Waving Collection (page 8)

British soldiers returning after fighting, Western Front, WW
British soldiers returning for a rest after fighting on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

German and Austrian troops setting off for WW1
German and Austrian troops setting off with great optimism and enthusiasm at the beginning of the First World War. Date: 1914

Armistice Day in London 1918
Women waving Union flags and cheering on Armistice Day 1918 at the end of World War One. Date: 11th November 1918

1902 Coronation - In the Crowd, self-sacrifice
Jones saw nothing himself, but his wife had an excellent view. A selfless husband holds his wife aloft so she can see above the crowd to watch the Coronation Procession of King Edward VII. Date: 1902

The Royal visit to India and Pakistan
The royal travellers about to board their Britannia airliner on their way to India and Pakistan. Date: 1961

Advert for Eugene hair treatment 1923
New ways of creating straight hair. White long hair, permanently mounded into delightful waves and curls. Date: 1923

Pencil sketch of little girl paddling
Pencil sketch of a little girl paddling and waving. Date: 1920s

Soldiers of German Landsturm leave Berlin, WW1
Soldiers of the German Landsturm (reserve army) leave Berlin by train during the early stages of the First World War. On arrival at their barracks they will be issued with weapons

Russian Soldier Using Semaphore
A lone Russian soldier atop a hill using Semaphore flags to communicate to other sections of the Russian forces in the 1904/5 Russo-Japanese War. Date: 1905

Surf riders near San Clemente, California, USA
Surf riders on a big wave near San Clemente, California, USA. Date: circa 1953

Au Revoir to Jack and Jill, 1939
A somewhat contrived imaginary scene, depicting gunners waving goodbye to Jack and Jill, horses that once played a far more intrinsic role in warfare

Queen Elizabeth II & Duke of Edinburgh riding to Guildhall
Having returned from a visit to Canada, the Queen and her husband ride through the streets of London on their way to the Guildhall to receive an address of welcome from the city Date: 1951

Silhouette Calendar -- September, Farewell to the swallows. Showing a girl and a boy watching the swallows fly away to warmer climes. Date: 20th century

Cover design, Holiday Haunts, showing a father carrying his little girl on his shoulders at the seaside. Date: 1933

Illustration, Jersey in Jail, squadrons overhead
Illustration, Jersey in Jail, with people excited to see British squadrons flying overhead, giving them hopes of liberation. Date: 1940-1945

Camping at Loch Lubnaig, Trossachs, Scotland. Date: 1930

Baby Scouts -- cover design, showing a little boy scout waving a white flag on a pole. Date: 1900

The Royal Visit to Ireland, 1900 - blind women cheer
Inmates of the National Institute and Molyneux Asylum for the blind cheering Queen Victoria as she passed towards the city gates, as part of her royal visit to Ireland. Date: April 1900

Ornate balloon ascending, Paris
A large, ornate Montgolfier balloon ascending over Paris, with two passengers (probably Andre Giroud de Villette and Jean-Francois Pilatre de Rozier). With people on the launch site below

Victoria and Albert visit Ireland
The Royal visit to Ireland: Queen Victoria and Prince Albert leaving Kingstown. Date: 1849

Wounded Insurgent
A wounded insurgent is carried away on a makeshift stretcher, waving to encourage his comrades. Date: 27 July 1830

Home Perm 1920S
A young woman gives herself a home perm in front of her bedroom dressing table, using some rather dangerous looking electric apparatus - lets hope its earthed! Date: late 1920s

Cucumber Girls 1930S
Two waving girls with a tray of fresh cucumbers. Date: 1930s

Horse Rider in a Car
A girl in horse riding ensemble leans out of a car window waving. Date: late 1960s

Jean=Baptiste Kleber
JEAN-BAPTISTE KLEBER French military commander waving to his men after the victory of Heliopolis in Egypt, when 10000 of them routed 70000 Turks. Date: 1753 - 1800

Three boys on a desert island attract a passing ship using their robes and spears as signal flags. Date: 1898

WW1 - German soldiers on a train on their way to the front
German soldiers on a train on their way to the front in Germany. On the train are inscribed messages showing enthusiasm of the departing soldiers. Date: circa 1915

Patriotic Postcard WWI - American - Sending sons to serve
What can we (the American people) do for Home and Country? We can give our sons for service for Old Glory. The sender of the card has (rather touchingly)

Well, Au Reservoir, Monsieur. - Engishman abroad
A Jocular Briton (leaving French Hotel) - " Well, Au Reservoir, Monsieur." Hotel Proprietor - " Tanks!!" Date: 1896

Football Terms Illustrated - A Plucky Try - Running for bus
(Rugby) Football Terms. Illustrated. A Plucky Try. A rather portly and ruddy-cheeked Mother and her sailor suit-clad son make a futile attempt to catch their bus after a busy morning at the shops

Waterskiing beauty waving
Daring - A one-handed approach to waterskiing taken by this risk-hunting brunette beauty wearing a small green swimsuit! Date: early 1940s

Cycling beauty waving
Care-Free. A sporting young brunette peddling through the countryside on he bicycle, waving to those who are lucky enough to witness her passing. Date: early 1940s

Dashing to give train passenger his change
Urgent - a frantic newspaper boy dashes along the platform to give an elderly train passenger his change for the paper he has purchased

Sadko - Russian Medieval Epic - Bilibin
A scene from Sadko - a Russian medieval epic (bylina). The title character is an adventurer, merchant and gusli musician from Novgorod. Date: 1903

Family on a tandem - Bermuda
A jolly holidaying family on the Western Atlantic Island of Bermuda - riding into town on a tandem bicycle. There is a seat for everyone, including a small pet monkey! Date: circa 1940s

Spain. Protectorate of Morocco (1936). The Flag
" Spain. Protectorate of Morocco (1936). " The Flag of the Motherland is Waving in the Mediterranean Winds". Soldier of the African Army waving an Spanish flag

Horse and carriage in the snow. Hidden object puzzle

Teddy Bear waving

Teddy Bear on the back of a whale

Happy Valentines Day

Teddies with snowmobile

Advert for Eugene permanent wave 1922
A Permanent Wave as it SHOULD look Date: 1922

Balloon ascent from Prairie de Nesle, northern France
Balloon ascent by M Charles from the Prairie de Nesle, northern France, where it had landed after taking off from the Tuileries Gardens, Paris, on 1 December 1783

Garnerin descending in his parachute, Paris
Garnerin descending in his parachute, with his discarded balloon on the left. Claimed to be the first to descend from a balloon by means of a parachute

Le Suffren balloon ascent, Nantes
View of the Le Suffren balloon ascending from the garden of the orphanage, Nantes, France. Including the equipment used to raise and fill it. 14 June 1784

Sadler in balloon above Dublin, Ireland

Charles Green in the Coronation Balloon
An imaginary depiction of Charles Green on a horse, riding in the Coronation Balloon, in which he ascended from White Conduit Gardens, London. 13 August 1828

Sadler and Paget balloon ascent, Hackney
The ascent of James Sadler and Captain Paget from the Mermaid at Hackney, London. They descended near Tilbury Fort in Essex. 12 August 1811

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