Waiting In Line Collection (page 2)

Traffic Queue
1900: An orderly line of horse-drawn buses at a stop in Charing Cross. The open topped vehicles are covered with adverts. (Photo by General Photographic Agency/Getty Images)

People boarding on bus in winter, (B&W)

People boarding on airplane, (rear view), (B&W), elevated view

USA, New York, New York City, elevated view of traffic

Gentoo penguins, Antarctica

Gentoo penguins, Antarctica

Bargain Hunters
1906: Bargain hunters waiting to enter a shop in the January sales. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

School Outing
6th August 1908: School children on an outing to Shirley Hills are queuing to go into tea. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Recruitment
August 1915: Navvies recruited for the front. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Queuing Miners
circa 1906: Chinese miners queuing for food rations at their colliery. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Exhibition Pay
May 1908: Workers who are constructing the Franco-British Exhibition are viewed queuing up to receive their wages on a Saturday afternoon. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Holiday Crowd
Holidaymakers waiting for their train at Waterloo Station, London

Soup Queue
September 1906: Slum dwellers in Bury, Lancashire carrying jugs as they wait to collect free soup. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Lenins Tomb
1928: Crowds queuing outside Lenins tomb by the Kremlin Wall, Red Square, Moscow. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Holiday Crowds
June 1919: Bank holiday crowds queue for trams and buses in London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Tram Queue
June 1919: Passengers boarding a tram at Golders Green, north London, during the Whitsun Bank Holiday. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Transport Workers
March 1916: National Motor Volunteers board a London and North Western Railway bus at Potters Bar. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Queue Of Shoppers
28th June 1928: A queue of shoppers, stretching round a corner, outside Messrs Mentones department store on Oxford Street, London, waiting for the summer sale to open

Canadian Recruits
1st September 1915: A crowd of eager Canadians outside Toronto Town Hall, during a military recruitment campaign. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Cinema Crowd
5th October 1918: Crowds wait to enter the New Gallery cinema. (Photo by A. R. Coster/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Crowd For Trams
1919: People crowd to get on buses and trams in London on a Bank Holiday. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Last Chance To See
July 1921: Hopefuls queue for the last performances of the hit musical Chu Chin Chow at His Majestys Theatre, London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Bank Holiday Bus
circa 1921: Bus queues by a full open-top bus on a bank holiday in London. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Zealandic Wait
14th October 1913: Emigrants en route to Australia, waiting to board the state emigrant ship the Zealandic in Liverpool. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Ascot Bound
Ascot racegoers queuing to buy tickets at Londons Waterloo Station

Checking In
Passengers waiting at the check-in counters at Heathrow Airport, London

Postwar Paris
Paris shoppers queue for food at a small vegetable stand, 1947. Full rubbish bins line the street, unemptied during the Paris garbage collectors strike. (Photo by FPG/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Coal Queuing During a Strike
Full-length image of people queuing up to buy coal during a coal strike, possibly New York City. (Photo by Edwin Levick/Getty Images)

Bridge Traffic
circa 1932: Traffic arriving on the Queens side of the Triborough Bridge, New York City, early 1930s. A traffic guard stands in the foreground. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Low angle view of people in line
UNITED STATES - CIRCA 1950s: Low angle view of people in line. (Photo by George Marks/Retrofile/Getty Images)

Zealandic Wait
14th October 1913: Emigrants en route to Australia, waiting to board the state emigrant ship the Zealandic in Liverpool. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Mailing Letters To Santa
Downey, California: 1947. A group of children line up to mail their letters to Santa at special mail boxes set up through out the town by the Chamber of Commerce

Mrs. New Jersey Contestants
Palisades Park, New Jersey: 1953. Judges tasting the baking of the seven finalists in the Mrs. New Jersey contest. Judges are (L-R)Bobby Sherwood, band leader, Gal Drake, talk show host

Unemployed workers queuing up at soup kitchen
Unemployed workers queuing up at a soup kitchen, Grays Yard, London, c1910

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"Patience is a virtue, especially when waiting in line. Whether it's the anticipation of catching the latest blockbuster at Astoria Cinema or snagging a great deal at Willis Ludlow store on Carr Lane and Waterhouse Lane, lines bring people together. From banking transactions to securing tickets for an important match like Rangers Fans queuing for Heart of Midlothian, we all find ourselves united by the common experience of waiting. Sometimes, lines can be found in unexpected places like the chaotic scene at Northway approach to Switch Island near Aintree. As cars inch forward towards their destinations, patience becomes paramount. Similarly, music enthusiasts eagerly await entry into Rock City, Nottingham where David Bowie will grace the stage tonight. Looking back in time, Dorothea Lange's powerful photograph captures a poignant moment during the Great Depression as individuals wait in line at paymasters' windows near Grants Pass. This image serves as a reminder that waiting has always been part of our collective history. In today's modern world filled with AI and AR technology advancements such as CM28 2866 Ulysse Delsaux's Chevrolet Camaro or confusing concepts surrounding artificial intelligence and augmented reality; even machines require queues. ATMs become gathering points where people patiently wait their turn. Traveling back further to wartime London during World War II brings us face-to-face with civilians attending shows amidst adversity on April 6th, 1942. Their resilience shines through as they find solace while standing in line. Finally, let us not forget moments of unity and support like Maltese citizens receiving milk from mobile canteens after enduring severe rainstorms without losing hope. Waiting may test our patience but it also reveals our strength and ability to persevere. "