Images Dated 30th April 2016 (#33)

Police Timing
January 1909: A Policeman signalling from a roof top as a method for timing motor cars. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Electric Van
1st June 1908: An electric delivery van in service for the Great Western Railway. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Car Factory 1914
22nd January 1914: An employee checking the machinery at the Wolseley Motor Companys Works at Adderley Park, Birmingham. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Ostend Beach
circa 1907: Holidaymakers on the beach at Ostend. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Hastings Motors
17th March 1909: A large crowd watches a line of motor cars arriving at Hastings. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Vauxhall Motor Car
22nd August 1913: A Vauxhall motor car which is at Brooklands race track to attempt the 12 hour record. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

The Luncheon Party
17th February 1909: Racegoers break for refreshments during the Waterloo Cup stakes. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

RAC Dust Trials
1st July 1908: A racing car with anti-dust devices at the RAC Dust Trials at Brooklands race-track. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

RAF Flamingo
January 1940: An RAF De Havilland Flamingo. (Photo by Hudson/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

St Lazare Prison
circa 1914: St Lazare prison, where Mme Henriette Caillaux was held while awaiting trial for murder. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Cycle Car
18th November 1912: A Sabella cycle car belonging to a Richmond draper company for deliveries. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Young Paddlers
circa 1907: Little girls paddling in the sea at Teignmouth, Devon. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

SS Albatross
July 1923: The General Steam Companys Ss Albatross, at dock in London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Sea Landing
July 1922: British war vessels arriving at Donegal Bay during the Irish Civil War. (Photo by Crowder/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Ready For The Off
circa 1920: Hot air balloons about to take off. The name Gordon Bennett, a wealthy American journalist who was a sponsor of ballooning, is clearly displayed on two of them. (Photo by M)

R100 Mooring
21st May 1930: A mooring mast near St Hubert, Montreal to which the R 100 will be moored on completion of her transatlantic trip. (Photo by H. H. Humphries/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Santa Claus Ship
December 1918: The American ship Jason, which was used to transport toys for Christmas to war orphans in Britain. (Photo by Paul Thompson/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Pushing The Boat Out
January 1923: Cambridge rowing crew pushing their boat into the river for a practice session. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Submarine Launch
23rd May 1929: The launch of HMS Perseus, the first P class submarine, from Messrs. Vickers and Armstrongs naval construction works at Barrow-in-Furness. (Photo by Edward G)

Bristol Scout Biplane
19th March 1914: A Bristol Scout biplane at the Olympia aircraft show in London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Ascot Fashion
June 1927: A woman wearing a contrasting outfit of striking black and white walks past another Ascot visitor who has a more traditional floral dress. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Building At Seoul
August 1910: A market in front of Bell Hall, Seoul. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Power Station
22nd September 1926: Lots Road power station, Chelsea, London, from the river. (Photo by Hawkins/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Belgian Exhibition
17th August 1910: Damage to a lion statue following a fire at the Brussels Exhibition. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Spiral Railway
June 1908: The spiral railway at the Franco-British Exhibition in London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Exhibition Pay
May 1908: Workers who are constructing the Franco-British Exhibition are viewed queuing up to receive their wages on a Saturday afternoon. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Military Types
1906: Russian and Japanese military men after the Russo-Japanese War sitting in front of an ornately carved screen. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Chinese Soldiers
1906: Chinese soldiers in the Russo-Japanese War. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Taube In Paris
circa 1915: A birdlike German Taube aircraft, on display at Les Invalides, Paris, during the height of the First World War. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Franco-British Fair
June 1908: The visitors pack the stands round the band stand in the Elite Gardens at the Franco-British Exhibition, 1908. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Sea Wall Line
circa 1890: A cargo train on Admiralty Pier, Dover, and the paddle steamer Calais/Dourre I moored alongside at one of the Western Berths. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Isle Of Man
1st May 1907: An entrant in the Tourist Trophy race on the Isle of Man. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Birth Of A Building
April 1912: Construction work continues on the site of the new Commonwealth Offices in the Strand, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Plants For Sale
March 1922: Plants for sale on a barrow in Farringdon Street, London. They are priced per root. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Traffic Signals
21st July 1926: New traffic signals on the corner of Piccadilly and Old Street in London. (Photo by Kirby/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Praying For Peace
July 1921: Catholic Dubliners recite the Angelus for peace in Ireland. (Photo by Walshe/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Monumental Steps
April 1929: The Monumental Steps at St Charles Station in Marseilles. (Photo by J. B. Helsby/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)

Tea Break
October 1906: Workers who are constructing the Brooklands, Surrey racing circuit having a coffee break at a mobile canteen. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Thaw
11th March 1947: Traffic plowing through water on a flooded road, Marlow, Buckinghamshire (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Loading Cars
12th January 1927: Morris motor cars being loaded on the T.S.S. Hobsons Bay at King George V Dock, bound for Australia. (Photo by Kirby/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Buttons Ltd
July 1909: Workers cutting buttons in a factory in Birmingham. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Holborn Empire
1909: The Holborn Empire music hall, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Olympia Theatre
1909: Exterior of the Olympia Theatre in Shoreditch, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Games Room
1909: The Billiards Room at the Municipal Institute in Battersea, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Chesterfield House
1909: The grand staircase and hall of Chesterfield House in Derbyshire. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

GWR Station
10th February 1910: Exterior of the Great Western Railway station at Snow Hill, Birmingham. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Bird Fancier
1909: A falconer at the travel and sports exhibition at the Olympia exhibition halls in Kensington, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

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