Wait Collection (page 5)

Passport Control, Venice
English tourists wait while their passports are examined by a suspicious official at Venice. Date: 1854

Thomas Cook Tour Party - Luxor
A party of travellers on a Thomas Cook tour pose in front the wonderful Temple of Columns at Luxor; their local guides wait patiently whilst tending to the camel and donkey. late 1880s

Twins and Luggage
Twins wait on a railway platform with their luggage for their train. late 19th century

When the Raider Drops in by Heath Robinson
Hints for householders for when a German raider drops in during World War I. Don t surrender - do sit on him until help arrives

Girl awaiting for Fathers return
A beautiful photograph of a young girl patiently awaiting the return of her Father, who has possibly serving in the British Armed Forces overseas

Policemen on a stake-out
Non-uniformed police officers and detectives on a stake-out sit in a large unmarked car, watching and waiting

Training a police dog - catching a fleeing burglar. A police dog and handler lie in wait, ready to pounce on a burglar making his escape out of a ground floor window

Waiting refugees WWII
Refugees patiently waiting on the quayside during World War II. Issuing tickets lasted throughout the night from 6:30pm until 7am on May 24th and was conducted by the light of the ships searchlights

Gentleman wait at the stage door
A group of well dressed gentlemen wait for their leading lady at the stage door armed with bouquets of flowers. True Stage Door Johnnies in their silk top hats

Nelsons Column Installe
The square in 1845, after the erection of Nelsons Column but we must wait nearly a quarter of a century before Landseers lions are added in 1867

Tijuana, Mexico - The Mexico / US Border
Cars lined up in queues as people wait to cross between Mexico and the United States at the border crossing at Tijuana

Waiting for the news of the Missing, Gresford Colliery
After an explosion in the mine flames trapped the miners and efforts were made to rescue them. The crowd that had gathered could only stand by and wait for news

Wait Your Turn
Disgruntled members of a gentlemens club must take a ticket and wait their turn to read a copy of The Bystander during World War One - a humorous comment on the paper shortages affecting the press

Baedeker Updating 1915
Karl Baedeker takes notes on the changing landscape for an upto date guide to France. If I were him I d wait three years or so

Russian Emigrants landing in New York, 1892
Engraving showing Russian emigrants, young and old, arriving by tender at the Barge Office, New York, 1892. As an elderly immigrant is helped ashore, customs officals wait to inspect the new arrivals

Immigration. Immigrants in America. A Lonely Emigrant
A young woman emigrant wait in the immigration depot in New York on her own. With her feet on her box and wrapped in a cloak, she is gazing wistfully into the distance

Family Christmas Dinner
A family Christmas dinner. Father carves the turkey while his family wait expectantly

Evacuation / Mother & Son
A young mother and her son hold one another apprehensively as they wait for him to be evacuated

A family group waiting for news at the pit head, Gresford Co
A family wait by the pithead after the great explosion at Gresford colliery in Wales. Over 260 miners lost their lives as a result of raging fires in the pits, orphaning nearly 800 children

Evacuees / Station 1940
Children enter Catford station, southeast London, prior to boarding the train which will take them to where they will be safe from German bombs

Karrozin Carriages / Malta
At Valletta two karrozin carriages wait by the Upper Barracca Gardens beside the City Gate

Actresses Play Bowls
Sports or leisure wear worn on the bowling green includes white shorts, blouse and white sandals or mini-skirt, striped top and a skull cap with a large tassel

Little Bridesmaids
Five little bridesmaids wait at the church door with their baskets of primroses and anxious expressions

Clay Cross Miners / Shaft
Colliers at the Clay Cross mine at Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England, wait at the bottom of the pit as their colleagues are hauled to the surface, 300 yards above

At the Chemist / 1870
Unwell customers wait for the pharmacist to measure them out their medicine in this chemists shop

WW1 / 1915 / DARDANELLES
As the Allies approach the Dardanelles, the Germans and Turks wait to crush them

Sportsmans Hall
SPORTSMANs HALL - A domestic scene in a hunting household - while the lady of the house performs on the hunting-horn, her menfolk drink and sing and the hounds wait patiently

Family Station Wait
A family wait at a train station. The children sit on their suitcases and read comics while they wait

Festiniog Railway 2
FESTINIOG RAILWAY TAN-Y-BWLCH STATION Fairlie engine pulls train, horse & carriage wait

Reception at Debenhams
A corner of the Reception Room A small group of women eager to begin shopping wait their turn to be served

Opening of Rentenbank
Opening of the Rentenbank in Oranien Street, Berlin. The crowd wait for the issue of the new currency, the Rentenmark, aimed at stemming hyper inflation

Crecy : English Wait
The English forces await the attack of the French

Photographing M Curie
Marie Curie is news : photographers lie in wait in the rue Cuvier, Paris, and snap her as she goes from her home to her laboratory

Builders Wait for Hire
Building Labourers waiting for hire

Vaccination Station / 1880
A vaccinating station in Connaught, Ireland; women wait with their babies

French Street Market
Normandie countrywomen come into Saint-Vst-le-Hougue and wait with their baskets along the street while the townswomen inspect their produce

German Anti-Aircraft
Carefully camouflaged, these Germans wait with a large calibre gun to fire on enemy aircraft such as the one about to fly past them

Georgian Country House
A splendid Georgian country house looking up its sweeping drive to the front of the house, where a car is parked and two dogs wait

Waiting for Sale Start
Anxious shoppers outside Selfridges on Londons Oxford Street wait for the store to open and the sale to begin

Hamburg Street Scene
Trams dominate this busy scene in the centre of the city : a young girl and her father wait for a chance to cross the street between the many horse drawn vehicles

Prayer in the Desert
PRAYER IN THE DESERT Two men pray towards Mecca, while their companions (their womenfolk ?) wait patiently on their camels

Waiting at York
Passengers wait for their train on the majestically curved platform of York station

Donkeys Waiting
Donkeys and their donkey-boys wait for customers on the beach

French Hunt Meet 1912
A meet of French chasseurs wait to unleash the hounds. The huntsmen wear the traditional livery

Boys in Pedal Car / 1912
Cross traffic. An elegant couple wait for two boys in their model car to cross in front of their somewhat larger model

5 Sledge Dogs
Five sledge dogs wait in their pen for their next job

Big Posh Tea Party
A big afternoon party in French high society - menservants wait on the ladies and gentlemen, while les enfants tuck into the gateaux

Rescue Breeches Buoy
The crew of a sailing ship which has wrecked on a rocky shore are carried to dry land by a breeches buoy slung between the vessel and the beach where rescuers wait

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