Waiting Collection (page 12)

Waiting for the attack, Omdurman, 2nd Sudan War. Members of the 1st Battalion, The Lincolnshire Regiment, man a makeshift line prior to the deciding battle of the 2nd Sudan War (1896-1899)

Center Platform Downtown Subway - Chicago, Illinois, USA
The Center Platform Downtown Subway (3500ft long) - Chicago, Illinois, USA. Date: 1950s

The Devonian at Bristol Temple Meads station
The Devonian steam locomotive 45685, waiting at Bristol Temple Meads station on 19 September 1962, on the Paignton to Bradford route. Date: 1962

Venice, Italy - Waterfront before the Doges Palace and the entrance to St Marks Square. Some tourists await their turn for a gondola ride whilst others appear to be watching some event occurring

Young man relaxing in a cafe with an empty bottle and glass. Date: circa 1960s

Front and back covers, Railway Ribaldry by W Heath Robinson, published by the Great Western Railway in the companys centenary year

Anna Vyrubova, lady-in-waiting to Tsaritsa Alexandra
Anna Alexandrovna Vyrubova (1884-1964), lady-in-waiting, best friend and confidante to Tsaritsa Alexandra Fyodorovna. She became involved in an intrigue relating to Rasputin. Date: circa 1916

Birds and stockings on a Christmas card
A little child looks up at a line of birds on a tree branch with their stockings waiting for gifts on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Two little girls standing at a door on a greetings card
Two little girls standing expectantly at a front door on a greetings card. Date: circa 1890s

Three cats with pudding on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Cats and kittens on a greetings card -- three of them are looking out of a window, waiting for another one to play a tune on a bugle. Date: circa 1890s

Street scene at Cockington, near Torquay, Devon
Street scene at the village of Cockington, near Torquay, Devon, with a woman riding in a horse-drawn open carriage. circa 1960s

Vegetable Shop, Naples
Two women sitting in the sun waiting for customers outside their vegetable shop in Naples. Date: 1904

Village Barn Restaurant, New York City, USA
Dining room and dance floor of the Village Barn Restaurant, West 8th Street, New York City, USA. All the tables are empty -- the band sits expectantly. Date: 1940s

Cartoon, Field hair trimmer, WW1
Cartoon, A field hair trimmer for cutting the hair of German soldiers. A long queue of hairy men wait their turn. Date: 1916

Waiting On The Platforms. Middlesbrough 1970s Date: 1970s

Waiting For The Off. Carlin Howe, N Yorks 1970s 1970s

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, dogs at supper time
Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Micky, Cracker and other dogs at supper time, waiting for their name to be called individually before they rush forward to their bowl of food. Date: 1927

Illustration by Cecil Aldin, Battersea Dogs Home
Illustration by Cecil Aldin, dogs behind bars at the Battersea Dogs Home, waiting to be adopted and taken to a good home. Date: 1927

Uncle Lubin, illustration by William Heath Robinson
Uncle Lubins Holiday, illustration by William Heath Robinson (1940s, unfinished) -- It was a tumbledown kind of place. Uncle Lubin decides that he needs a haircut before his family holiday

Illustrations of a Sealyham terrier by Cecil Aldin
Illustrations of a Sealyham terrier called Bunch, by Cecil Aldin. Seen here on his hind legs near the dinner table hoping for titbits (above)

Banquet in Mammoth Cave, Kentucky, USA
Banquet scene in Mammoth Cave, in Mammoth Cave National Park, Kentucky, USA. The underground dining room was able to seat 500 people. Date: 1915

Cecil House, Harrow Road, London - Waiting for Admission
Women, one carrying a baby, waiting for admission to Cecil House, Harrow Road, London - a public lodging house for women. Date: circa 1932

Page design, make it snappy, School Silhouettes
Page design, make it snappy, in School Silhouettes, once owned by a female student of Fayetteville High School, New York, USA

Sailors on the deck of a ship. Date: circa 1940s

Two women on railway station platform
Two women on a railway station platform. Date: circa 1930s

Woman athlete in starting position
A young woman athlete in starting position at a sports track. Date: circa 1930s

Women athletes on the starting line
Five women athletes on the starting line at a sports track, with spectators in the background. Date: circa 1930s

People at a sports event in a field, with a row of men about to set off in a sack race. Date: circa 1920s

WW1 - Peace Talks in Paris, France, 1919
WW1 - A illustration of a giant gargoyle sitting of the city of Paris, as if waiting on the news from the peace talks. Date: 1919

WW1 - Off to the trenches
WW1 - An illustration showing troops lined up and waiting on cobbled road in a village destroyed by war. The soldiers are packed up with their equipment and military kits

WW1 - German gas attack
WW1 - Illustrating a gas attack in the eastern war zone from an aerial viewpoint. The poisonous cloud rolls before a westerly wind towards the Russian lines

WW1 - British Recruits - The central recruiting headquarters
WW1 - A group of young British men and the first Derby group, reporting themselves at the central recruiting headquarters

WW1 - Indian maxim section awaiting the enemy, Suez Canal
WW1 - An Indian maxim section helping to defend Egypt against the Turks. The three Indians are positioned on baron land, awaiting their enemy

Flemish lady in waiting, 16th century, long green dress with embroidered edges.. Handcolored illustration by E. Lechevallier-Chevignard, lithographed by A. Didier, L. Flameng, F

WW1 - Waiting to attack between Ypres and Menin
WW1 - British troops waiting to attack between Ypres and Menin - 30th October 1917 - note the early use of camouflage fabric covering the helmets. 1917

Crowd in Whitehall, London, outbreak of WW1
Waiting for War: the Crowd in Whitehall, London, waiting for news of the outbreak of the First World War. Date: 1914

0329 Locomotive 0-6-0, Unknown location, England. Waiting to be scrapped Date: 1930s

WW1 - Between Ypres and Menin - Waiting to attack - 30th October 1917 1917

Pirate by Lawson Wood
A pirate, musket in his arms, looks thoughtful, unaware perhaps of the large cat of puma stalking up behind him. Illustration by Lawson Wood to accompany a short story in The Bystander by Rupert

Potato farmers waiting for collectors. Kitulo National Park, Tanzania, Africa

European Bisons (Bison bonasus L.). Bialowieza Nature Park - Belorussia. A gamekeeper waits with a cartload of hay and turnips to feed bisons - a herd comes up to be fed at the supplementary feeding

Victoria Railway Station (interior)
Coloured lantern slide capturing image of the interior of Victoria Railway Station with a steam engine, waiting cars and people

Proboscis monkey - adult male waking up, waiting for the sunshine in early morning (Nasalis larvatus). near Kinabatangan river; Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia; June

Suffragette Window Smashing Bow Street
This shows a large queue of people, surrounded by police, waiting to enter Bow Street Magistrates Court. Captioned on reverse, Window Smashing Continued

Munitions workers waiting for the tea hooter, WW1
Women munitions workers outside the National Control Canteen, run by female volunteers, waiting for the tea hooter to sound

Sphere cover - British infantry waiting in trench to attack
Front cover of The Sphere with a photograph showing British infantry in a support trench waiting to attack during the preliminary bombardment preceding the attack on 1 July 1916

Bristol 170 Freighter G-AICS Silver City Le Touquet
Bristol Freighter G-AICS waiting to load at Le Touquet in France 1955.09.24 Date: 1955

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