Images Dated 30th April 2016 (#23)

Canada Bound
May 1910: Scene on board the Royal Edward, a ship making its maiden voyage taking emigrants to Canada. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Blazing Ship
1915: A ship on fire in the harbour at Salonika in the Balkans. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Cliff Sitters
circa 1908: A crowd of day trippers sitting on the cliffs at Saltburn, Yorkshire. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Flying Machines
9th March 1907: A front view of the Bellamy aeroplane at Brooklands Motor Racing circuit. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Brooklands
16th April 1910: The Hon Allen Boyle in flight on his Avis monoplane. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Flying Failure
19th September 1911: An armoured plane with cantilever wings and a Leon Levavasseur designed Antoinette engine which proved too heavy to fly more than a few yards

Airship Propeller
19th October 1909: The propeller on Lathams aeroplane in motion, seen during Flying Week in Blackpool. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Doncaster Flight
19th October 1909: A plane flying past the first pylon in the Leeds Cup, during Doncaster Flying Week. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Hendon Aerodrome
22nd July 1911: Spectators watching a competitor arriving at Hendon during the Daily Mail Round Britain Air Race. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Flying Race
7th September 1912: The start of the flying race from Dublin to Belfast Leopardstown. (Photo by Desmond Arthur Stanton/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

British Topical Press Agency (1903 - 1957)
Fine Art Storehouse Vintage Photo Gallery: Press Photography: British Topical Press Agency (1903 - 1957)

Wanton Destruction
1910: A house in Avenue Libertad, Lisbon, destroyed by revolutionary guns. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

A Failed Flight
18th June 1910: Grahame White crashes his plane at Brooklands Motor Racing circuit. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Gliding
July 1910: An aeroplane gliding at Brooklands. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Aerial Derby
September 1913: A view of the motors in the enclosure at the Aerial Derby in Hendon. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

In Flight
July 1910: Planes flying over the hangars at a Bournemouth Aviation meeting. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Protective Mother
circa 1908: A lioness protecting her cubs holds a stick in her mouth at Bostocks Jungle, Earls Court. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Elephants Bathing
August 1913: A group of elephants bathing in a river in Mysore, India. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Ring-A-Ring Of Roses
24th July 1908: Children at play in Loughton, Essex on Fresh Air Fund Day. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Licensing Bill
27th September 1908: Demonstrations against the Licensing Bill, in Hyde Park, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Oban Regatta
12th September 1912: Lord Inverclydes yacht Emerald in Oban harbour during the Oban Regatta. Oban now hosts the annual Tennents West Highland Week

Henley Trophies
1907: The Trophy table for the Henley Regatta. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Cowes Regatta
1910: The stern of the Germania one of the ships competing in the Cowes Regatta. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Cowes Regatta
1st May 1911: A general view of the pier and water front during the Cowes Regatta. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Boat Race
1st April 1912: The Boat Race being re-rowed. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Oban Regatta
12th September 1912: Society spectators walking on the pier at the Oban Regatta. Oban now hosts the annual Tennents West Highland Week

Finish
30th March 1912: Oxford crew finishing on the first day during the Vasity Boatrace. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Cowes Regatta
1st August 1911: Members leaving the Royal Yacht Club landing for the yachts at Cowes Regatta, Isle of Man. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Seaplane Race
4th September 1919: Jacques Schneider Trophy National Seaplane Race, Hawkers Sopwith seaplane at East Cowes. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Skating Crowd
January 1907: A crowd at the skating matches at Littleport near Ely. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Oxford Summer Eights
23rd May 1910: Spectators on a moored boat watch the Christ Church crew lead the Pembroke College boat during the Oxford Summer Eights. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Henley Type
circa 1905: A man at a rowing event. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Model Aeroplane
July 1909: One of the first model aeroplanes. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Air Show
18th October 1909: Summers flying around a pylon during Doncaster Flying Week. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Bull Hotel
1907: The yard of the Bull Hotel in Wrotham. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Rally Preparation
4th April 1914: The Holborn division assembling in Red Lion Square, for the Great Ulster Rally at Hyde Park, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Park Lunch
March 1912: A group of school children having a lunch time picnic and relaxing on deck chairs in Regents Park, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Kite Flying
1908: Man launching a kite on Wimbledon Common, while a group of children look on. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Childrens Fete
15th July 1913: Tricycle decorated as a swan ridden by a boy in a sailor suit, at the Childrens Fete and Gala, Taggs Island. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Great Ulster Rally
4th April 1914: Crowds cheering and waving flags at the Great Ulster Rally in Hyde Park, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Kite Special
1908: A Brogdani dihedral kite being held ready for launch while a group of youths look on. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Travelling Ponies
May 1913: Polo ponies embarking on the SS Minneapolis at Tilbury Docks, bound for America. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Gulls In The Park
January 1909: A flock of gulls swoop over the heads of onlookers in St James Park. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Morning Toilet
August 1908: A baboon preens its companion at Bostocks Jungle, Earls Court, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Featherstone Street
circa 1920: View from the entrance of SPO, Wellington along Featherstone Street. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Air Race
August 1910: Blondeau in flight on Farman in the Lanark Aviation Meeting. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

The Boat Race
March 1910: Crowds on the Thames watching the Oxford Cambridge boat race.. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

British Entrants
4th September 1919: The two British entrants the Hawkers Sopwith and Nicholls Fairey drawn up side by side at East Cowes during the Schneider Trophy International Seaplane Race

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