Queue Collection (page 2)

Black-throated trogon, Trogon rufus, female (Rufous curucui, Trogon rufus). Copied from Martinets illustration of the Couroucou a queue rousse de Cayenne for Buffon

Atlantic pomfret, deep-bodied mojarra
Atlantic pomfret, Brama brama, deep-bodied mojarra, Gerres erythrourus, and three-striped whiptail, Pentapodus trivittatus. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Plee Sr

Fire salamander, smooth newt and spectacled salamander
Fire salamander, Salamandra salamandra, smooth newt, Triturus vulgaris, and spectacled salamander, Salamandrina terdigitata

Eurasian blue tit, Cyanoses caeruleus, and egg, and long-tailed tit, Aegithalos caudatus, with nest and egg. Handcoloured steel engraving by Pedretti after an illustration by Adolph Fries

Fat-tailed and Merino sheep breeds
Fat-tailed sheep, Ovis aries 1, and Merino sheep, Ovis aries 2. Domestic sheep breeds. Mouton a grosse queue, mouton merinos

Costumes of city dwellers and farmers. Middle-class man in overcoat of sheepskin with half moons over a silk robe, farmers in jackets and trousers

Chinese man losing pigtail by force
Freedom by force: Compelled to lose a badge of servitude. Chinese man unwilling to lose his pigtail or queue, considered a symbol of servitude by republicans, has it cut off by a soldier. Date: 1912

Food queue during a shortage, London, WW1
Food queue outside a butchers shop in London during a shortage towards the end of the First World War. 1918

Recruits queueing up to enlist, WW1
Recruits queueing up to enlist at the start of the First World War. 1914

Great Railway Strike, queue of people waiting for trams
Great Railway Strike - a queue of people waiting for trams, Blackfriars Bridge, London. 1919

Queues at Smithfield Meat Market, London, WW1
Food shortage queues at Smithfield Meat Market, London, 1918, towards the end of the First World War. 1918

People queuing for boats, River Dee, Chester
People queuing for boats on the River Dee at Chester, Easter 1949. 1949

A long queue to buy railway tickets - and an opportunity for casual flirtation ! Date: 1872

How the public Saw the Public Lying-in-State of Edward VII
The queue to see the lying-in-state of King Edward, while the picture below shows the procession through Westminster Hall. Date: May 1910

FRENCH SOUP KITCHEN
French down-and-outs queue for a bouchee du pain (mouthful of bread) in a Paris street. Date: 1895

FASHIONABLE BALL, FRANCE
A private dance in the Chausee dAntin, Paris : four dancers perform the Queue du chat (Cats tail) Date: circa 1821

WORKMEN WAITING FOR JOBS
Workmen waiting to be engaged in the place of the Hotel de Ville, Paris. Date: 1869

QUEUE AT LONDON PAVILION
Queue of theatre-goers before the performance outside the London Pavilion Date: 1900

RELIGION / CONFESSION
Pious French Catholics queue to confess their sins to a popular priest; an elegant gentleman reads a pious text on bended knee, a beggar begs Date: 1737

Westminster Hall by night: Waiting and departing 1910
The queue waiting in a thunderstorm to view the public lying-in-state of King Edward VII in Westminster Hall. Date: May 1910

CASUAL WARD, LONDON
Admission - by ticket - to a London casual ward. Date: 1870

WW2 - Home Front - Schoolchildren in Chelsea, London take part in a paper-salvage campaign, carrying a total of two tonnes of paper from their school in Glebe Place to the Kings Road

Visitors queue in Red Square, Moscow for Lenins Mausoleum. Date: circa 1950s

Food Queues in London owing to shortages
Food Queues in London owing to shortage of supplies. People waiting to get 2 ounces only Date: 1918

Aerial view of Red Square, Moscow, Russia, during the Soviet era. Date: mid-20th century

Jeddah, Saudi Arabia - The Post Office Date: circa 1910s

Telegram Boys 1937
Four young telegraph boys, smartly dressed in their uniforms, queue up at the counter to be given their telegrams by the manager

Waiting in a queue for the royal courts by Matania
The long line of motor cars queuing on the Mall waiting for the official hour when the debutantes and their society mothers

Bus Stop 1960S
The 505 bus at a bus stop, destination Waterloo Station & Marble Arch, via Charing Cross, central London. Date: 1960s

Immigrants arriving at Ellis Island, New York
Immigrants await their turn at the Naturalisation Office, New York, America

Knotts Berry Farm, Buena Park, California, USA
Long queue of people for the Dining Room at Knotts Berry Farm, Buena Park, Orange County, California, USA. Date: late 1940s

Queue de Luxe, illustration by William Heath Robinson
Queue de Luxe (Luxury Queue), with upper class people waiting for a bus, illustration by William Heath Robinson. Credit must appear as: Courtesy of Mrs J. C

Queue for Tomb of the Unknown Warrior, 1920
Just part of the huge queue waiting their turn to pass by and pay their respects to the Tomb of the Unknown Warrior following the Armistice Day ceremony in 1920. 1920

Kinmel Park, No. 4 Army Camp, North Wales, WW1
Scene in Kinmel Park, No. 4 Army Camp, North Wales, showing soldiers queueing up outside the YMCA Central Pavilion ready to go in to watch a film. Date: 1916-1919

Queue for food at Bacalar Chico, British Honduras
Boy scouts queueing for food at Bacalar Chico, British Honduras (now Belize), Central America, 23 May 1951. Date: 1951

Peers entering Westminster Abbey for Coronation
Peers in their robes, entering Westminster Abbey to take their places for the Coronation of Queen Elizabeth II on 2 June 1953

Fern Street Settlement
Poor working class children in Londons East End, queueing up for the Fern Street Settlement, set up in 1905 by Clara Grant; a bundle of toys in exchange for a farthing. Date: early 1930s

Salvation Army Shelter, Blackfriars Road, London
A crowd of vagrants awaiting admission to the Salvation Army shelter for men (known as The Embankment) at 115B Blackfriars Road, London

London by Lester Ralph
Superb caricature of London emphasising its expanding population, Central to the picture is St Pauls Cathedral wearing a police officers helmet over its dome while the surrounding landscape is filled

WWII - El-Amriya station canteen in Egypt
Canteen of El-Amriya station, a dispersal camp by the British Army during World War II in Egypt. Date: circa 1941

Beirut, Lebanon - Lebanese at Hadett Railway Station. Date: circa 1902

A library for troops on Western Front
Photograph: A library for troops on Western Front.Shows a queue of men, some with books and newspapers outside a library. The sign for the library reads

Getting a Document Stamped At Somerset House by H M Bateman. This illustration shows the red tape of Somerset House, tax offices

Rotten Row, Hyde Park - Summertime, long queue and carriages Date: 1904

United States. Washington. A public reception day by Preside
Grover Cleveland (1837-1908). President of the United States. Washington. A public reception day by President Cleveland in the East Room of the White House

Versailles Palace C1740
A view of the monumental baroque palace of Louis XIV with a stream of visitors arriving in carriages & on foot. Date: circa 1740

Ymca Tea Car
War workers and troops form a queue and others enjoy a cuppa and a snack on the bonnet of the YMCA " Tea Car", providing refreshments for them and those made homeless by bombing Date

Philadelphia Soup Kit
The clientele of a soup house in Philadelphis, PA : some come out, warmed with soup, while others queue for theirs. Date: 1875

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