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Topical Press Agency Photographic Print Collection (#7)

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

4,041 Photographic Prints

Background imageTopical Press Agency Photographic Print Collection: Oval Stand

Oval Stand
circa 1929: The enormous crowd which watched Sutcliffe and Hobbs open for England at the test between England and South Africa at the Oval. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Photographic Print Collection: Southend

Southend
26th April 1927: Children having fun on the beach at Southend during the Bank Holiday. (Photo by Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Photographic Print Collection: Sleeping Car

Sleeping Car
Two women in a third class sleeper coach on LMS Railway. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Photographic Print Collection: Mobile Advertising

Mobile Advertising
May 1925: An van advertising LMS Holidays drives down a city street. (Photo by Brooke/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Photographic Print Collection: Wheres A Porter ?

Wheres A Porter ?
3rd August 1929: Two young women pushing their luggage on a trolley at Paddington station during the holiday rush out of London. (Photo by J. A. Hampton/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Photographic Print Collection: Is It On The Trolley

Is It On The Trolley
circa 1926: A cook at Cadby Hall with a trolley load of Christmas puddings ready to be packed up for selling. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Photographic Print Collection: Muddy Pram

Muddy Pram
11th December 1928: A mother pushes her babys pram across the rutted mud of New Century Road. (Photo by J. Gaiger/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Photographic Print Collection: Sporting Soldiers

Sporting Soldiers
circa 1926: Soldiers at the 1st Battalion Scots Guards tipping the bucket at Burtons Court, Chelsea. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Photographic Print Collection: Cheeky Bathers

Cheeky Bathers
10th September 1926: A group of bathing girls at Chiswick open air baths throw their fully-clothed friend into the shallow end. (Photo by G. Adams/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Photographic Print Collection: Young Hopefuls

Young Hopefuls
circa 1929: Young men at Australia house in the process of emigrating to Australia. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Photographic Print Collection: Vet Check

Vet Check
February 1928: A vet examining a dog entered for Crufts Dog Show at the Royal Agricultural Hall, Islington, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Photographic Print Collection: Strike Champagne

Strike Champagne
12th May 1926: A group of students unloading crates of champagne at a leading hotel in Birmingham on the ninth day of the Great Strike. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Photographic Print Collection: Royal Travel

Royal Travel
14th February 1928: The Queens Day Saloon on board the Royal Train, it is decorated in blue, the Queens favourite colour. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Photographic Print Collection: Tsars Memorial

Tsars Memorial
February 1928: The memorial to Tsar Alexander has been destroyed by the Bolsheviks leaving only these structures. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Photographic Print Collection: At The Palace

At The Palace
circa 1927: A group of children leaving Buckingham Palace on a bus after seeing King George V and Queen Mary leave for Scotland. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Photographic Print Collection: Britannia

Britannia
circa 1926: The Kings yacht sailing at Cowes on the Isle of Wight. The crew are seen hoisting the main sail. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Photographic Print Collection: Yacht Preparation

Yacht Preparation
1926: Men preparing King George Vs yacht Britannia for her race at Harwich. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Photographic Print Collection: Farm Sale

Farm Sale
1926: A cow being auctioned during a sale of the Kings fat stock at the Royal farm at Windsor. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Photographic Print Collection: Child Cake

Child Cake
27th May 1926: Two confectioners putting the finishing touches to a large cake celebrating the birth of Princess Elizabeth to the George, Duke of York and Elizabeth, Duchess of York

Background imageTopical Press Agency Photographic Print Collection: Sunray lamp

Sunray lamp
circa 1927: A woman under a sunray lamp, on show at the first International Exhibition of Light and Heat in Medicine at Central hall, Westminster. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Photographic Print Collection: Christmas Shopping

Christmas Shopping
circa 1926: A crowd of Christmas shoppers on Oxford street in Central London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Photographic Print Collection: Political Cinema

Political Cinema
8th June 1925: The Conservative and Unionist Central Offices begin a tour of the country with a portable cinema on wheels. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Photographic Print Collection: Dental Lamp

Dental Lamp
The sunviray dental lamp being demonstrated at the first International Exhibition of Light and Heat in Medicine at Central Hall, Westminster, London. (Photo by E Bacon/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Photographic Print Collection: Dancing In Lake

Dancing In Lake
Students of the Mayfair School of Dancing dancing in the lake at the Royal Botanic Gardens, Regents Park, London. (Photo by E Bacon/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Photographic Print Collection: Calcutta Interior

Calcutta Interior
Workers attending to the interior saloon of a three-engined, 18 seat Shorts Calcutta flying boat being constructed at Shorts plant in Rochester, England. (Photo by E Bacon/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Photographic Print Collection: Hawker Cygnet

Hawker Cygnet
Two women looking at the engine of a Hawker Cygnet at Lympne in Kent. (Photo by E Bacon/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Photographic Print Collection: Empress of Scotland

Empress of Scotland
The Canadian Pacific liner Empress of Scotland (foreground) and the Alaunia in a canal of Southampton Dock. The Empress is the captured Hamburg America Line vessel Kaiserin Auguste Victoria

Background imageTopical Press Agency Photographic Print Collection: Ships Garden

Ships Garden
A ships gardener on the Cunard liner Berengaria (former Hamburg America line vessel Imperator) takes stock of his bay trees on the main staircase. (Photo by E Bacon/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Photographic Print Collection: Car Cleaning

Car Cleaning
A car being cleaned at a new service station at Gatton Point on the Brighton Road. (Photo by E Bacon/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Photographic Print Collection: Money For Roads

Money For Roads
June 1927: a (Automobile Association) scouts carrying piles of signed petitions into theri HQ. The protest was made against the use of road fund monies for other purposes! (Photo by E)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Photographic Print Collection: Lowestoft

Lowestoft
July 1926: Paddling at Lowestoft. (Photo by E. Bacon/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Photographic Print Collection: Dog Show Entry

Dog Show Entry
9th April 1925: A young exhibitor brings her two entries for the dog show at the Royal Horticultural Hall in Westminster. (Photo by E. Bacon/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Photographic Print Collection: Kennel Club

Kennel Club
20th September 1925: A young lady with her entry to the dog show at Alexandra Palace. (Photo by E. Bacon/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Photographic Print Collection: Novelty Act

Novelty Act
1st March 1926: The organiser of a motor cycle gymkhana at Crystal Palace performing on his broncho buster. (Photo by E. Bacon/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Photographic Print Collection: Pomeranian Dog

Pomeranian Dog
18th April 1925: An exhibitor spraying her pet before going into the ring at the Championship Dog Show at Holland Park. (Photo by E. Bacon/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Photographic Print Collection: Borzoi Dog

Borzoi Dog
4th May 1927: Miss Lewis with her Borzoi at the Kennel Club Show at the Olympia. (Photo by E. Bacon/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Photographic Print Collection: Christmas Treat

Christmas Treat
24th December 1926: A crowd of children in party hats enjoy a production of Treasure Island as a Christmas treat at the Strand Theatre, London. (Photo by E. Bacon/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Photographic Print Collection: Silly Games

Silly Games
2nd June 1928: A group of women playing games, at the Cable companies opening of the sports ground at Tottenham. (Photo by E. Bacon/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Photographic Print Collection: Gym Club

Gym Club
13th March 1925: Young women railway clerks swinging Indian clubs in the LNR Railway gymnasium. (Photo by E. Bacon/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Photographic Print Collection: Service Station

Service Station
5th August 1927: A new petrol service station at Redhill, Surrey, with rest rooms and smoking rooms. (Photo by E. Bacon/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Photographic Print Collection: Local Curiosity

Local Curiosity
3rd January 1927: People from the local town watch a group of mechanics inspect Captain Malcolm Campbells racing car Bluebird during his attempt to break the land speed record at Pendine Sands

Background imageTopical Press Agency Photographic Print Collection: Underground Mail

Underground Mail
Mail in containers are loaded into trains at Mount Pleasant depot in London

Background imageTopical Press Agency Photographic Print Collection: Volunteer Conductor

Volunteer Conductor
A blackleg conductor on one of the LGOC busses during the General Strike. (Photo by E Bacon/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Photographic Print Collection: Brighton Bathers

Brighton Bathers
Brighton swimming club members enjoying a smoke after plunging into the sea on a mild but sunny day. (Photo by E Bacon/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Photographic Print Collection: Deportment Class

Deportment Class
Young debutantes at a deportment school in Kensington, London, are shown the correct and incorrect way to retrieve a handkerchief from the floor in this demonstration

Background imageTopical Press Agency Photographic Print Collection: First Flying Cinema

First Flying Cinema
Passengers on a German airline watching the first ever in-flight film. (Photo by E Bacon/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Photographic Print Collection: Riding Shotgun during the General Strike

Riding Shotgun during the General Strike
6th May 1926: A policeman rides beside a volunteer bus driver during the General Strike. There is barbed wire round the bonnet to stop strikers getting at the driver of the bus which belongs to

Background imageTopical Press Agency Photographic Print Collection: Brighton Beach

Brighton Beach
18th February 1925: Members of the Brighton Swimming Club take advantage of an early summer to visit the beach. (Photo by E. Bacon/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)



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