jewellery. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Bairds Model

Bairds Model
2nd September 1926: The original television model, invented by the Scottish television pioneer John Logie Baird, (1888 - 1946). (Photo by MacGregor/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Motor Spirit

Motor Spirit
15th May 1926: Volunteers collecting cans of petrol from the dump in Hyde Park, London, during the General Strike. (Photo by Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Marines At Shanghai

Marines At Shanghai
13th July 1925: US Marines on guard duty near Markham Road Bridge at Shanghai during unrest in China. (Photo by Lee Jackson/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Racing At Lincoln

Racing At Lincoln
21st March 1927: Officials adding the names of the jockeys to the notice board, for the first race of the season at Lincoln. (Photo by E. Bacon/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Race Officials

Race Officials
27th April 1925: Bridgenorth Steeplechase, three horse racing officials. (Photo by W. G. Phillips/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Lamp Show Room

Lamp Show Room
August 1925: A collection of lamps in a front room including table and wall lamps. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Axe Grinding

Axe Grinding
circa 1930: An elderly couple use a grinding wheel to sharpen their axe. (Photo by J. Hardman/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Tennis Crowd

Tennis Crowd
June 1925: A crowd watch the Lawn Tennis Championships at Wimbledon. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Red Box

Red Box
28th March 1925: A model of the new cast iron and wooden telephone box designed by Sir Gilbert Scott. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Miners Lamps

Miners Lamps
20th November 1926: A group of Midlands miners inspecting their lamps. (Photo by E. Bacon/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Morris Oxford

Morris Oxford
1928: The new Morris Oxford 6 cylinder motor car on show at the 22nd annual International Automobile Show at Olympia in London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Arsenal Cheers

Arsenal Cheers
16th February 1929: Arsenal supporters cheering during the FA Cup Tie match against Swindon Town. (Photo by J. Gaiger/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Flying Students

Flying Students
July 1928: Two students from the Cambridge University Air Squadron stand beside their aeroplane studying a map. The squadron was founded in 1925 by the Air Ministry

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Flying Gold

Flying Gold
August 1926: The first consignment of gold from the Lena Goldfields in Russia is unloaded from an Imperial AIrways aeroplane at Croydon Aerodrome. (Photo by Brooke/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Pageant Practice

Pageant Practice
1st July 1927: A group of RAF pilots at Hendon Aerodrome, London, where they have been practising for tomorrows air pageant. (Photo by L. Blandford/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Chute Check

Chute Check
24th July 1928: Undergraduate members of Oxford Universitys Air Squadron check each others parachutes before flight, during training at Manston Aerodrome, Kent

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Practicing Aim

Practicing Aim
24th July 1928: Undergraduate members of Oxford Universitys Air Squadron on camera-gun drill during training at Manston Aerodrome, Kent

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Winning Boat

Winning Boat
2nd April 1927: Competitors and helpers emptying the Cambridge rowing boat of water at the finish of the Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Parisian Housing

Parisian Housing
February 1923: A little wooden house which costs 1, 000 francs in a street in Paris during a housing shortage. (Photo by Ware/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Crowds At Brooklands

Crowds At Brooklands
28th May 1928: Motor racing at Brooklands, Weybridge, Surrey, England. Crowds looking at the racing cars before the start of the race. (Photo by Edward G. Malindine/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Motor Trials

Motor Trials
13th January 1928: A competitor who is sitting on a open two seater car, is putting on her foot warmers before the start of the London to Exeter Motor Trial. (Photo by H. F)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: R-100 Construction

R-100 Construction
19th October 1929: Fitters and crew on top of the airship R100, during construction at Howden, Yorkshire. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Army match

Army match
25th May 1928: A group of French military officers sit in the stand at Hurlingham to watch the Polo match between the Army and Hurlingham. (Photo by E. Bacon/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Bound For Oz

Bound For Oz
18th December 1929: Applicants for emigration to Australia, at Australia House, the Australian Embassy in London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Ice-Cream Excitement

Ice-Cream Excitement
13th May 1925: A group of boys crowd around an ice-cream cart in the street on a hot day. (Photo by Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Fun At The Beach

Fun At The Beach
16th April 1927: A male bather carries a female friend over the shingle on the beach at Brighton. (Photo by Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Vantage Point

Vantage Point
31st March 1928: A woman climbs a ladder which is leaning against a lamppost to get a better view over the crowd of the annual University Boat Race between Oxford and Cambridge. (Photo by Edward G)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Haarlem Honour

Haarlem Honour
30th April 1929: Miss Ena Best, centre, who is on an international friendship tour, receiving the freedom of the Dutch bulb fields from the Dutch maids of honour at Haarlem, Holland

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Emigrating

Emigrating
1927: Ex-servicemen and their families on the Canadian Pacific liner, Montrose on their way to take up agricultural work in Canada

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Sleek And Fast

Sleek And Fast
1927: 1, 000 mph car with which Major Henry Segrave set a world record of 203 mph at Daytona Beach in 1927. (Photo by E. Bacon/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Away They Go

Away They Go
27th May 1925: Horses and riders at the start of the Epsom Derby in Surrey. (Photo by E. Bacon/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Mongolian Headdress

Mongolian Headdress
11th January 1926: 17 year old girl from Inner Mongolia in traditional headgear. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Xmas At Sea

Xmas At Sea
24th December 1925: Father Christmas handing out toys from the christmas tree on board the Arundel Castle, which left Southampton for the Cape on Christmas Eve

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Ladies Day

Ladies Day
4th June 1926: A group of women studying their cards on Ladies day at Epsom Races in Surrey, England. (Photo by E. Bacon/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)



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