Photos of the 1920s
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![landscapes/aerial views/boxing wembley stadium 1924 epw011412](/t/106/boxing-wembley-stadium-1924-epw011412-1477839.jpg.webp "Boxing at Wembley Stadium 1924 EPW011412. The first ever boxing match at Wembley Stadium, London on 9th August 1924. This was a light heavyweight contest between "Basking" Jack Bloomfield and Tommy Gibbons. The undercard included a heavyweight contest between Phil Scott and Andre Anderson (won by Scott)")
![landscapes/aerial views/british empire exhibition 1924 epw010737](/t/106/british-empire-exhibition-1924-epw010737-1477837.jpg.webp "British Empire Exhibition 1924 EPW010737. BRITISH EMPIRE EXHIBITION, London. Photographed in June 1924 at Wembley, Middlesex. Its official aim was "to stimulate trade, strengthen bonds that bind mother Country to her Sister States and Daughters". It was the largest exhibition ever staged anywhere in the world, attracting 27 million visitors")
![flight/ports docks harbours/graces epw003065](/t/106/graces-epw003065-13316174.jpg.webp "Three Graces EPW003065. A number of vessels plying their trade on the River Mersey. George's Stage and the Three Graces, Liverpool. The "Three Graces" shown here in 1920, are the Royal Liver Building (completed in 1911 with two clock towers crowned by mythical Liver Birds), the Cunard Building")
![landscapes/aerial views/liverpool pier head 1920 epw003058](/t/106/liverpool-pier-head-1920-epw003058-1477835.jpg.webp "Liverpool Pier Head 1920 EPW003058. PIER HEAD, Liverpool, Merseyside. The "Three Graces" shown here in 1920, are the Royal Liver Building (completed in 1911 with two clock towers crowned by mythical Liver Birds), the Cunard Building (completed in 1916) and the Port of Liverpool Building (completed in 1907)")
![landscapes/aerial views/kursaal bexhill epw000121](/t/106/kursaal-bexhill-epw000121-1477831.jpg.webp "The Kursaal, Bexhill EPW000121. THE KURSAAL, de la Warr Parade, Bexhill, Sussex, photographed in 1920. The Kursaal or "Cure Hall" was built in 1896 as Bexhill's first entertainment pavilion, the closest thing to a pier the town ever had. It was renamed the Pavilion after the first world war")
![historic images/1900 1945/wembley cup final day 1927 epw017629](/t/106/wembley-cup-final-day-1927-epw017629-1863687.jpg.webp "Wembley Cup Final day 1927 EPW017629. WEMBLEY STADIUM, London. Aerial view. FA Cup Final day 23rd April 1927. On the pitch the teams are lined up to meet dignitaries. Cardiff City went on to beat Arsenal 1-0. The stadium is adorned with patriotic advertising: "Back the Empire and forward trade" and "Half time and all the time buy Empire goods&quot")
![flight/ports docks harbours/cross channel steamer epw000089](/t/106/cross-channel-steamer-epw000089-13327022.jpg.webp "Cross Channel steamer EPW000089. Cross Channel steamer, Folkestone Pier, Folkestone, Kent. The Dutch Zeeland Ship Company ran mailboats from Flushing (Vlissingen) to Folkestone. This is the kind of cross-channel steamer referenced in Arthur Ransome's "We Didn't Mean to Go to Sea" (1937)")
