Rainy Collection (#3)

Returning from a funeral. Colored engraving in The Spanish and American Illustration, 1877

Cartoon, Trying to stop a taxi. A man tries to attract the attention of a cabbie in a Paris street. He comments that it was hard enough trying to stop the Boche for four years

Piccadilly / Isthmian Club
Piccadilly: the Isthmian Club, built in 1887, pulled down in 1904, on the site of the Ritz Hotel Date: circa 1900

What the children saw
On a rainy day in Holland three girls watch a young couple kissing under a red umbrella. Artist: Ethel Parkinson Date: 1911

Procession on the east side of Park Crescent, London on a rainy day. circa 1910s

Interior of a Cabaret in the Pyrenees
Interior of a Cabaret (or Village Inn) in the Pyrenees, (rainy day). 1876

Traffic congestion on London Bridge in bad weather
Traffic congestion on London Bridge in wet and windy weather. Date: 1876

Oxo advertisement, WWI
Advertisement for Oxo, an inestimable boon to the fighting forces at this time of the year. Advert is illustrated by two scenes showing British soldiers manning a machine gun on the front line

Minato-Gawa (Theatre) Street, Kobe, Japan, on a wet day. Date: circa 1920

Via Municipio, Naples, Italy
Street scene in Via Municipio, Naples, Italy, on a rainy day. Date: circa 1910

The Three Musketeers - Canadian sharpshooters, WW1
" The Three Musketeers" of Princess Patricias Own (Princess Patricias Canadian Light Infantry) firing from a mound with a fine view of the German first line trenches

A canopy of primary rainforest in a rainy and misty day. river Danum valley conservation area; Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia; June

Sky Walk / Trail bridge / Suspension Bridge / canopy walkway - over river Danum in a rainy day. primary rainforest of river Danum Conservation Area, Sabah, Borneo, Malaysia; June

Advert for Turnbull & Asser, combined poncho & ground-sheet
The untearable combination poncho and ground-sheet. Light in weight, yet strong and thoroughly waterproof, the fabric does not tear, is durable, and yields long service. 1916

Scene in Trafalgar Square on a rainy winter evening
Rainy, dark Trafalgar Square, London, full of people with umbrellas. Men in the foreground are raising their arms. Date: 1910

BBC Broadcasting House, Langham Place, London
Broadcasting House, the newly built headquarters of the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC), with the builders signs (Ford & Walton) still on display

Combined poncho and ground-sheet, WW1
Advertisement for the untearable combination poncho and ground-sheet, for dealing with unspeakably awful wet and rainy conditions at the front

Rain and mud at Yser, 1914
British cavalrymen cleaning mud off accoutrements during a rain storm on the Yser line in 1914. The rain has come down in pitiless downpours and the flat meadows have become boggy in the extreme

British soldiers near Peronne, Somme, WW1
British officers and men, the first to cross the Somme near Peronne on the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Road to Puisieux, France, Western Front, WW1
View of the road to Puisieux, France, during the British advance on the Western Front during World War One. Date: circa 1917

Ready for Anything! by Muriel Dawson -- a little girl in yellow raincoat and souwester style rainhat. Date: 1947

My New Umbrella by Muriel Dawson -- a little child in yellow, with a blue umbrella and a black pet dog. Date: 1945

Three different species of tropical birds, found in northern India during the rainy season Date: 1839

Ammunition on pack mules, Western Front, France, WW1
Ammunition being carried on pack mules on a wet day during the British advance on the Western Front in France (Somme) during World War One. Date: circa 1917

Rainy Day by Muriel Dawson -- a little girl in a bright red raincoat with her pet dog. Date: 1939

Woman out riding, Portree, Isle of Skye, Scotland
Woman out riding with two ponies on a rainy day in Portree, Isle of Skye, Scotland. Date: 1926

Frangipani - Rangoon - tayak sigah - From China, evergreen kind prettiest. Cuttings transplant easily in rainy season. Date: 1952

Lancaster, Pennsylvania. Newsman at Center Square on a rainy market day. Date 1942 Nov

New York, New York. Times Square on a rainy day. Date 1943 Mar

Rainy day, Indianapolis, Indiana. Date 1942 Jan

Street music: A November day, 1872
Three weary street musicians ply their trade on a rainy day in November. Date: 1872

Silhouette, To Lay Up for a Rainy Day
To Lay Up for a Rainy Day -- silhouette showing a squirrel putting nuts aside for survival during the winter

Silhouette, Its an Ill Wind That Blows Nobody Any Good
Its an Ill Wind That Blows Nobody Any Good -- silhouette showing three people struggling along a street on a wet and windy day

Twelve proverbial silhouettes given a literal depiction: the fat is in the fire, to have a finger in the pie, sending coals to Newcastle, one sows and another reaps

Silhouette of two Irish priests
Troubled Waters -- silhouette of two Irish priests with umbrellas on a rainy day

RAINY DAY
Raindrops on a window pane. Date: 1960s

Farndon Bridge, an old bridge across the River Dee, Cheshire England. The bridge is allegedly haunted by two children, whose screams can be heard on rainy nights. Date: 1960s

Danish Veggie Market
Housewives and servants at the fruit and vegetable market on a rainy day in Copenhagen. Date: 1888

Breton Fair / In the Rain
A rainy day at a Breton fair. The women wear their regional costume and most have colourful umbrellas. Date: 1905

Rainy Street, London
The streets of London on a rainy day Date: 1950s

Boy looking through a window on a rainy day
A bored little boy peers through a window pane on a rainy day

Man and boy with junior sized motorcycle
A man gives his son a bit of advice under an umbrella before the boy sets off on his junior sized motorcycle

Man on a bicycle, holding the reins of his horse
A man on a bicycle, holding the reins of his horse on a wet day

Man dressed up to celebrate Dickens Day
A man dressed up in vaguely Victorian gear for Dickens Day, to celebrate the life and work of the novelist Charles Dickens

Stormy Weather by Muriel Dawson
Two children dressed for rainy weather in raincoats, wellies and sou westers shelter together under a huge orange umbrella

Norwegian royal family embarking at Dover
King Haakon VII of Norway (1872-1957) and Queen Maud (1869-1938), together with their son, Crown Prince Olav (1903-1991), embarking at Dover to return home following a visit to the UK

Sketches at Wimbledon 1879
Sketches at the Championship lawn tennis match, Wimbledon by Harry Furniss. Vignettes of the final round of the tennis matches and the attending spectators

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