Waiting Collection (page 19)

The Great Assembly Hall, Ellis Island, New York, 1911
Photograph showing the Great Assembly Hall of the immigration centre on Ellis Island, New York, with a large number of immigrants waiting in queues, 1911

Speedometer testing
Gongsters on parade; police cars of the police traffic patrol waiting to have their speedometers tested against a stopwatch, to ensure they drive within the 30 miles and hour speed limit

French Theatre Extra 19C
A French figurante or extra

French Actress Mother
A French actresss mother, waiting to see her daughter

Civil War in America: arrival of a Federal steamer
Arrival of a Federal steamer, with flag of truce at Madisonville, Lake Portchartrain. The scene shows men, women, children and black servants with boxes and travelling bags waiting for the steamer

Crowds waiting for news outside the Tichborne Trial
The final hour of the long running Tichborne trial, for the conviction of Mr Arthur Orton for perjury. The crowds gather in the surrounding streets for the verdict

The zulu wars. Ambassadors from King Cetewayo (Cetshwayo) to
Zulu elders seated in the British army camp waiting to negotiate the end of hostilities in the Zulu wars. British troops and tents are seen in the background

Waiting to see the doctor
A study at the Seamans Hospital dispensary, Well Street, London docks

Lost Property
Lost property - gloves, handbags, a ball and even a Christmas tree, all held in the Left Luggage Office of Waterloo Station, London, waiting to be claimed!

Tea for Queue
A kind tea lady hands out cups of hot tea to a crowd of people waiting outside No. 10 Downing Street, London, the official residence of the British Prime Minister of the day

Fig Industry in Smyrna
Series of five images showing the fig industry of Smyrna (modern day Izmir in Turkey). 1. Sorting. 2. Weighing. 3. Packing. 4. Waiting for Loads. 5. Making Boxes and Cases

Nurses waiting to travel to the coast to prepare for the rec
London Hospital nurses at Charing Cross station ready to travel to the aid of casualties of the First World War

The Half Hour Before Dinner
Humorous scene showing a family and guests, dressed in evening attire, waiting for Christmas dinner to be served. An old man dozes in an armchair

Pantomime at Drury Lane theatre
A crowd gathered outside Drury Lane Theatre waiting to attend a pantomime for Christmas

General Election: Scenes at a London club
Series of sketches from the front cover of the ILN, July 17th, 1886 illustrating activity at a London club on the day of a General Election in 1886

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

Arrival of the workmens train
Arrival of the workmens penny train at the Victoria Station showing men waiting to cram onboard the train to transport them for a days work

Debutante Waiting in the Mall

Waiting for the excursion train
On the departure platform of a suburban branch of the Great West-Eastern Railway. Five hundred Londoners scrambling to board the second and third class carriages for Bank Holiday excursions

Pin-Up in Bathrobe 2 / 5
Smiling brunette model, dressed in blue slingbacks & a bathrobe kneels on the bed next to a Christmas tree. Is she waiting for someone to come & fill her stocking?

Pin-Up in Bathrobe 5 / 5
Eager brunette model, in blue slingbacks & a bathrobe stands next to a Christmas tree while pausing from looking out of the window at the snow. Is she waiting for Father Christmas?

Pin-Up in Bathrobe 1 / 5
Smiling brunette model, dressed in blue slingbacks & a bathrobe kneels on the bed to look out of the window at the snow covered scenery. Is she waiting for someone?

Pin-Up in Bathrobe 3 / 5
Smiling brunette model, dressed in blue slingbacks & a bathrobe kneels on the bed next to a Christmas tree. Is she waiting for someone to come & fill her stocking?

Patriotic Demo Moscow
Patriotic demo in Red Square, Moscow : but who are the true patriots - Kerenskys provis- -ional government who staged this demo, or the bolsheviks waiting in the wings ?

Watching the Boats
A young woman takes a rest from rowing to look out to the fishing boats sailing upon a calm sea

Birthday Boy
waiting to play

SAFETY SAC
People trapped on upper floors escape from a blaze via a sac (chute) which they slide down head first to the sapeurs- pompiers waiting below

FRENCHWOMAN 1570- 2
A lady-in-waiting supports the hand of her mistress : though more modestly dressed, she still wears a high ruff, and deep sleeves to her fine gown

AT THE ZOO
People sit leaning over a fence waiting for a penguin feeding at a zoo. Currently reserved for greetings card use

Ww1 Postcard Trail Home
A soldier far from home thinks of his wife and daughter waiting for him

Javanese Railway Stn
Waiting for the train at Tangoeng halt, Djawa (Java)

FATHERs RETURN 1891
Mother and her three children waiting at the garden gate for their fathers return

Hotel at St Petersburg
The waiting room at the hotel des Malles-Postes, Saint Petersburg

Victorian Girl, 1867
A Victorian girl waiting for her mother

Leaving Le Havre
Emigrants waiting on the quayside at Le Havre, France, for the ship which will take them to America

Emigrants at Le Havre
Emigrants waiting at Le Havre, France, to board a steamship for America

Crossword Fever in USA
Crossword Puzzle Fever hits America - a proposal to erect huge crosswords at railway crossings to entertain travellers waiting for the train to pass

Two eggs on an Easter greetings card
An egg in an egg cup, with its top taken off, and a second egg waiting to be eaten when the first ones finished, on this German Easter greetings card

Smoker disobeying no smoking sign
An incorrigible smoker is challenged by a railway official in a railway station waiting room

Sir Joseph Lyons, caterer, Chairman of J Lyons & Co
Sir Joseph Lyons (1847-1917), caterer, Chairman of J Lyons & Co from 1887 until the year he died. He was knighted in 1911

Grandville / Marriage Mart
the Marriage Market

Eugene Pelletan / Moloch
EUGENE PELLETAN Controversial French journalist, writer and scholar

Dreyfus Seated, 1899
ALFRED DREYFUS French army officer and victim of injustice " at Rennes"

Land Girls at Table
Two Land Girls with their arms around each other, waiting at the farmhouse kitchen for their meal to be dished out to them. Date: early 1940s

Waiting to Evacuate
A matron who has temporarily looked after a group of young children watches over them as they sit on steps with their belongings packed, ready to be evacuated to the country

Builders Wait for Hire
Building Labourers waiting for hire

Telegraph Boy & Sweeper
Slack! A telegraph boy & a crossing sweeper waiting for work

Ballroom Dance / Forgotten
Though he has reserved this waltz on her dance card, he has not come to claim her - has he forgotten her ? is he drunk ? is he playing poker ? or has he found another ?

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