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Topical Press Agency Collection (#12)

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

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Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Stage Controls

Stage Controls
3rd March 1925: The stage switchboard at the Empire Theatre in Liverpool. The switchboard has over 300 switches, controls over 1000 lights and weighs two tons

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Thomas Record

Thomas Record
28th April 1926: Mechanics making adjustments to J G Parry Thomas Babs at Pendine Sands, where he beat the world record travelling at a speed of 172 mph for the mile and kilometre. (Photo by E)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Potato Cleaning

Potato Cleaning
21st April 1926: Farm workers clean potatoes after their winter storage. (Photo by H. F. Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Mighty Marrows

Mighty Marrows
28th August 1929: A porter displays his prize winning marrows with pride at the Southern Railways Annual Flower, Fruit, and Vegetable Show. (Photo by J. A. Hampton/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Yuletide Preparations

Yuletide Preparations
23rd November 1929: Preparations for the Christmas rush are being made with good humour at a poultry farm in Hertfordshire. (Photo by Puttnam /Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Light And Heavy

Light And Heavy
21st April 1926: A chat on the line between the drivers of a goods train and a light railway engine. (Photo by H. F. Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Little Willie

Little Willie
May 1926: Little Willie Tithecotte waters his fathers horses on their farm at Sampsonton, Alberta. (Photo by MacGregor/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Diving Crew

Diving Crew
14th August 1928: A diving boat gives diving demonstrations during Chatham Naval Week. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Piggy Back Race

Piggy Back Race
6th August 1928: Holiday makers have a piggy back race on the beach at Shanklin on the Isle Of Wight. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Hearing Aid

Hearing Aid
25th February 1927: Mr Schein using the patent telephone holder which allows him to keep both hands free. (Photo by H. F. Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Boiler Shop

Boiler Shop
23rd February 1926: A finished locomotive boiler in the boiler shop department of the London, Midland and Scottish Railways works in Derby. (Photo by G. Adams/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Craven Cottage Crowd

Craven Cottage Crowd
6th March 1926: A part of the crowd watching Manchester United play Fulham at Fulhams ground, Craven Cottage in London. The game was in the sixth round of the FA Cup

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: New Fashion

New Fashion
19th April 1928: A fashion model wearing a contemporary pleated skirt, blouse and a long scarf. (Photo by Brooke/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Halloween Show

Halloween Show
27th October 1927: Dancers from the Thorne Academy during a costume rehearsal for a Halloween show at Hammersmith Palais, London. (Photo by Brooke/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Starting Up

Starting Up
21st April 1926: A fireman on a locomotive watches as a miniature petrol driven locomotive is started by means of a force pump into the engine

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Farm Train

Farm Train
21st April 1926: Loading wagons at an LNER siding from a miniature petrol driven locomotive on a light gauge railway. This has brought farm produce direct from the fields

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Jixi

Jixi
March 1926: A two seater taxi nicknamed a Jixi after William Joynson-Hicks (1865-1932), Home Secretary. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Mourning Portrait

Mourning Portrait
21st November 1925: Children at the Alexandra orphanage draping a portrait of Queen Alexandra after news of her death. (Photo by G. Adams/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Eton Register

Eton Register
4th June 1929: Pupils at Eton public school wearing top hats and tails whilst a school master calls their register. (Photo by Brooke/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Sprint Cyclists

Sprint Cyclists
14th September 1929: Participants in a sprint cycle race at the Herne Hill track in London prepare to be pushed off at the start of the race

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Heanor Factory

Heanor Factory
May 1928: Three workers at the I & R Morley cloth-weaving factory in Heanor, Derbyshire. (Photo by Edward G. Malindine/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Horse Trials

Horse Trials
11th April 1929: June Hickalls showing her pony a view of the course at the Grafton Hunt Hunter Trials at Langford Farm, Greens Norton, Towcester, Northamptonshire

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: 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)



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