Waits Collection (page 2)

A lollypop man waits at a crossing in Eccles. Date: circa 1975

The difference between an old maid and a married woman... The Old Miad waits for a Husband every day, yet The Married Woman waits for her husband every night !! Date: 1909

Eskimos Winter Homes
Eskimos building igloos in a winter settlement : one man carries a kayak on his head while a fisher waits patiently for a catch beneath the ice. Date: 1874

French Post Box
A Parisienne posts a letter in a public letter box, and a gent hurries up hoping he hasn t missed the post, while the postman waits to make his collection. Date: circa 1818

Renault 40 Cv
The chauffeur of a Renault waits near a river. Date: 1924

French Postbox
La petite Poste aux Lettres a lady posts a letter in a Paris street, a man comes hurrying to catch the post, the postman waits till its time to collect the mail Date: 1831

Ambulance taking discharged patients
One of the Quex ambulances is parked outside the door of Quex House. A group of patients in hospital blues and nurses are gathered around

Queue waits to perform assisted jump Date: 1937

Edwardian car which looks as if a young man is trying it for size while the chauffeur waits beside it. Date: circa 1908

Garden in Baslow, Derbyshire Peak District
Ted Ellis on the left and Ernest Battersby beside him with sherry and cigarettes. A third drink waits onthe tray for whoever had been tasked with operating Ernests camera. Date: circa 1906

Great Tit - sits and waits for food in the improvised bird-feeder made of juice-box (Parus maior L.). parkland woods near Ekateringburg - Ural Mountains - Russia

Fresh-water crab (unidentified) waits for prey to come with the current in a small stream in primary rainforest. river Danum valley, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia; night in June

Hungry Gipsy Boy
A hungry gipsy boy, sulking, hands in pockets, as he waits impatiently for his supper to boil in a cauldron on the campfire. Date: 1973

Comic Postcard - Housewives Choice! A queue of young ladies excitedly wait their turn to meet their new pop music idol at the stage door. Date: circa 1950s

Women awaiing auditions for role in Christmas Pantomime
Group of Women outside the Theatre Royal on Drury Lane, London - applying at the Stage Door for a role in the Christmas Pantomime. The poster states that 100 Handsome Ladies are wanted

An applicant for a Coachmans Job waits nervously Date: 1895

Two little boys waiting for Santa
Two brothers, dressed in their pyjamas, wait by the fireplace, hoping to see Santa Claus. Date: c. 1910

Beagle Waits for Santa
A beagle puppy sleeps on a sofa beside the fire, with his Christmas stocking hanging over the mantlepiece in aniticipation of a visit by Father Christmas. Date: early 1930s

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

Housewife and Pooch
An attractive housewife does a spot of window shopping outside the fruiterers, while her bored pooch waits for her. Date: 1960s

Coronation. Earl Marshal awaits Queen Mother
The Earl Marshall, the Duke of Norfolk, waits for the arrival of H.M. The Queen Mother. 1953

Dog and Food Smells
The smell of those chops on the table is almost more than he can bear, but he waits in hope to get the bones... circa 1912

BRETON SONNEURS
Breton sonneurs are the equivalent of waits, but they probably make a lot more noise as they parade through the village Date: 1853

Praying in the Desert
A Moslem prays in the desert, his face towards Mecca, while his camel waits patiently Date: circa 1905

Waits in Street
Peaceful night - waits perform in an English town with drum, trombone and other instruments, a policeman as their only audience Date: 1858

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

Batgers Crackers Christmas Waits
A colour illustration from a Christmas cracker box

Xmas Waits Christmas Crackers
A colour illustration from a Christmas cracker box

Crash in the Crater Zone
An aeroplane damaged during a forced landing in a crater zone waits for help. It emerges from a tank sporting multi-coloured camouflage

Getting Ready for a Formal Evening, 1928
Illustration showing a fashionable young woman getting ready, with the help of her maid, for a formal evening event as her more mature escort waits patiently on a sofa

Wolf, Mother & her Child
THE WOLF, THE MOTHER AND HER CHILD: A hungry wolf hears a mother say her wailing infant would be thrown out if not quiet; the wolf believes this & waits, but is then captured

Spooky London : Midnight
Midnight: A man in a beret waits next to some traffic lights on the Euston Road, London, in this atmospheric photograph

Electing a President
General Cavaignac looks on with dismay, Louis Napoleon waits complacently, as France rejects monarchy in favour of a Republic. Napoleon has his own ideas about that

Welcome home Troops
A mother holds a religious icon as she waits to welcome her son home from war

Dog Waits for Dinner
AFTER YOU ! A dog waits for its master to finish his meal, hoping there ll be some tasty left- overs

Lady and German Shepherd
A German Shepherd waits patiently while his mistress fusses her horse

Couple and Spaniel
While its master and mistress quarrel, a Blenheim King Charles spaniel waits patiently till the storm blows over

Camel & Praying Man 1920
A camel waits patiently while his rider kneels and prays in the desert, his face towards Mecca

Religion / Confirmation
A French Catholic boy is confirmed while another waits his turn, his name entered in a register

Trade, Africa
An African factoty. What they produce is anyones guess but they are ideally situated to transport their goods by river, where a steam boat waits to be loaded

Lenin / Red Square / May Day
VLADIMIR LENIN Russian statesman, talking to men in Red Square, Moscow, Russia, while his car waits for him

The Workhouse Gate
A homeless girl waits at the workhouse gate

Girl & Mistletoe
ANTICIPATION ! A girl waits hopefully beneath the mistletoe

Thames Ferryboat
A traveller waits to be ferried across the Thames, at a time when London Bridge is the only bridge over the river; at this time there are some 40, 000 Thames watermen

Black Prince Waits
After defeating him at the battle of Poitiers, Edward the Black Prince waits on the French king at table

1868 / Disraeli / Gladstone
Rival Actors Gladstone, as William Tell, exits the stage. Disraeli, as Jeremy Diddler (a character from an 1803 farce), waits to enter

Private Horse Carriage
A private carriage waits for passengers outside a smart- looking house

Underground Station / 1928
A ticket inspector waits at the barrier of an unknown London underground station to check tickets; there is also a magazine and book stand and a Peters chocolate machine

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