Oilskin Collection

Stationery, Charles Ware & Sons, Sails, Tents and Blinds, High Street, Hull, Yorkshire. 1939

Deal Boatmen, Kent. Date: circa 1903

Men wearing heavy oilskin protective clothing would go into the tunnels under the streets of London to unblock the sewers with a combing method. Date: 1881

Flushing the sewers 1860s
With the population expanding and dumping coursing blockages below the depths of London, men wearing heavy oilskin protective clothing would go into the tunnels to unblock the sewers with a combing

Advert for Turnbull and Asser comforts for soldiers 1915
For the comfort of our soldiers. Waterproof oilskin shell waistcoat, khaki riding shirt for mounted officers and chamois leather trousers. 1915

Advert for Turnbull and Asser poncho and ground-sheet 1915
Oilskin combination waterproof poncho and ground-sheet, for dealing with the awful wet and rainy conditions at the front. Date: 1915

Fisherman in oilskins 1911

Blitz in London -- Chiesmans, Lewisham High Street, WW2
Blitz in London -- a firefighter, wearing an oilskin coat, damping down the aftermath of an incendiary bomb attack on Chiesmans depository in Lewisham High Street, SE13

Cornish Boatman sets an amateur fisherman straight
Sarcastic Amateur Fisherman: " Are there any fish to be caught here, my man?" Cornish Boatman: " No Zur; You caught em all the last time as you was here!" Date: circa 1890s

Boy in Rainwear 1930
A small boy is well protected against inclement weather in a long double-breasted waterproof coat, a hat with upturned brim & a pair of Wellington boots

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