Waldo S. Lanchester is an artist. 2 works are cataloged here, principally at Victoria and Albert Museum.

Waldo Lanchester spent his life behind the scenes at puppet shows, setting up the wooden booths and painted backdrops that made kids gasp. He turned a camera on the crowd instead of the puppets, catching faces lit by flickering lanterns, some laughing, some bored, all caught mid-blink. Look for his photo in the city gallery’s corner shelf; it’s titled The audience at Professor Richard Codman III’s Punch and Judy booth, Liverpool, ca.1940, no costumes, all real life.