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Topical Press Agency Collection (#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: Mock Tudor Buildings

Mock Tudor Buildings
Houses in Bournville Village near Birmingham, a new town founded by Chocolate manufacturer and social reformer George Cadbury, July 1909. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: School Playground

School Playground
Girls playing at one of the schools in Bournville Village near Birmingham, a new town founded by Chocolate manufacturer and social reformer George Cadbury, July 1909

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Railway Accident

Railway Accident
The fire brigade attend an overhead train derailment in Berlin. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Regent Street Shoppers

Regent Street Shoppers
Shoppers outside Peter Robinson Ltd on Regent Street, London, 11th March 1914. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Baltic Interior

Baltic Interior
The interior of the Baltic Exchange in London, 3rd May 1920. The exchange is the centre of shipbroking and chartering in the City of London. (Photo by A. R)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Exchange Interior

Exchange Interior
The interior of the Baltic Exchange in London, 3rd May 1920. The exchange is the centre of shipbroking and chartering in the City of London. (Photo by A. R)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Covent Garden Market

Covent Garden Market
The fruit department at Covent Garden market, London, 5th August 1925. (Photo by Hawkins/Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Cape Town Crossing

Cape Town Crossing
Adderley Street in Cape Town, South Africa, with the post office in the background, August 1928. (Photo by J. B. Helsby/Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Cape Town War Memorial

Cape Town War Memorial
The Cape Town War Memorial on Adderley Street, Cape Town, South Africa, August 1928. Table Mountain is visible in the background. (Photo by J. B)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Arras Cathedral

Arras Cathedral
The ruins of Arras Cathedral during World War I, June 1916. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: French Pyrenees

French Pyrenees
A view of the French Pyrenees, 1948. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Spanish Pyrenees

Spanish Pyrenees
A view of the Spanish Pyrenees ten miles from the frontier at Bourg-Madame, 1948. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: French Pyrenees

French Pyrenees
A view of the French Pyrenees from the Col d Aubisque, 1948. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Horse Drawn Barge

Horse Drawn Barge
A horse-drawn barge on the river Chelmer near Chelmsford, 3rd May 1934 (Photo by H F Davis/Topical Press/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: View Over Sao Paulo

View Over Sao Paulo
A view over Sao Paulo, Brazil, with the new post office building to the left, August 1924. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Sao Paulo Street Scene

Sao Paulo Street Scene
A view down the Rua 15 Novembro, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 1930. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Viaduct In Sao Paulo

Viaduct In Sao Paulo
A view of the Viaduto do Cha in Sao Paulo, Brazil, August 1924. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Spanish Town

Spanish Town
A street in Spanish Town, Jamaica, 1927. (Photo by J. B. Helsby/Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: King Street

King Street in Kingston, Jamaica, March 1927. (Photo by J. B. Helsby/Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Port Of Spain

Port Of Spain
Maraval Waterworks in Port of Spain, Trinidad, circa 1930. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Hong Kong Street

Hong Kong Street
Traffic and pedestrians on Queens Road in Hong Kong, circa 1910. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Delage On Show

Delage On Show
A 40 hp fixed head coupe Delage type D8 on the Delage stand at the Olympia Motor Show, October 1931, where the latest models from the French company are displayed

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Georgetown, Guyana

Georgetown, Guyana
A view over Georgetown, Guyana, circa 1925. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Labour Day Demo

Labour Day Demo
A crowd of socialists with banners and a brass band, gathered for a Labour Day demonstration in Hyde Park, London, 1st May 1913. (Photo by Topical Press/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Railway Workers

Railway Workers
Railwaymen on the line connecting Hampton and Whitacre, 1907. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Telegraph Operator

Telegraph Operator
A trainee wireless telegraph operator at Marconi House, London, 18th March 1913. The 5 kilowatt apparatus is similar to that used on ocean-going liners

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Avro 698 Vulcan

Avro 698 Vulcan
The Avro 698 Vulcan, a revolutionary four-jet Delta bomber, 16th September 1952. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Handley Page Victor

Handley Page Victor
The Handley Page Victor, a four-jet crescent-wing bomber, makes an appearance at the Farnborough Air Show, 7th September 1953. (Photo by J. A. Hampton/Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Grand Canyon

Grand Canyon
The Grand Canyon in Arizona, one of the seven natural wonders of the world, 1925. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Grand Canyon

Grand Canyon
The Grand Canyon in Arizona, one of the seven natural wonders of the world, June 1925. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Grand Canyon

Grand Canyon
The Grand Canyon in Arizona, one of the seven natural wonders of the world, June 1925. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Telegraph Clock

Telegraph Clock
Workmen dismantle the clock which hangs outside the Daily Telegraph building at 135 to 141, Fleet Street, London, 1930. The building is due to be remodelled

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Chateau de Laval

Chateau de Laval
The 16th Century Chateau de Laval by the Mayenne river in Laval, in the Loire region of France, 1909. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Kings Lynn Raid

Kings Lynn Raid
Bentwick Street, Kings Lynn, in ruins after a Zeppelin bombing raid, January 1915. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Shanghai Street

Shanghai Street
A Shanghai scene from 1927 depicting both rickshaws and trams on a busy street. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Transporter Bridge

Transporter Bridge
The Transporter Bridge across the River Tees in Middlesbrough, 17th September 1902. It was built in 1911. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Middlesbrough

Middlesbrough
The marketplace in Middlesbrough, 17th September 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: 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)



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