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Topical Press Agency Collection (page 8)

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

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Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Ladies Day

Ladies Day
4th June 1926: A group of women studying their cards on Ladies day at Epsom Races in Surrey, England. (Photo by E. Bacon/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Young Flappers

Young Flappers
1929: Four young women wearing the cloche hats typical of the flapper era leave the polling station of the London Borough of Stepney, after voting in the parliamentary election

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Revolution Lights

Revolution Lights
14th November 1925: The Grand Theatre, Moscow, illuminated with the inscription Art for the Workers, for the celebration of the 8th anniversary of the Russian Revolution

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Borough Market

Borough Market
March 1928: Goods outside Borough market in London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Park Riders

Park Riders
30th December 1926: Three children riding miniature horses being escorted around Rotten Row in Hyde Park, London as groundsmen tend to the horse tracks borders. (Photo by G)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Steeplechasers

Steeplechasers
circa 1928: Students from Cambridge University eating a picnic lunch around a car during a break from the Universitys annual steeplechase. (Photo by Brooke/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Regatta Women

Regatta Women
1st August 1927: A group of women walking along a street in Cowes on the Isle of Wight during the towns annual regatta. (Photo by Kirby/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Golfers Relax

Golfers Relax
July 1928: Golfers relaxing on Fleetway House golf course at Stoke Poges, Buckinghamshire. (Photo by Brooke/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Golf At Gleneagles

Golf At Gleneagles
1929: A crowd of spectators on the golf course at Gleneagles during the championships. The hotel (seen in the background) has four golf courses including the famous Kings course

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Ball Boy

Ball Boy
26th March 1928: A ball boy holding tennis balls at Hampstead Hard Court Club, Hampstead, London. (Photo by Brooke/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Sadhu Penance

Sadhu Penance
circa 1930: A fakir balancing on his knees during his daily penance which lasts for two hours. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Monoplane

Monoplane
30th August 1927: De Havillands DH 71 Tiger Moth about to take off. (Photo by Kirby/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Free Seats

Free Seats
April 1929: Perching on a wooden fence, women racegoers at Towcester Easter Meeting. (Photo by Puttnam /Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Spiritual Filmgoers

Spiritual Filmgoers
3rd December 1926: A crowd of spiritualists gather in the west end for a special showing of the Fox silent film The Return Of Peter Grimm. (Photo by Hawkins/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Exmoor Sheep

Exmoor Sheep
16th June 1926: Prize winner Lidcott No.90 belonging to Messers Robins of Barnstable, at the Devon County Show at Crediton. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Tennis Couple

Tennis Couple
circa 1930: A middle-aged couple ready to play tennis. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: The Columbia

The Columbia
30th August 1927: Police guarding the aeroplane Miss Columbia at Croydon, England. Captain Hinchliffe who is testing the aircraft will later fly the plane back to America accompanied by Charles

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Kempton Racegoers

Kempton Racegoers
1st April 1929: Holiday racegoers making their own grandstand of the rails at Kempton Park. (Photo by Edward G. Malindine/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Welsh Ponies

Welsh Ponies
9th July 1925: Welsh ponies and their foals prove a great attraction at the Royal Agricultural Show at Chester. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Tourist Firm Moves

Tourist Firm Moves
April 1926: The tourist agents Cooks moving from premises in Ludgate Circus to Berkeley Street, Piccadilly in London. (Photo by G. Adams/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: New Guinea Skulls

New Guinea Skulls
circa 1950: A longhouse in New Guinea where warriors store the skulls of their victims. (Photo by Frank Hurley/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Stuck In The Mud

Stuck In The Mud
1928: A 5070 HP rotary valve Italia car on a motoring trip through the Great St Bernard Pass, on the Swiss-Italian border, encounters a muddy field and has to be towed to safety by local oxen

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Danger Ice

Danger Ice
23rd February 1929: Two boys reading a notice warning of the danger of going on the ice in Hyde Park, London. (Photo by S. R. Gaiger/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Christmas Babies

Christmas Babies
December 1926: Father Christmas with six babies born on Christmas Day at the City of London Maternity home. (Photo by W. G. Phillips/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Field Day

Field Day
24th February 1928: Eton schoolboys advance from an entrenchment during the Eton versus Harrow OT Corps Field Day at Windsor Great Park. (Photo by E. Bacon/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Teatime Barge

Teatime Barge
July 1926: Holidaymakers having tea on a barge in the Norfolk Broads, England. (Photo by E. Bacon/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Background imageTopical Press Agency Collection: Snowballers

Snowballers
December 1927: Girls throwing snowballs at Havering, Essex, where the snow has reached a considerable depth. (Photo by Davis/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

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)



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