Images Dated 30th April 2016 (#34)

Toll Collectors
1909: The toll-house and toll gate at Mill Hill, Finchley, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Empress Sails
23rd November 1932: The CPR liner Empress of Britain leaving Southampton docks for a tour of Africa, India, China, Japan and Australia, (Photo by A. Hudson/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Train Transporter
11th April 1933: SS Beaverdale loaded with coaches of the Royal Scot which are being taken to the USA. (Photo by J. A. Hampton/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

An American Ship
January 1923: The American ship, President Roosevelt. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

The White Ship
17th May 1933: The liner Mauretania after being painted white. (Photo by A. Hudson/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Racing Start
15th August 1931: One of the two flying-boats engaged in a race to the Red Sea and back, a Saunders- Roe A 7, about to take off from Felixstowe Seaplane Station, Kent. (Photo by A)

Ready For Passengers
20th May 1931: Canadian Pacific liner, Empress of Britain, at the quay side, Southampton. (Photo by A. Hudson/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Schneider Entrant
19th August 1929: A Gloster Napier 6, one of the aircraft with which Britain hopes to retain the 1929 Schneider Trophy, at Calshot, Southampton. (Photo by Puttnam /Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Pterodactyl Plane
2nd July 1926: A tailless plane, the Pterodactyl in flight during rehearsals for the Royal Air Force Display and Pageant at Hendon, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Observation Balloon
3rd June 1924: An RAF (Royal Airforce) observation balloon leaving the ground. (Photo by Brooke/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Minnewaska
September 1923: The liner Minnewaska coming into dock. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Caronia Docking
August 1922: The liner Caronia coming into dock. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Viper Autogiro
20th October 1927: A British C 8D Viper Autogiro at Hamble airfield in Hampshire. (Photo by Brooke/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

P & O Liner
13th January 1932: Bows of the P&O liner Strathnaver. (Photo by J. A. Hampton/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Jack Johnson
September 1911: Jack Johnson of the USA, one of the greatest yet most unpopular Heavyweight boxers of all time, on his way to court in Bow Street surrounded by a huge crowd

SS Aquitania
May 1922: SS Aquitania at Southampton. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Fitting Gun Sights
9th January 1930: Workers at the Bristol Aeroplane Co works at Filton, Gloucester, fitting controls and calibrating the gun sights of the Bristol Bulldog

SS Beaverford
29th May 1929: Canadian merchant ship the SS Beaverford tied up in Surrey Common Docks, London. (Photo by Edward G. Malindine/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Great Sphinx
December 1936: The Great Sphinx of Giza, representing a guardian deity in Egyptian mythology, with the body of a lion and the head of a woman. (Photo by David Savill/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Holborn Street
25th July 1912: A street in Holborn, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Tilling The Soil
30th March 1917: A woman guides a plough over a field at Cambridge University Farm. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Fetch The Flag
April 1917: Bruno the dog carries a flag in his mouth on America Day in London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Spring Time
April 1917: Sheep and their lambs graze in a field above Dartmouth College, a naval college at the mouth of the River Dart in Devon. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Clive Of India
23rd November 1916: Workmen taking down a statue of Lord Robert Clive, the British governor of Bengal who established British rule in India. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Empire Day
May 1916: Crowds at St Pauls Cathedral for Empire Day celebrations. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Verdun Nuts
15th December 1916: A chest of acorns and chestnuts from Verdun. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Music Lovers
1st October 1916: A huge crowd gathers to hear Republican bands playing on the Horse Guards Parade, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Plough The Park
19th January 1917: Ploughing land in Richmond Park to help the war effort. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

U-Boat In Britain
July 1916: The captured German submarine UC5 moored at Sheerness. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Ballooning Race
25th May 1907: Ballons are brought out for the Ballooning Ranelagh Race for the Harbord Cup. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Hemispherical
Circa 1580, A Hemispherical, made by Hyeroimus Vulperica, in 1580, part of a complete collection of 16th century astronomical

Desk Telephones
A candlestick design telephone and a later cradle telephone side by side in a busy office

Haymarket Traffic
10th August 1911: Traffic in the Haymarket, central London, the day after the Carlton Hotel fire. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

High Street
November 1912: All quiet down a shopping street in Letchworth, Hertfordshire. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Race At Windermere
August 1912: Runners take part in the Grassmere Sports meet by climbing the wall after the start of the Guides race at Windermere, in the Lake District. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

In Piccadilly Circus
1st January 1925: Traffic in Piccadilly Circus. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Ouside Underground
10th April 1917: Disappearing into the distance, the track of an underground railway extension to Watford is actually overground. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Aviation Meet
Motor Car stuck in mud on Aviation Ground at the Lanmark Avaition Meet

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)

Country Drivers
A convoy of cars drive through the mountains at Glenshee during a motor trial. Motor trials have been a popular sport since the invention of the car

Henley Picnic
Spectators in punts on the Thames watching the Henley Regatta at lunchtime

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

Horse Stalls
May 1911: Empty horse stables following the demise of the horse bus. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

London Ski Jump
Competitors jump off a special superstructure at Hampstead Heath during the London Ski-jumping competition. The superstructure, 62 feet high, was specially erected for the competition

Ice Manufacturing
26th March 1907: The compressor inside the engine room of an ice factory. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

City Fathers
The City Fathers being photographed by a woman before leaving for the Lord Mayors Show

Lord Mayors Show
9th November 1912: The Lord Mayors Show procession passing over Ludgate Hill, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Parading Aussies
An Australian float at the Lord Mayors Show, London

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