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Topical Press Agency Collection (page 79)

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

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Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Bournville Street

Bournville Street
A street in Bournville Village near Birmingham, a new town founded by Chocolate manufacturer and social reformer George Cadbury, July 1909. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Outpost

Outpost
American soldiers at an outpost in France during World War I, 4th October 1918. One of them is armed with a grenade launcher. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Arras City Hall

Arras City Hall
The ruins of Arras City Hall during World War I, July 1915. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Quick Firing Gun

Quick Firing Gun
A Belgian quick-firing gun emplacement during World War I, circa 1916. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Ship Launch

Ship Launch
16th March 1907: The launching of the British ship Indomitable at Glasgow dockyards, on the Clyde. Many great ships and Cunard liners were built in the shipyards on the Clyde including the Aquitania

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Submarine Trip

Submarine Trip
6th November 1911: The submarine D2 off the coast of Portsmouth, carrying Winston Churchill, in his capacity as First Lord of the Admiralty. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: In Harbour

In Harbour
circa 1909: A group of submarines in Dover harbour. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Chinese Station

Chinese Station
October 1911: Passengers waiting at Fatshan Station, on the Canton to Fatshan Railway, during the Chinese Revolution. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Boat Train

Boat Train
30th August 1909: The first passenger boat train leaves Fishguard for London, carrying passengers from the liner, SS Mauretania moored at Fishguard, in Wales

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: London Underground

London Underground
January 1911: The interior of a District Line Underground railway carriage. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Empress Of Ireland

Empress Of Ireland
30th May 1914: The Empress of Ireland from the Canadian Pacific line, shortly before she sank with great loss of life. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Motor Show Delage

Motor Show Delage
A two door fixed head coupe Delage type D8 N on the Delage stand at the Olympia Motor Show, October 1931, where the latest models from the French company are displayed

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Handley Page Victor

Handley Page Victor
The Handley Page Victor, a four-jet crescent-wing bomber, makes an appearance at the Farnborough Air Show, 7th September 1953. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Zeppelin Wreckage

Zeppelin Wreckage
British Sentries guard the wreckage of a German Zeppelin airship brought down at Potters Bar, England, 2nd October 1916. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Zeppelins Raid Leyton

Zeppelins Raid Leyton
Damaged houses in Leyton, east London, after a zeppelin bombing raid, February 1916. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Hemel Hempstead

Hemel Hempstead
A street in Hemel Hempstead, Hertfordshire, circa 1910. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Furniture Shop

Furniture Shop
The interior of an antique furniture shop run by a Mr C. Box, circa 1900. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Stranded Submarine

Stranded Submarine
Roay Navy submarine HMS B2 stranded in mud at low tide, 1909. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Pretoria Station

Pretoria Station
The railway station in Pretoria, in South Africa, circa 1925. It was built by Sir Herbert Baker in 1910. A statue of Paul Kruger, President of the Transvaal Republic

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Kings College Hospital

Kings College Hospital
The out-patients waiting hall of Kings College Hospital in Denmark Hill, London, April 1914. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Central Wellington

Central Wellington
Circa 1925: A high angle view of Post Office Square, Wellington, New Zealand, with Jervois Quay to the left and Custom-house Quay leading off to the right

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Cathedral Square

Cathedral Square in the centre of Christchurch, New Zealand, November 1928. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: New Brighton Beach

New Brighton Beach
Crowds on New Brighton beach, Christchurch, New Zealand, circa 1925. Photo by S.C. Smith/Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Baker Street

Baker Street
The Baker Street area of London, as seen from the roof of Baker Street Station, looking south, 2nd May 1929. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Italian Infantry

Italian Infantry
Italian infantry on the march at the time of Italys offensive against Austria-Hungary, its first engagement of World War I, 1915. Original publication: The Illustrated War News, pub

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: HMS Invincible

HMS Invincible
The British Navy battlecruiser HMS Invincible, 1911. The first battlecruiser ever built, she was launched in 1907 and sunk at the Batlte of Jutland on 31st May 1916

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: HMS Invincible

HMS Invincible
The British Navy battlecruiser HMS Invincible, taking part in a naval pageant on the Thames, 17th July 1909. The first battlecruiser ever built

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: British Mine-Laying

British Mine-Laying
British naval personnel laying mines, circa October 1914. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: German Battery

German Battery
A French soldier in an abandoned German battery in the Champagne region of north-eastern France, October 1915. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Kings Cross Station

Kings Cross Station
The LNER Kings Cross railway station in London, 9th August 1929. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Corsham Quarry

Corsham Quarry
The stacking ground at Spring Quarry, a Bath stone quarry in Corsham, Wiltshire, 24th October 1928. (Photo by Edward G. Malindine/Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Bulgarian Troops

Bulgarian Troops
Bulgarian troops are inspected at their barracks in Sofia before leaving for the front during the Balkan Wars, October 1912. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Taxi Strike

Taxi Strike
A taxi on strike in France, May 1920. The message scribbled on the back reads Cette voiture ne prends pas de voyageurs or This car doesn t take travellers

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Modern Park Lane

Modern Park Lane
A view down Park Lane, London, towards the newly-built Grosvenor House Hotel, 31st July 1929. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: 37 Jane Street

37 Jane Street
A newly painted house in Jane Street, Stepney, east London, contrasts with the dilapidated buildings on either side, 25th September 1956

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: RMS Aquitania

RMS Aquitania
The Cunard ocean liner RMS Aquitania on the River Clyde in Scotland, shortly after leaving the shipyard for her maiden voyage, 10th May 1914

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Fish Furniture

Fish Furniture
The Dolphin Furniture or Fish Furniture at the Royal Pavilion in Brighton, 15th July 1948. Commissioned by John Fish as a memorial to Lord Horatio Nelson

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: New Briggate

New Briggate
A view down New Briggate in central Leeds, Yorkshire, July 1921. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Lutterworth Church

Lutterworth Church, Lutterworth, Leicestershire, February 1908. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Lutterworth Church

Lutterworth Church
The interior of Lutterworth Church, Lutterworth, Leicestershire, February 1908. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Black Prince Statue

Black Prince Statue
The Statue of the Black Prince (Edward, Prince of Wales (1330 - 1376), in Leeds city centre, Yorkshire, July 1921. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Smiths At Victoria

Smiths At Victoria
The W.H. Smith bookstall at Victoria Railway Station, London, January 1924. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Beach At Lowestoft

Beach At Lowestoft
Holidaymakers on the beach at Lowestoft, Suffolk, August 1926. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Wakefield Station

Wakefield Station
An L.N.E.R. train arriving at Wakefield railway station, Yorkshire, 3rd August 1927. (Photo by E. Bacon/Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Locomotive At Swindon

Locomotive At Swindon
A train at the platform at Swindon, Wiltshire, during a record-breaking run from Cheltenham to London, Paddington, 9th July 1923. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Severn Tunnel Junction

Severn Tunnel Junction
Tracks at Severn Tunnel Junction railway station in Monmouthshire, Wales, August 1922. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Church Of St Magnus

Church Of St Magnus
The Anglican church of St Magnus-the-Martyr on Lower Thames Street in the the City of London, May 1920. The original building was destroyed in the the Great Fire of London in 1666

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Liverpool Docks

Liverpool Docks
The pier and landing stage of Liverpool Docks, 19th January 1928. (Photo by E Bacon/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)



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