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1920 1929 Collection (page 6)

Step back in time to the roaring twenties, a decade filled with innovation, glamour, and historical milestones

Background image1920 1929 Collection: Flying Walrus

Flying Walrus
circa 1924: A Vickers Supermarine Walrus in shallow waters. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background image1920 1929 Collection: Stonehenge

Stonehenge
1920: A visitor stands on a toppled standing stone at the megalithic structure of Stonehenge on Salisbury Plain. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background image1920 1929 Collection: Flatiron Building

Flatiron Building
The Fuller Building (built in 1902), known as the Flatiron Building, on Broadway, Fifth Avenue and 23rd Street, New York City. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background image1920 1929 Collection: Washington Bridge

Washington Bridge
New Yorks George Washington Bridge from the New Jersey side, the space left for subway tracks is visible in the centre. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background image1920 1929 Collection: Calvin J Coolidge

Calvin J Coolidge
Calvin Coolidge (1872 - 1933), the 30th President of the United States of America (1923 - 1929). When Governor of Massachusetts in 1919 he crushed the Boston police strike

Background image1920 1929 Collection: Steamboat

Steamboat
A steamboat on the Mississippi River at night. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background image1920 1929 Collection: Icebreaker

Icebreaker
The cutter Bear, used by US admiral Richard Byrd on an expedition to the South Polar regions. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background image1920 1929 Collection: Capronissimo

Capronissimo
The Italian Caproni Capronissimo on Lake Maggiore, Italy. With quarters for 100 passengers, it was the largest aircraft in the world, but destroyed by fire before it flew

Background image1920 1929 Collection: Gargoyle Trio

Gargoyle Trio
Gargoyles on the cathedral of Notre Dame on the Ile de la Cite in central Paris. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background image1920 1929 Collection: Marriage Boom

Marriage Boom
A woman posts up advertisements on the wall of a Marriage Bureau in France, all from young men seeking marriage after World War I. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background image1920 1929 Collection: USS Leviathan

USS Leviathan
The USS Leviathan, a former vessel of the Hamburg-American Line steams into New York Harbour. Originally named Vaterland, she was seized by the US Government in New York during World War I

Background image1920 1929 Collection: SS Majestic

SS Majestic
Crowds wave as the White Star liner Majestic leaves her pier, loaded with tourists bound for Europe. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background image1920 1929 Collection: SS Orsova

SS Orsova
The Orient Steam Navigation Company passenger liner SS Orsova, built on the Clyde and launched in 1909. She was torpedoed off Plymouth during World War I, then repaired and returned to service

Background image1920 1929 Collection: Hollywood

Hollywood
A boulevard of Los Angeles in Hollywood, California. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background image1920 1929 Collection: Workers Houses

Workers Houses
Quality houses in the Keilestapein in Essen built by Krupp for their steelworkers. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background image1920 1929 Collection: Performing Dog

Performing Dog
Pete, a Staffordshire Bull Terrier, jumping through a hoop. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background image1920 1929 Collection: Chinatown

Chinatown
circa 1920: Chinese quarter in Singapore. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background image1920 1929 Collection: Tote Machines

Tote Machines
1929: Inside the tote room at Ascot race course showing the tote machines. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background image1920 1929 Collection: The Capitol

The Capitol
circa 1925: The Capitol building in Washington with cars parked outside. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background image1920 1929 Collection: A Field In California

A Field In California
circa 1925: An oil field in California. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background image1920 1929 Collection: Fifth Avenue

Fifth Avenue
1921: Traffic on New Yorks Fifth Avenue, a street on Manhattan Island famed for its fashionable stores, museums and architectural features. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background image1920 1929 Collection: Berlin Houses

Berlin Houses
circa 1925: A residential street in Berlin. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background image1920 1929 Collection: Foundation Garments

Foundation Garments
circa 1925: A mannequin in a department store dressed in a suspender belt and bra. The shop is possibly Harrods of London, during their Great Summer Sale

Background image1920 1929 Collection: Fair Weather Riders

Fair Weather Riders
1921: A crowded open-top tram on Fifth Avenue, New York. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background image1920 1929 Collection: Out On A Wing

Out On A Wing
circa 1920: The construction team of the Rohrbach airship Romar line up on the aircrafts wings. The Romar completed its first successful flight in 1928

Background image1920 1929 Collection: The Big Apple

The Big Apple
circa 1920: Traffic on Broadway, north from Canal Street, New York. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background image1920 1929 Collection: Remembrance Day

Remembrance Day
circa 1920: London crowds bow their heads in observance of a two-minute silence on Armistice Day. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background image1920 1929 Collection: Unter Den Linden

Unter Den Linden
circa 1925: People walking past Cafe Konig at Unter Den Linden, Berlin. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background image1920 1929 Collection: Arctic Aircraft

Arctic Aircraft
circa 1925: The Dornier-Wal N25 in which Norwegian explorer Roald Amundsen led an expedition to the North Pole in 1925. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background image1920 1929 Collection: St Lazare Station

St Lazare Station
circa 1925: St Lazare station in Paris filled with people waiting to travel during the August holidays. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background image1920 1929 Collection: Penn Station

Penn Station
circa 1925: View of the Great Gate room of the neo-classical Pennsylvania Station, New York, designed by the preeminent architects of the day, McKim, Mead & White

Background image1920 1929 Collection: Champs Elysees

Champs Elysees
circa 1925: A high angle view of the Champs Elysees in Paris. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background image1920 1929 Collection: China Town

China Town
1925: China Town in San Francisco, California. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background image1920 1929 Collection: San Francisco Beach

San Francisco Beach
1928: Hundreds of cars parked on the roadside, with their passengers enjoying the summer sun on San Franciscos huge beach. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background image1920 1929 Collection: Bathing Pool

Bathing Pool
circa 1920: The famous Venetian bathing pool at Coral Gables, Miami, Florida attracts a huge crowd for the season. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background image1920 1929 Collection: Jane Addams

Jane Addams
circa 1925: Jane Addams (1860 - 1935), American social reformer, feminist and co-winner of the Nobel Peace Prize in 1931. She founded the social settlement Hull House in Chicago in 1899

Background image1920 1929 Collection: Passchendaele

Passchendaele
circa 1925: A cemetery where troops killed in battle at Passchendaele are buried. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background image1920 1929 Collection: Ziggis Neon Sign

Ziggis Neon Sign
circa 1925: An illuminated neon sign reading The Great Ziegfeld, used to advertise his stage shows outside the theatre. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background image1920 1929 Collection: Liberty Bell

Liberty Bell
1926: A cavalry regiment leading the inaugural parade beneath a huge reproduction of the Liberty Bell, built for the opening of the Great Exposition in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Background image1920 1929 Collection: Abrahams Mound

Abrahams Mound
circa 1923: Abrahams Mound, the site of the tombs of Kings of Egypt who ruled more than 4000 years ago. The area, originally part of Mesopotania, is known as Ur

Background image1920 1929 Collection: Trumpet Sound

Trumpet Sound
circa 1925: A gramophone player with a trumpet. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background image1920 1929 Collection: High Work

High Work
1925: Steel workers at work on the cities service building in New York, with the City Bank in the background. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background image1920 1929 Collection: Piccadilly Circus

Piccadilly Circus
circa 1925: Two minutes silence at Piccadilly Circus, London on Armistice Day. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background image1920 1929 Collection: Carrying Crate

Carrying Crate
1922: People carrying a crate full of treasures from the tomb of Egyptian pharaoh Tutankhamen at Thebes (modern Luxor and El-Karnak) escorted by armed soldiers

Background image1920 1929 Collection: Arthur Conan Doyle

Arthur Conan Doyle
circa 1925: Scottish writer of detective stories and historical romances Sir Arthur Conan Doyle (1859 - 1930), creator of Sherlock Holmes. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background image1920 1929 Collection: Farman Goliath

Farman Goliath
circa 1925: A Farman Goliath airliner (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background image1920 1929 Collection: Woolworths Store

Woolworths Store
circa 1925: A Woolworth Store in Holborn, London. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

Background image1920 1929 Collection: Seaplane

Seaplane
Circa 1920: Sideview of large seaplane Rohrbach Romar. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)



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Step back in time to the roaring twenties, a decade filled with innovation, glamour, and historical milestones. From the breathtaking view of Stamford Bridge to the grandeur of the Fifth Physics Congress Solvay in Brussels, 1927 was a year that showcased intellectual brilliance. The majestic HMS Hood stands tall as the last battlecruiser built for the Royal Navy, symbolizing Britain's naval power during this era. In the world of arts and culture, prima ballerina Anna Pavlova captivated audiences with her graceful performances. Her talent and dedication made her an icon of Russian ballet. Meanwhile, soaring through the skies was the R 101 Airship - a marvel of engineering that brought dreams of air travel closer to reality. Sports enthusiasts were enthralled by legendary boxer Jack Dempsey's matches as depicted on his iconic boxing poster. His strength and skill mesmerized crowds worldwide. On another note, literature lovers were captivated by Agatha Christie's gripping mysteries which continue to enthrall readers even today. The fashion scene dazzled with feathered gowns adorning glamorous women who embraced their newfound freedom after World War I. And amidst all these cultural landmarks stood one mighty locomotive - The Flying Scotsman 4472 - an illustration that represents progress and modernity in transportation. Speaking of transportation, canal systems played a vital role in connecting regions across British Isles as shown in lithographic depictions showcasing navigable rivers alongside canals bustling with activity. Political history took center stage too; Benito Mussolini emerged as a prominent figure during this period when he became Prime Minister of Italy in 1925. His portrait serves as a reminder of political shifts occurring around Europe at that time. Lastly, construction work on The Tyne Bridge commenced on February 27th, 1928 - an architectural masterpiece that would soon become an iconic landmark bridging communities together.