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Topical Press Agency Collection (#8)

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

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Background imageTopical Press Agency 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)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Speedy Estelle

Speedy Estelle
31st May 1928: A Saunders-Napier motor boat, Estelle 1 being manhandled out of a Cowes ship yard. Owner Miss Marion Betty Carstairs is racing it in the British International Trophy Race, Detroit

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: To The Water

To The Water
31st May 1928: Estelle I the Saunder-Napier speedboat which owner Betty Carstairs is racing in the British International Trophy Race at Detroit being manhandled to a launch site at Cowes

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Engineering Students

Engineering Students
24th February 1927: A group of Eton college students watching the star class engine Knight Templar (no. 4019) being lifted at GWRs Swindon works. (Photo by E. Bacon/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Crystal Set

Crystal Set
4th September 1926: Probably the largest crystal set ever made on display at Selfridges. (Photo by E. Bacon/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Reeling Skeins

Reeling Skeins
6th December 1926: Workers at the Rayon Manufacturing Company, who are involved in the production of artificial silk, reel the skeins. (Photo by E. Bacon/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Holiday Puff

Holiday Puff
2nd July 1926: Two bathers enjoy a cigarette on the beach at Lowestoft. (Photo by E. Bacon/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Mobile Phone

Mobile Phone
25th February 1928: Workmen transporting a giant model telephone to Olympia where it will be exhibited at the Ideal Home Exhibition. (Photo by E. Bacon/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Mail Train

Mail Train
1928: Mail in containers being loaded into a train at Mount Pleasant depot, London, 9th February 1928. (Photo by E. Bacon/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Weighing Pulp

Weighing Pulp
6th December 1926: Workers at the Rayon Companys factory weighing wood pulp for use in the production of artificial silk. (Photo by E. Bacon/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Bullion Flight

Bullion Flight

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Fleet St Gardener

Fleet St Gardener
June 1925: The Commissionaire watering the flowers at Hoares Bank in Fleet Street, London. (Photo by Kirby/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Strike Over

Strike Over
14th May 1926: Mounted and foot police clearing the streets before the first tram left the New Cross depot at the end of the General Strike. (Photo by Kirby/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Royal Roller

Royal Roller
24th November 1926: A Rolls Royce car which is being used by the Prince of Wales on a tour of Margate and Ramsgate, Kent. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Watson Quads

Watson Quads
A neighbour holding baby quads, three boys and a girl, born to a Mrs Watson of Deptford, London, 30th April 1927. Mrs Watsons husband is a carriage cleaner on the Southern Railway

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Childrens Clothing

Childrens Clothing
2nd April 1925: Children modelling clothes. (Photo by Kirby/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Drapers Show

Drapers Show
12th November 1926: An exhibition of fashion for men and women, organised by Hursts the drapers in Hyde Park. (Photo by Kirby/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Naval Funeral

Naval Funeral
19th November 1925: A Naval funeral service over the grave of those killed in the submarine M1. Wreaths are being thrown over the stern of the HMS Maidstone

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Shoe Fair

Shoe Fair
5th September 1925: A waitress trying on a pair of the latest shoes at the International Shoe and Leather Fair, London. (Photo by Kirby/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Flying Machine

Flying Machine
6th June 1926: Visitors enjoying an exhilarating ride through space on The Captive Flying Machine, a fairground ride designed by Sir Hiram Maxim at Crystal Palace, south London

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Wedding Fans

Wedding Fans
12th May 1927: Crowds of spectators line the pavements and climb the lamppost at the wedding of the MP for Warrington, Alec Cunningham Reid. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Psychological Test

Psychological Test
19th November 1926: A Girl-Guide undergoing a test at the National Institute of Psychology. (Photo by Kirby/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Table Birds

Table Birds
17th December 1926: Live turkeys, ducks and chickens for sale at the Caledonian Market, London in time for Christmas dinner. (Photo by Kirby/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Rooftop Paparazzi

Rooftop Paparazzi
28th June 1926: Press photographers at work on a roof. (Photo by Kirby/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Shrimping

Shrimping
2nd July 1926: A couple of kids shrimping whilst on holiday. (Photo by Kirby/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: White Macs

White Macs
6th January 1927: A couple of ladies wearing fashionable white mackintoshes in Hyde Park, London. (Photo by Kirby/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Best Friends

Best Friends
3rd March 1926: George Spinney with his bulldog at the Middlesex Hospital Open Championship Dog Show at Crystal Palace. (Photo by Kirby/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Bicester Hunt

Bicester Hunt
2nd November 1929: Children interested in equestrian pursuits, this one, suitably protected from the elements is attending the Bicester Hunt on her Shetland Pony

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Miss Foley

Miss Foley
22nd August 1925: Miss Foley, a competitor in the International Six Days Reliability Trials at Brooklands. (Photo by Kirby/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Political Cinema

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

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Golfing Outfits

Golfing Outfits
13th June 1927: Two women modelling fashionable outfits for playing golf at Moor Park Golf Club. (Photo by Kirby/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Tuck Shop

Tuck Shop
23rd December 1925: Miss Houd, who runs the tuck shop at Westminster School, London. (Photo by Kirby/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Holiday Fun

Holiday Fun
June 1927: A polo match in sidecars at Crystal Palace. (Photo by Kirby/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Christmas Morning

Christmas Morning
25th December 1925: A happy boy in bed on Christmas morning with toys he has received. (Photo by Kirby/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Ice-Cream Delight

Ice-Cream Delight
A group enjoying their ice-creams. (Photo by H. F. Davis/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Margate Beach

Margate Beach
25th March 1929: A holidaymaker sitting on the beach at Margate. (Photo by H. F. Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: On the Beach

On the Beach
July 1927: Two women walking along the beach at Broadstairs, Kent. (Photo by H. F. Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Unloading Elephants

Unloading Elephants
23rd May 1928: Elephants from the Blackpool Whitsun circus being unloaded at Tilbury docks. (Photo by H. F. Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: All Rounders

All Rounders
8th May 1926: Sailors feeding the boilers at Neasden Power Station during the General Strike. (Photo by H. F. Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Crane Crash

Crane Crash
29th October 1927: Remains of a crane and its tripod which crashed into a shop front in Southampton Row, London during a gale. (Photo by H. F. Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Club Tote

Club Tote
A totalizator in use at a London Club, 19th November 1926. The totalizator is in operation during a boycott of bookmakers over betting tax. (Photo by H. F)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Now You See It

Now You See It
29th June 1927: A group gathered in a window to view the total solar eclipse over London through smoked glass. (Photo by H. F. Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Signal Office

Signal Office
6th May 1927: German students on a tour of the LNER in Manchester are shown where the lines electrical signalling is controlled from. (Photo by H. F. Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Evening Dresses

Evening Dresses
22nd January 1929: Three smart evening dresses from the Mannequin Parade, at the British Artificial Silk Exhibition at Olympia, London. (Photo by H. F. Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Protection League

Protection League
28th April 1927: A parade by dog lovers to support Sir Robert Gowers anti-Vivisection Bill, at Whitehall, London. (Photo by H. F. Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Modesty Preserved

Modesty Preserved
25th March 1929: The Skreenette, a new bathing tent, for the beach. It consists of a bell-shaped tent arranged with shoulder straps whereby the bather can dress and undress entirely screened

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Theatre Band

Theatre Band
20th January 1928: Some of the 950 sailor boys being entertained by a band outside the Elephant and Castle Theatre, London, where they are to see Dick Whittington. (Photo by H. F)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Hanging Out

Hanging Out
25th March 1929: Two women bathers sitting out on the cliffs at Cliftonville, Margate. (Photo by H. F. Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)



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