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

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Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Spirit Of St Louis

Spirit Of St Louis
21st May 1927: US aviator Charles Lindberghs monoplane Spirit of St Louis landing at Le Bourget Paris after his non-stop solo transatlantic flight from New York City. (Photo by H. F)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Lindberghs Plane

Lindberghs Plane
29th May 1927: US aviator Charles Lindberghs aeroplane flying above welcoming crowds at Croydon aerodrome, following his record-setting non-stop solo transatlantic crossing from New York to Paris

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Ava In Flight

Ava In Flight
1926: The new Ava bomber descending after its public maiden flight at the Royal Airforce display and pageant at Hendon Aerodrome, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: British Army Baby

British Army Baby
A crowd of people at Aldershot watching the British Armys new airship Baby being demonstrated. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Mayfly Unveiling

Mayfly Unveiling
H M Airship No 1, built in Barrow as a response to German advances in airship technology, slowly emerges from her hangar prior to its maiden test-flight. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Early Zeppelin

Early Zeppelin
A passenger carrying Zeppelin operated by the German Delag, the first scheduled airline company, in France. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: R 34 Flight

R 34 Flight
6th July 1919: R 34 Airship (gasbug) slowly descending at Mineola, New York, having made the first leg of its two-way Atlantic flight, July 1919. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: British Fleet

British Fleet
July 1914: An airship, the Gamma, is seen flying over the Royal Yacht as George V reviews the Fleet at Spithead. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Le Baudy Airship

Le Baudy Airship
circa 1911: A group watching Le Baudy airship take off the passengers travelling on an open platform supported by a framework of struts. The airship later crashed

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Air Ships

Air Ships
Fine Art Storehouse Vintage Photo Art: Transport: Air Ships

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: A Dirigible

A Dirigible
February 1923: A helium filled US Navy dirigible, Los Angeles, is at her mooring mast. Formerly the ZR3, built by the Germans as part of their war reparations

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Airship R33

Airship R33
April 1925: British airship R33 leaving Pulham aerodrome, Norfolk. (Photo by MacGregor/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Airship Balloon

Airship Balloon
circa 1920: An observation balloon in the War Museum at Crystal Palace. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Airship

Airship
17th October 1929: The tail-end section of the giant airship R101, riding on the mooring mast at Cardigan, Bedford. The R101 was part of a British government programme to develop civil airships

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Airship

Airship
1917: A British airship attached to its mooring. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: ZR3

ZR3
August 1924: The enormous German built Zeppelin ZR3, re-christened the Los Angeles, in a hangar in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: R-101 Mooring

R-101 Mooring
17th October 1929: An R101 airship on the mooring mast at Cardington, Bedford. (Photo by Puttnam /Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: American Airship

American Airship
October 1923: The ZR-1 renamed Shenandoah. Largest airship of her time and the first to be filled with helium. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Airship R-101

Airship R-101
October 1929: Airship R101 passing over St Pauls Cathedral, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Zeppelin Airship

Zeppelin Airship
August 1924: Zeppelin Airship ZR3, later called Los Angeles, Gas bags after 3 hours of inflation. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Experimental Flight

Experimental Flight
2nd April 1925: The R33 airship making an experimental flight from Bedfordshire to Pulham, the first trip of its kind for four years. (Photo by MacGregor/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Railway Bridge

Railway Bridge
circa 1950: The cross-over railway bridge at Newcastle on Tyne. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Royal Train

Royal Train
11th November 1911: The Royal Train, carrying King George V and Queen Mary, arrives at Portsmouth on the first leg of the Royal trip to India to celebrate the Coronation

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Swedish Engine

Swedish Engine
circa 1908: A Swedish locomotive on snow-covered tracks. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Engine Driver

Engine Driver
26th October 1907: An engine driver on the Great Central Railway standing beside his locomotive, with an oil can in his hand. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: GWR Boat Train

GWR Boat Train
May 1908: The Great Western Railway boat train, taking passengers to the Mauretania, leaving Fishguard station. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: La France 1913; The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway railway engine decorated

La France 1913; The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway railway engine decorated
24th June 1913: The London, Brighton and South Coast Railway railway engine La France for the Royal train is decorated for use by the French President during his visit

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Holiday Trains

Holiday Trains
3rd May 1912: Crowds of Londoners at Waterloo Station leaving for the seaside. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Steam Power

Steam Power
1926: An array of steam locomotives outside Paddington Station, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Train Sheds

Train Sheds
2nd July 1930: The new King class of engines in the GWR line leaving the running sheds at Swindon. (Photo by E. F. Corcoran/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Continental Express

Continental Express
1st September 1927: The Continental Express train at Harwich station. (Photo by Kirby/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Leaving Fishguard

Leaving Fishguard
30th August 1909: A railway train departs from Fishguard Station. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: LNER Train

LNER Train
1st May 1925: An express train travelling south from Peterborough in Cambridgeshire. (Photo by Davis Jr/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: LMS Centenary

LMS Centenary
19th September 1938: The Coronation Class engine Duchess of Gloucester leaving Londons Euston railway station. (Photo by Hudson/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Pendennis Castle

Pendennis Castle
22nd April 1925: Great Western engine Pendennis Castle pulling a London North East Railway train from Kings Cross Station on its way to Peterborough

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: London and North Eastern Railway J27 steam locomotive

London and North Eastern Railway J27 steam locomotive
A London and North Eastern Railway J27 (formerly NER Class P3) steam locomotive, pulling carriages containing four bearings for Australias Sydney Harbour bridge, 20th September 1926. (Photo by H. F)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: New Golden Arrow Loco

New Golden Arrow Loco
The locomotive William Shakespeare at Victoria Station, London, before entering service on the Golden Arrow route from London to Dover for the channel crossing, 11th October 1951

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Engine At Charing Cross

Engine At Charing Cross
A South Eastern & Chatham Railways locomotive at Charing Cross Station, London, January 1924. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: King Class Locomotives

King Class Locomotives
Seven of the new King Class steam locomotives, 2nd July 1930. (Photo by A. R. Coster/Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Cheltenham Flyer

Cheltenham Flyer
The GWR (Great Western Railway) Cheltenham Flyer (aka Cheltenham Spa Express ) service, leaving Paddington station, London, on its way to Cheltenham Spa, Gloucestershire, July 1937

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Cornish Riviera Express

Cornish Riviera Express
The Great Western Railway (GWR) 6000 Class King George V steam locomotive hauling the Cornish Riviera express out of Paddington Station, London, 8th July 1929

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: King Class Locomotive

King Class Locomotive
A Great Western Railway (GWR) 6000 King Class steam locomotive, 2nd July 1930. (Photo by A. R. Coster/Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: GWR Goods Wagons

GWR Goods Wagons
A steam locomotive hauling a train of 50 of the newly-introduced 20-ton open goods wagons of the Great Western Railway (GWR), UK, August 1924. (Photo by J. B)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Fury In Glasgow

Fury In Glasgow
The newly-built locomotive 6399 Fury, of the London Midland and Scottish Railway, Glasgow, December 1929. The Fury was an experimental express passenger locomotive using a high pressure steam boiler

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Fury In Glasgow

Fury In Glasgow
The newly-built locomotive 6399 Fury, of the London Midland and Scottish Railway, Glasgow, December 1929. The Fury was an experimental express passenger locomotive using a high pressure steam boiler

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Earl Marischal

Earl Marischal
A train, hauled by the London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) Class P2 locomotive, No. 2002, Earl Marischal approaching Hadley Wood station, Middlesex, 9th November 1934

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Trainload Of Bridge Girders

Trainload Of Bridge Girders
A London and North Eastern Railway (LNER) train with an overhanging load of girders, on its way from Darlington to Middlesborough, 20th September 1926

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: The Royal Duchy

The Royal Duchy train 6000, the King George V leaves Paddington Station in London for the first time, headed for Plymouth, 28th January 1957. (Photo by L. Blandford/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)



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