Queuing Collection (page 2)

Queuing to return home following the outbreak of World War I
Many British people were enjoying their summer holidays abroad when the war began and as the crisis became more acute, there was an eager rush for home

Soliders of the King, Children playing at war, WW1
Charming illustration showing a line of little boys queuing up outside a recruiting office dressed up as soldiers with the imaginative use of a variety of boxes, flags, paper hats and borrowed items

Hollywood Canteen, Hollywood, California, USA
The Hollywood Canteen (for Service Men), Hollywood, California, USA. Located on Sunset and Cahuenga, this establishment lifted the spirits of soldiers with free food, song, dancing

Cars in the Mall bearing debs to court presentations
A familiar sight in central London during the Season - a long line of cars snaking its way up the Mall towards Buckingham Palace

The Turin Exposition of 1911 - Landing stage on River Po Date: 1911

Avalon Bay, Santa Catalina Island, California, USA - trippers queue awaiting to depart back on the ferry. Date: circa 1910s

London Fire Brigade canteen van at a fire
Firefighters of the London Fire Brigade queue at the canteen van for lunch, after dealing with a commercial fire

Public queuing to see Faust, 1939
A photograph revealing the publics appetite for theatre during World War II despite the black-outs, restricted train services and other discomforts

SIII Wolseley 18 / 85 traffic car
A 1947 SIII Wolseley traffic car, complete with radio transmitter and loudspeaker, parks up alongside a huge queue of people. Date: circa 1947

National Amusement - The Bus Kitchen 1918
If the ministry of food carries out its latest scheme, there should be plenty of excitement in getting ones dinner from the travelling food kichens

Gentlemen prefer blondes
A group of brunette girls queuing outside the hairdressers, to get their hair dyed blonde because they are not getting the attention from the boys that they would like. 1926

Queue for a tobacconists, London 1940s
A queue outside a tobacconists shop in an unidentified London street during the 1940s. To the right are the Oxford Tea Rooms, and to the left, what appears to be a pawn shop. circa 1947

Queuing place for the 1931 Colonal Exposition, Paris
A place to queue for transportation to and from the French Colonial Exposition of 1931 - Montparnasse, Paris, France. Date: 1931

Salvation Army Food Depot, London
Men queuing at one of the food depots set up in London by the Salvation Army in the 1890s. The depots provided low cost food and meals for down and outs

Funny Postcard - Urgency
A superb humourous postcard depicting a young man taking a long time over his telegram, which has a lot to do with the pretty young girl behind the counter

The Main Post Office, Istanbul. There are different counters for local/ interior post and for International post. A clock above the counter unusually shows the time in two different time zones

How to Brighten Hotel Life: Preventing the Bathroom Boredom
Maid and shoe cleaner dancing to entertain the guests who are waiting to use the bathroom. One of a series specially drawn for The Sketch by Joyce Dennys

Senegal - West Africa - Dakar - The Theatre
The Theatre (French building) at Dakar, Senegal, West Africa

Emigrants queuing for Berth Numbers on their ship, Gravesend
Engraving showing emigrant passengers being allocated berth numbers at the beginning of a voyage to Australia, 1887. In the background of the image

Examining Passports at Ellis Island, New York, 1911
Photograph showing immigrants queuing up at the passport control on Ellis Island, New York, 1911

Queuing for vaccinations
An outbreak of smallpox during October 1922. An illustration of female assistants at Harrods taking their turn to be vaccinated

Buses on Oxford Street
Man with newspapers walks along Londons busy Oxford Street. Behind him three no. 73 buses are queuing. A businessman walks towards him

Agricultural Commune
Food distribution in an agricultural commune: women and bare-footed children queue for milk

Queuing in Petrograd
Queuing outside a textile shop, Petrograd

Queuing for Milk
Russian women and children queuing for milk

Famine St Petersburg
Distress among the Russian poor : queuing at a soup kitchen in St Petersburg

Barkers Sale - 1
Queuing for a sale at Barker s, Kensington, London

Paris Theatre Queue
Queuing for the cheap seats at a popular theatre in the boulevard du Temple, Pariss theatre district

Extravagant Wife
The complacent husband and the spendthrift wife - tradespeople queuing at the door with expensive clothes and other wares

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