Waiting Collection (page 16)

Waiting for the verdict

Waiting for scraps from the Thanksgiving table. Political cartoon showing Richard Boss Croker about to carve turkey, Patronage of Greater New York

Children of Olaf Fugelberg waiting for dinner. Williams County, North Dakota. Date 1937 Sept

Migratory agricultural worker from Florida waiting to leave Belcross, North Carolina to another job at Onley, Virginia. It is Sunday and she is wearing her best clothes. Date 1940 July

Tobacco dealer waiting on motorman at streetcar terminal, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Date 1939 July

Woman waiting for lover
First at the Rendezvous. Why Don t He Come! Woman waiting on a horse for her lover for a secret meeting Date: ca. 1847

Teddy waiting for Santa
Teddy in bed waiting for Santa to come and fill his stocking. From 1950s Christmas card. c.1950

The Old Curiosity Shop, Nells grandfather
The Old Curiosity Shop by Charles Dickens, first published in the weekly serial Master Humphreys Clock from 1840 to 1841 and then as its own book in 1841

Gentleman and his extensive luggage
Fully Equipped - A smart young Gentleman and his extensive luggage en route to a shooting weekend in the country. A porters nightmare... Date: 1908

Soldiers waiting for orders during rail strike, London
Soldiers resting in the courtyard at Euston Station, London, while waiting for orders during the 1911 rail strike. 1911

Awaiting Allenby, Jaffa Gate, Jerusalem
Scene at the Jaffa Gate, Jerusalem, with soldiers awaiting General Allenbys official entrance into the city during the First World War. Date: December 1917

Snowball Ambush
The Ambsucade. Children waiting to ambush people with snowballs in the street

Poster: You can help to build me a ship
Poster: a British sailor says You can help to build me a ship. You can learn quickly and you will be working to win. Ask at any Employment Exchange for advice and full details

Royal wedding 1893 - bridesmaids
The bridesmaids waiting for the royal bride, Princess May of Teck(later the Duchess of York, then Queen Mary)(1867-1953)(later Queen Mary of Teck)on the day of her wedding to the Duke of York

Royal Wedding 1882 -- bridesmaids waiting for the bride
Scene on the wedding day of Princess Helena of Waldeck and Pyrmont and Prince Leopold, Duke of Albany, showing the bridesmaids waiting for the bride

Drunken Husband arrives home
Weather Forecast - " Stormy" (Thunder and Lightning to follow) A drunken husband arrives home to find his wife still up and awiting his return sat at a table with clock

Off licence
Before the opening of the liquor shop. Scene from the Swedish every day life Date: 1850s

Waiting For Master
A Lovely white horse and a faithful hound await the return of their master, possibly from a hard days toil in the fields. Date: circa 1904

Russian troops, Salonika Front, WW1
Russian troops with fixed bayonets awaiting word to enter Monastir on the Salonika Front in Macedonia during the First World War

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

Weirs Landing
Waiting for the train at the depot at Weirs Landing, a popular New Hampshire resort. Date: 1874

Bull Beside a Gate
A bull waiting patiently behind a country gate, looking for an opportunity to attack the photographer! Scene after autumn rain, near Crosshill, Ayrshire, Scotland. Date: 1950s

Swedish Emigrants
Emigrants on a railwaystation on their way to Gothenburg forwarding to USA. Date: 1890

London Park Chairs
Waiting for sundown! A study of chairs in a London park. Date: 1950s

Christmas Puppies
A puppy is not just for Christmas... two puppies standing either side of a mantlepiece, which has stockings hanging from it, waiting for Santa. Date: early 1930s

SWAN LAKE
Waiting for their dinner, these swans, on the ornamental lake at Southsea, Hampshire, England, are always hungry. Date: 1930s

London Bus Queue
A miserable scene at a London bus stop, showing a crowd of people waiting for a bus during the Rush Hour. Date: 1979

Bond Street Chauffeur
A chauffeur waits patiently beside his car on Bond Street, central London. Date: 1960s

Illustration, The Little Queens Coming, showing two young women and four children waiting for the special visitor on a balcony. 1885

Cat under laurel bush, looking at crust
The cat sits under a laurel bush in the garden, looking at the crust, waiting to pounce on the first bird to swoop down for it. Date: 1937

Montenegrin troops waiting for battle, eastern front, WW1
Montenegrin troops waiting for their battle orders on the eastern front during the First World War. Date: 1915-1917

Eight faces looking over a wall -- they are expecting the King and Queen to pass by. first published 1879

Squire sits at roadside for an hour
The squire sits on a milestone at the roadside for an hour with Dunderpates shoes on his feet, while Dunderpate and Susan ride around in his coach. Date: 1938

Allied soldiers awaiting orders, Egypt, WW1
Allied soldiers awaiting orders for the defence of the Nile, Egypt, during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918

British BE2C biplanes on an airfield, Gosport, WW1
A line of British BE2C biplanes of No. 13 Squadron on an airfield at Gosport, Hampshire, waiting to set out for France during the First World War. Date: 12 October 1915

Choosing her outfit for the day
A rich woman lounges on her chaise longue, while being waited upon by her ladys maid. 1924

Coronation. Heads of State and VIPs arrive
The cars bearing VIPs and Heads of State queue up at the west door. A " Lady in Waiting" arrives. 1953

Coronation. VIPs arriving as side entrance
Unidentified female VIPs arrives at the west door of The Abbey. Ladies in Waiting ? 1953

Coronation. Earl Marshall exits main West Door
The Earl Marshall, Duke of Norfolk, exits main door of West entrance to await Royal arrivals. 1953

From Bluebeard by Katharine Cameron. Cameron was a Glasgow born illustrator and an associate of Jessie M King and the Mackintoshes. 1904

Swedish scouts and upturned sailing boat
Two Swedish Scouts awaiting rescue from their overturned light sailing boat enjoy a refreshing bottle of pop in the middle of the lake

General Rawlinson and others, Peronne, France, WW1
General Sir Henry Rawlinson (1864-1925), British army officer, seen here with other officers and an army chaplain in recaptured French territory in Peronne, northern France

Blitz on Clydeside, 1941
Women and children waiting on a street with the few possesions left to them after a nights bombing on Clydeside. Date: 1941

Royal Wedding 1947 - all night vigil
Enthusiastic spectators wrapped up warm against the cold as they spend the night sleeping on the London streets in the hope of bagging a top spot along the processional route for the royal wedding of

Queue for Dome of Discovery, Festival of Britain
A long queue of people patiently waiting to enter the Dome of Discovery at the Festival of Britain on Londons South Bank on Whit Monday. Date: May 1951

Poster, Join the Thrift Column (a play on words -- not the Fifth Column!). Advertising the Post Office Savings Bank. Showing a long queue of people waiting to open their accounts. 20th century

Coronation. Female approaches Abbey door
While cars carrying foreign representatives arrive a female attendant goes to the temporary Abbey door. Lady in Waiting ? 1953

Wild Roses -- a grand lady in a garden admires some flowers, watched by her young lady-in-waiting. 20th century

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