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Topical Press Agency Collection (page 9)

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

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Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Easter Golfing

Easter Golfing
13th April 1925: Mrs Brio Loder and Mrs John Circuitt at Le Touquet for an Easter golf tournament. (Photo by Brooke/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Moor Park Golf

Moor Park Golf
13th June 1927: Two women wearing the latest golf fashions at Moor Park Golf Club. (Photo by Kirby/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Golf Fashion

Golf Fashion
13th June 1927: Two women wearing the latest golf fashions at Moor Park Golf Club. (Photo by Kirby/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Alexandra Day

Alexandra Day
June 1927: A volunteer selling flowers for charity on the top deck of an omnibus near charing Cross, London, on Queen Alexandra Rose Day. (Photo by Edward G)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Tea Stall

Tea Stall
11th December 1928: A roadside stall called the Nook run by Mrs Harlow near Chilham. Roadside stalls selling farm produce are popular with the increasing number of motorists on Britains roads

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Motor Cycle Fashions

Motor Cycle Fashions
23rd September 1925: The Debenham sisters wearing fur and waterproof clothing for the winter motorcyclist. The women are riding BSA cycles. (Photo by H. F. Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: White & Sons Ltd

White & Sons Ltd
August 1927: The offices of White & Sons Ltd, Covent Garden, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: At The Office

At The Office
circa 1927: Office workers at their desks. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Election Count

Election Count
30th May 1929: Burroughs Machines (calculators) being used to count votes during an election. (Photo by Puttnam /Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Dancers Rest On Deck

Dancers Rest On Deck
12th April 1929: Some dancers take a breather on the deck of the Cunard Liner Berengaria during a grand dance and cabaret in aid of Southampton Childrens Hospital

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Golden Arrow

Golden Arrow
May 1929: Passengers on deck of the SS Canterbury in mid-Channel, for the inauguration of the new and accelerated Golden Arrow cross-Channel ferry service between London and Paris. (Photo by J. B)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Bathing Fashions

Bathing Fashions
18th May 1928: A group of young women wearing the latest in bathing fashions put on their make-up beside a pool at a Southport holiday camp, Merseyside. (Photo by Edward G)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Southend Carnval

Southend Carnval
29th August 1928: Masked figures taking part in the Southend Carnival which features a baby show, torchlight procession, battle of the flowers and three-mile procession

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: The Great Strike

The Great Strike
10th May 1926: Volunteers unloading ships at Hays Wharf, London Bridge, during the 1926 General Strike. (Photo by Kirby/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Balaklava

Balaklava
31st October 1928: A crew member carries out two dummy Russians for the filming of a battle scene for the British silent film Balaklava (aka Jaws of Hell )

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Pit Boy Jockeys

Pit Boy Jockeys
4th August 1925: Pit boy jockeys on their way to the paddock at the Pit Pony Parade and race meeting at Thorp near Wakefield, Yorkshire. (Photo by E. Bacon/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Woman Jockey

Woman Jockey
1926: Miss Iris Rickaby ready for work at her brother-in-law Walter Griggs stables, Newmarket, Suffolk. (Photo by Kirby/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Strike Volunteers

Strike Volunteers
3rd May 1926: A crowd of volunteers in the forecourt of Londons Foreign Office, during the General Strike. (Photo by Brooke/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Hairdryer

Hairdryer
1929: The new sunlight ultra-modern cubicle for hairdressing on show at the Hairdressing Fair of Fashion at Londons White City. (Photo by Puttnam /Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: First Tote

First Tote
2nd July 1929: Racegoers placing bets at Britains first official totalisator, or tote, system at Newmarket races. (Photo by Edward G. Malindine/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Snowy Start

Snowy Start
31st March 1925: Motor Racing Competition from Ostersund to Stockholm, A competitor at the start of the race. (Photo by Carlstein/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Reliability Tests

Reliability Tests
1926: Reliability tests at Brooklands, Weybridge, Surrey. Joy Cummings in a Frazer - Nash is leading down the test hill. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Motor Race

Motor Race
3rd August 1925: Racing cars line up for the start of The News of the World 100 mile Handicap at Brooklands, Weybridge, Surrey

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Ambitious Model

Ambitious Model
28th November 1929: Miss Phyllis McCarthy models the latest dress, complete with bow. (Photo by A. R. Coster/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Waterloo Concourse

Waterloo Concourse
26th July 1929: The concourse of Waterloo railway station, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Feeding Chickens

Feeding Chickens
21st May 1926: Mrs Whitlow from Cheshire feeding poultry on the farm at her new home in Alberta, Canada. (Photo by MacGregor/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Tivoli In The Strand

Tivoli In The Strand
26th July 1929: The Tivoli theatre in The Strand, London, advertising the Samuel Goldwyn film Bulldog Drummond, starring Ronald Colman. (Photo by J. Gaiger/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: TV Cop

TV Cop
21st January 1925: City Marshall John E Parker of Gloucester, Massachusetts dressed as a woman as part of an operation to entrap bootleggers during the period of the national prohibition on alcohol

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Male Models

Male Models
13th November 1929: Male Models wearing waterproofs and Mackintoshes at the Great Nottingham Co-Operative Society showroom before a female audience. (Photo by A. R)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Umbrella Race

Umbrella Race
15th August 1925: Competitors in an umbrella race leaving the quayside in Creux harbour, Sark, holding their parasols. (Photo by Brooke/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Its Easy

Its Easy
22nd July 1927: An aquaplaner enjoys a ride in Broadstairs harbour, Kent. (Photo by H. F. Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Aquaplaner

Aquaplaner
30th July 1926: An aquaplaner falls off an aqua-board being towed round Broadstairs harbour, Kent. (Photo by H. F. Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Green Work

Green Work
31st August 1927: Horses pulling draggers in preparation for seed-sowing a green on a golf course being built near Windsor. The course is to be known as the Royal Berkshire Golf Club

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Sowing Seed

Sowing Seed
31st August 1927: Sowing grass seed on a golf course being built, to be known as the Royal Berkshire Golf Club. Seed is sown by means of a fiddle machine whereby a bow is drawn across a four bladed

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Young Competitors

Young Competitors
11th August 1925: Three young competitors arriving at the courts for the Open Junior Lawn Tennis Tournament at Brockenhurst, Hampshire. (Photo by MacGregor/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: General Strike

General Strike
7th May 1926: An independent bus driver drives a vehicle with barricaded windows to protect him from attack, during the British General Strike of 1926

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Air Bicycle

Air Bicycle
13th October 1927: A visitor admires an ordinary pedal cycle fitted with wings and a few special accessories that will fly, which is one of the inventions in an exhibition at Central Hall

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Frost Protection

Frost Protection
2nd December 1925: Ground staff lay 3, 000 bales of straw at Tottenham Hotspurs football pitch (White Hart Lane) to protect the ground from frost. (Photo by Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Waterlogged

Waterlogged
2nd December 1925: Tottenham Hotspurs ground staff drain a waterlogged goal area with pitch forks at White Hart Lane. (Photo by E. Dean/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: On The Seventh

On The Seventh
8th June 1927: Competitors practising for the Eves Ladies Scottish Foursomes at the 7th hole at Machrihanish. The remote golf course at Machrihanish was designed by Scottish golfer Old Tom Morris

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Keeping Golf Green

Keeping Golf Green
circa 1930: Groundsmen working on the green of a golf course at a large country club. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Random Punters

Random Punters
10th April 1925: A group of tourists in a punt on the River Thames at Richmond, Surrey. (Photo by E. Bacon/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: White City Hare

White City Hare
7th June 1927: A groundsman at White City Stadium inspecting the new mechanical hare, used to motivate racing greyhounds, after its first day of work

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Team Number Two

Team Number Two
17th October 1925: Miss Radcliffe and Mr Heard at the first field trial meeting of the Yellow Labrador Club at Wootton near Bedford. (Photo by W. G. Phillips/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Dog Trials

Dog Trials
26th October 1928: Competitors wait for their round at the retriever trials finals in Amersham. (Photo by Edward G. Malindine/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Flying Chairs

Flying Chairs
24th May 1926: Visitors to the famous fair on Londons Hampstead Heath enjoying a ride on the Flying Chairs. (Photo by Kirby/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Auto Ambulance

Auto Ambulance
1st August 1925: An auto ambulance (right) beside a crashed car on a road in England. The auto-ambulance lifted the car so that the drivers and passengers could be rescued

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Remains Of Lorry

Remains Of Lorry
February 1929: Passers-by survey the remains of a smashed lorry after a crash on the Embankment, London. (Photo by Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)



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