Waiting Collection (page 7)

CHINA CLAY / UNLOADED
Shooting a lorry-load of china clay into the hold of a waiting steamer. Discovered in the UK in the 1740s, St. Austell is one of the main sources of China Clay. Date: 1930s

SKIING GROUP
A group of skiers waiting to ski down a slope. Date: 1930s

THEATRE GOING / MET OPERA
a crowd of operagoers in the lobby of the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, waiting for their carriages and motors Date: January 1913

USA / MET OPERA / LOBBY
NEW YORK the lobby after the opera - waiting for carriages and motors Date: January 1913

ALGERIAN AFFAIRS
FRENCH COLONIAL ADMINISTRATION IN ALGERIA - Algerians sit waiting outside the Bureau des Affaires Indigenes (Bureau of Indigenous Affairs) at Colomb- Bechar, in the Sud-Oranais Date: circa 1920

COMMUNITY / CASUAL WARD
Waiting outside the Casual Ward Date: 1875

VETS / DOG PATIENTS
Out patients waiting at the animal dispensary for the poor: Our Dumb Friends League at Victoria, London. (Later named The Blue Cross) Date: circa 1912

VETS / ANIMAL DISPENSARY
Queues waiting for admission at the animal dispensary for the poor: Our Dumb Friends League at Victoria, London. (Later named The Blue Cross) Date: circa 1912

PASSENGERS DESCEND PLANE
Travellers at an American airport alight from their plane and step into a car parked alongside. No waiting for baggage, no queueing for customs... Date: 1936

Mamas Birthday
MAMAS BIRTHDAY children waiting to greet her with their presents Date: 1893

Lurking demon in the corn
A demon lurks among the cornstalks, waiting to ensnare the innocent girl as she pursues a butterfly, symbol of frivolity... Date: 1866

The Triumph of Death In the midst of life... a reminder that Death is waiting for us all... Date: 14th century

Croydon Airport - Fokker F. IX PH-AF
Fokker F.IX PH-AF? of KLM, at Croydon Airport, with a reception committee waiting for passengers to disembark.. Date: circa 1933

Journalists awaiting Lord Roberts, Kroonstadt, South Africa
Journalists waiting for the arrival of Lord Roberts, Kroonstadt, South Africa, during the Second Boer War. Date: 1901

A young girl and her doll and trinket souvenir stall, Goreme
A young girl waits patiently for customers beside her doll and trinket souvenir stall, Goreme, Cappadocia, Turkey Date: 1992

Man waits to pay for a Christmas tree - Cannock Chase Forest
A man looks bored as he waits to pay for a Christmas tree he has selected in the tree sale at Cannock Chase Forest, Staffordshire, England. Date: 1991

Shoe shine man in a shady spot - Houmt Souk, Djerba, Tunisia
A shoe shine man lies in a shady spot on the pavement in Houmt Souk, Djerba, Tunisia. Beside him are the tools of his trade - brushes and polish

Four gondoliers in their gondolas behind St Marks, Venice
Four gondoliers sit in their gondolas in a canal basin behind St Mark s, Venice, while waiting for tourist passengers. Three of the men wear dark blue striped shirts

Madeira - Monte sledge drivers, or carreiros, look bored as they wait for tourists to push downhill in their wickerwork sledges Date: 2007

A young woman on a small sampan wooden ferry boat
A young woman sits at the oars of a small sampan wooden ferry boat while waiting for passengers in Hong Kong harbour. She holds up a black umbrella to shade herself from the sun Date: 1982

Two gondoliers wait for tourist clients at St Marks, Venice. One gondolier is silhouetted in the background, the other sits and reads a newspaper Date: 2013

Attendant sits on mobile Boat Hire ticket office, Killaloe
A bored attendant sits on his mobile Boat Hire ticket office in Killaloe, on the River Shannon, Ireland. A sign advertised two free Irish coffees with every boat hired Date: 1993

Orthodox priest, Nicosia, Cyprus
An orthodox priest sits in the shade outside his house in Cyprus. His glasses reflect the sunshine across the street. He looks very serious Date: circa 1995

The Cotton Tree, Sierra Leone
A man burns leaves beneath the Cotton Tree, Freetown, Sierra Leone, Africa. Over 500 years old, this tree is a treasured symbol of the city

Sleeping man Varanasi Junction railway
An old man waits for a train and sleeps on a bench on the platform of Varanasi Junction railway station. He has a beard and wears a turban and white dhoti

Ribblehead railway station, Yorkshire
A passenger waits for a train on the southbound platform of Ribblehead railway station, Yorkshire. It is dawn on a frosty and snowy winter morning Date: 1990

French boy in beret, Roscoff, France
A young French boy wearing a beret sits swinging his legs on a stool outside a restaurant in Roscoff, France. First published The Sunday Times Date: 1988

Salcombe to Portlemouth ferry pier
Summer tourists in the waiting room for the Salcombe to Portlemouth ferry, South Devon. One man sits to pack his rucksack while a couple check the ferry timetables and ticket prices

Bored sisters Stafford market
Two very bored sisters wait for their mother to finish her shopping at an indoor market in Stafford, England Date: 1987

Floods in Paris, France - Quai de Passy - Transport by Cart
Floods in Paris, France - Quai de Passy - Transporting " the World" (!) by Cart. Date: 1910

Floods Paris, France - Pedestrian bridge - Avenue Montaigne. Date: 1910

The Tiger Squadron - a Group of RAF Sergeant Pilot Res?
The Tiger Squadron - a Group of RAF Sergeant Pilot Resting Their Feet on a Hot Stove after the The Battle-Of-Britain Waiting for the Next Call to Action - They Had Shot Down 600 Enemy-Aircraft by

A British Waitress in a restaurant or teahouse
A British Waitress working in a restaurant or teahouse - delivering a tray of hot drinks. Perhaps her slightly downcast expression is in part due to the fact that gratuities to serving staff were

Airedale terrier at a dog show
Unusual Friends - Airedale terrier at a dog show, waiting to appear. 1950s

Seoul, South Korea - Shinshi Men smoking long-stemmed pipes. Date: circa 1920s

Coronation of King George VI 1937
Just after Crowning in King Edwards Chair, but not yet inthroned, the king awaits the Benediction. Date: 12 May 1937

Pregnant Woman 1960S
A young pregnant woman waiting at a bus stop with her shopping bags. Date: 1960s

Thessaloniki - Ladies of the Vardar Quarter greet a customer. Date: circa 1910s

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

Comic postcard, Woman falling down a cliff onto the beach, with a man waiting to catch her Date: 20th century

Comic postcard, Man waiting for the public toilet Date: 20th century

Plaque to Royal Military Police, Bayeux Museum Grounds
Before D-Day the Police had to control the assembly areas for the troops waiting to cross the Channel and afterwards, in the confusion of the landings

Comic German postcard -- health spa toilets
Comic German postcard -- desperate men and women run towards the health spa toilets. Date: early 20th century

Comic German postcard -- health spa toilet engaged
Comic German postcard -- greetings from Karlsbad -- nine desperate, overweight men wait outside the health spa toilet. Date: early 20th century

Cat and dog waiting at a door on a Christmas card. (1 of 2) Date: circa 1890s

Three dogs with moveable heads on a Christmas card
Three dogs with moveable heads sitting at a dinner table on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Girl with Great Dane dog and doll in pram
A young girl waits for her mother, looking after a skinny Great Dane dog and a doll in a pram. Date: circa 1981

Marie Therese Louise of Savoy, Princesse de Lamballe (1749-1972), confidante of Queen Marie Antoinette of France. 18th century

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