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Downpour Collection

Background imageDownpour Collection: A young English lad takes shelter in a barrel from the rain

A young English lad takes shelter in a barrel from the rain
A young English lad takes shelter in a barrel from the pouring rain - Somewhere in England'. Date: circa 1930s

Background imageDownpour Collection: Hawker Hunter FR. 74B 526

Hawker Hunter FR. 74B 526
Singapore Air Defence Command - Hawker Hunter FR.74B 526 (msn S4/U/3308, ex XF432), of 140 Squadron, seen during a downpour at RAF Seletar. Date: circa 1972

Background imageDownpour Collection: Lockheed PV-2 Harpoon

Lockheed PV-2 Harpoon
United States Navy - Lockheed PV-2 Harpoon from St.Louis Naval Air Station providing shelter during a downpour at an airshow in the US. Date: circa 1950

Background imageDownpour Collection: Tourists carrying umbrellas on temporary walkway, Venice

Tourists carrying umbrellas on temporary walkway, Venice
Tourists carrying umbrellas march along a temporary walkway to keep their feet dry during floods at St Mark s, Venice Date: 2013

Background imageDownpour Collection: Woman gives up trying to keep dry - floods, Venice

Woman gives up trying to keep dry - floods, Venice
A woman gives up trying to keep dry in the floods in St Marks Square, Venice, She wades straight though the water while tourists queue on the temporary walkways Date: 2013

Background imageDownpour Collection: Kissing in the rain - St Marks, Venice

Kissing in the rain - St Marks, Venice
A man and woman put their umbrellas aside as they stop to kiss on a lampost in St Marks Square, Venice, Italy. It is raining heavily and the square is flooded Date: 2013

Background imageDownpour Collection: A woman flower seller in a Paris street market

A woman flower seller in a Paris street market, France. It is pouring with rain and she is covered with a waterproof coat

Background imageDownpour Collection: Night Rain at the Paulownia Grove at Akasaka by Hiroshige

Night Rain at the Paulownia Grove at Akasaka by Hiroshige
Night Rain at the Paulownia Grove at Akasaka (Akasaka kiribatake uchu yukei), no. 48a from the series One Hundred Views of Famous Places in Edo (Meisho edo hyakkei) by Utagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858)

Background imageDownpour Collection: Black Humour - It could be worse, you could be blind and wet

Black Humour - It could be worse, you could be blind and wet
Black Humour - It could be worse, you could be a blind beggar singing for your supper/lodging in the rain... Date: circa 1904

Background imageDownpour Collection: A Classic English Summers Day on the beach

A Classic English Summers Day on the beach! The rain is pouring, it is freezing cold and even the dog appears to not be relishing his daily stroll

Background imageDownpour Collection: Man fishing on a comic Christmas card

Man fishing on a comic Christmas card
Man fishing in the rain on a comic Christmas card by Ernest Griset. Date: circa 1890s

Background imageDownpour Collection: A Spring storm sweeping over the Valley of River Arno, Italy

A Spring storm sweeping over the Valley of River Arno, Italy. Date: 1905

Background imageDownpour Collection: August 1917 rains on British Western Front

August 1917 rains on British Western Front
Heavy rainfall in August 1917 caused massive problems, especially in the Western Front and in Flanders and Northern France. Date: August 1917

Background imageDownpour Collection: 1937 Coronation - Abbey guests stranded in rain after ceremo

1937 Coronation - Abbey guests stranded in rain after ceremo
Peers and peeresses taking shelter during the height of the downpour which occurred at the most inconvenient possible moment after having held off during the Coronation ceremony of King George VI


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