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Topical Press Agency Collection (page 81)

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

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Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Middlesbrough

Middlesbrough
Blast furnaces near the River Tees in Middlesbrough, 1912. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Hangar Lane Station

Hangar Lane Station
The newly-built booking office at Hangar Lane Station on Londons central line, 29th December 1948. (Photo by Warburton/Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: High Street Cheltenham

High Street Cheltenham
Cheltenham High Street, Gloucestershire, May 1913. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Sheffield High Street

Sheffield High Street, April 1923. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Street In Inverness

Street In Inverness
Tha Scottish Reliability Trail motoring event attracts onlookers in a street in Inverness, 27th June 1907. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Hull Harbour

Hull Harbour
The Old Harbour, Hull, Yorkshire, August 1921. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Jaffa

Jaffa
The city of Jaffa in the Tel Aviv district of Israel, on the Mediterranean coastline, August 1929. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Dublin Funeral

Dublin Funeral
The funeral cortege of the victims of the massacre at Bachelors Walk in Dublin passes the scene of their deaths, 29th July 1914

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Hampton Court Maze

Hampton Court Maze
An elevated view of the famous hedge maze at Hampton Court Palace gardens in South West London, October 1908. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Biarritz Sands

Biarritz Sands
The beach at Biarritz, showing the Hotel du Palais (left) and the casino (right), February 1908. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Santa Cruz Quay

Santa Cruz Quay
The quayside at Santa Cruz de Tenerife, in the Canary Islands, December 1922. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: The 100 Steps

The 100 Steps
The Maeda Bridge leading to Motomachi Hyakudan, or 100 Steps, in Yokohama, late 1800s. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Nagasaki Harbour

Nagasaki Harbour
The harbour at Nagasaki, Japan, circa 1920. A Christian church can be seen in the foreground. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Caged Women

Caged Women
Japanese prostitutes in a cage, Yokohama, circa 1906. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Osaka Castle

Osaka Castle
The walls and moat of the 16th Century Osaka Castle in Chuo-ku, Osaka, Japan, circa 1910. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Calcutta Grand Hotel

Calcutta Grand Hotel
The Grand Hotel (later the Oberoi Grand) on Chowringhee Avenue, Calcutta, March 1928. The premises of Lyon & Lyon gun and rifle makers are visible beneath

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Indian Cavalry

Indian Cavalry
An Indian cavalry unit advancing on the North-West Frontier towards the Khyber Pass between India and Afghanistan, September 1922. The region is now part of Pakistan

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: New Railway Bridge

New Railway Bridge
Two 50-ton rail-mounted cranes lifting the main girders into position during construction of a new bridge over Thorpes Road on the L.M.S

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Bridge Girders

Bridge Girders
A train arrives carrying the two 50-ton main girders of a new bridge to be built over Thorpes Road on the L.M.S. line between Hanbury, Staffordshire and Wakefield in Yorkshire, 13th December 1926

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Dunedin Railway Station

Dunedin Railway Station
The Railway station, Dunedin, New Zealand, circa 1925. Designed by George Troup in the Flemish style, it was opened in 1906. (Photo by S.C. Smith/Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Auckland

Auckland
A view over the New Zealand city of Auckland from the suburb of Ponsonby to the harbour, circa 1925. (Photo by S.C. Smith/Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Lake Kaniere

Lake Kaniere
A view over Lake Kaniere to the mountains on the West Coast of New Zealands South Island, 9th March 1933. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: William Blakes House

William Blakes House
20th October 1913: A plaque on Number 13 Hercules Buildings in Lambeth informs visitors that it was the home of English painter and poet William Blake from 1793 until 1800

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 north towards Regents Park, 2nd May 1929. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: HMS Rodney

HMS Rodney
The battleship HMS Rodney is launched from the Cammell Laird shipyard in Birkenhead, 17th December 1925. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Royal Railway Saloon

Royal Railway Saloon
A Royal Railway Saloon, 7th August 1912. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Tourists At Giza

Tourists At Giza
A group of American tourists from the Cunard liner Scythia visit the Great Pyramid and Sphinx at Giza, April 1923. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Compulsory Bath

Compulsory Bath
The compulsory bath on board the convict ship, HMS Success, circa 1910. Prisoners were pushed into the tank and the grating closed over them before a warder scrubbed them with a long broom

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Mauretania Refitting

Mauretania Refitting
The RMS Mauretania undergoes a refitting in dry dock in Cherbourg, May 1924. (Photo by Firmin/Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Corsham Wharf

Corsham Wharf
The loading wharf for Bath stone quarried in Corsham, Wiltshire, 24th October 1928. (Photo by Edward G. Malindine/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: Montenegrins In Scutari

Montenegrins In Scutari
A marching band of the victorious Montenegrin army enters the fallen town of Scutari (now Uskudar), Turkey during the Balkan Wars, October 1913

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: London Tram

London Tram
Passengers board a London tram between Shepherds Bush and the Chiswick Empire, May 1919. (Photo by A. R. Coster/Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: The Adelphi, London

The Adelphi, London
The Adelphi, a new art deco tower building on Victoria Embankment, designed by Collcutt and Hamp, 15th September 1938. (Photo by David Savill/Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Spitalfields Market

Spitalfields Market
R. Rumbolds fruit and vegetable stand at Spitalfields Market, 23rd November 1928. (Photo by S. R. Gaiger/Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: St Mary Woolnoth

St Mary Woolnoth
The church of St Mary Woolnoth on the corner of Lombard Street and King William Street in the City of London, May 1920. The church stands over Bank underground station

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Regent Street

Regent Street
The junction of Glasshouse Street (left) and Regent Street in London, 1927. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Tube Station Site

Tube Station Site
Golders Green tube station under construction in north London, April 1907. The station, completed the following June, was originally on the Charing Cross, Euston & Hampstead Railway

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Golders Green Site

Golders Green Site
Golders Green tube station under construction in north London, April 1907. The station, completed the following June, was originally on the Charing Cross, Euston & Hampstead Railway

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: New Tube Station

New Tube Station
Golders Green tube station under construction in north London, April 1907. The station, completed the following June, was originally on the Charing Cross, Euston & Hampstead Railway

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Golders Green Tube

Golders Green Tube
Golders Green tube station under construction in north London, April 1907. The station, completed the following June, was originally on the Charing Cross, Euston & Hampstead Railway

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Germans Leave Shanghai

Germans Leave Shanghai
Chinese porters bringing the luggage of departing German nationals to a wharf in Shanghai, China, April 1919. They are overseen by Chinese and British police officers

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Shanghai Street Scene

Shanghai Street Scene
A view of Upper Nanking Road in Shanghai, China, 5th June 1925. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Mercedes Benz

Mercedes Benz
A 38 horsepower Mercedes Benz open tourer at the Olympia Motor Show in London, 14th October 1931. It is priced at 2, 350 pounds sterling. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Strike-Breaking Convoy

Strike-Breaking Convoy
Armoured cars and troops at Hyde Park Corner, London, preparing to escort a food convoy through London at 6am on the seventh day of the General Strike, 10th May 1926. (Photo by E)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: German U-Boat

German U-Boat
Captured German U-Boat U-135 founders whilst on her way to the breakers, July 1921. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Faversham Oysters

Faversham Oysters
Trawlers fishing for oysters at Faversham, September 1909. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: London Theatreland

London Theatreland
Theatres in Londons Leicester Square, 1900. The Empire Theatre is on the left. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)



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