Parasols Collection (page 5)

Geishas with parasols and obi sashes, Japan

Street scene, Kyoto, Japan. Date: circa 1890s

Bridge at Tenjinbashi, Osaka, Japan. Date: circa 1890s

Crowded beach at Venice, California, USA
A crowded beach at Venice, California, USA. Date: early 20th century

Fashions for Ascot from Marshall & Snelgrove
Advertisement for Marshall & Snelgrove of London, suggesting billowing organdie for Ascot. The long dresses, picture hats

Three women with parasols
Three women sitting on the ground, shading themselves from the sun with two parasols. The Royal Sands Hotel stands in the background

Two men in plus fours, holding parasols
Two men in plus fours and golfing socks, holding parasols, balancing on a stone

Chigo of the Yasaka Temple, Kyoto, Japan
Chigo of the Shinto Yasaka Temple, Kyoto, Japan. The Yasaka Shrine (Yasakajinja), also known as the Gion Shrine, is a Shinto shrine in the Gion District of Kyoto

Advert for Gamages garden furniture 1926
A wide range of garden furniture including wicker and cane tables and chairs, couch hammock, folding cane lounges, bathing tents and gaden shelters. Date: 1926

Riverside scene near Zermatt, Switzerland Date: 1903

Ancon, Peru - A group of bathers. Ancon is a district of northern Lima Province in Peru. It is a popular beach resort, visited every summer by hundreds of people from Lima Date: 1908

Three Japanese Geisha in Rickshaws Date: circa 1904

Garden Scene, Japan - Geisha - Fishing on small stone bridge Date: circa 1905

Garden Scene - Geisha - Japan - One of the four girls is fidhing, whilst two others stand and hold umbrellas / parasols. Date: circa 1905

Kobe, Japan, Rickshaws, Drivers, passengers on Nunobiki Road Date: 1908

Le Treport - a corner of the Beach - France
A corner of the Beach at Le Treport, a commune in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region in north-western France. Date: circa 1909

Girls having fun in the park playing with hoops and dolls
Young French Girls having fun in the park playing with hoops and dolls Date: circa 1907

Street Sellers of Rope Tobacco, Kingston, Jamaica Date: circa 1910

Fold-out Christmas Card printed on some form of synthetic vellum - featuring depictions of exotic black children from a fantasy land in the sun. Date: 1933

Singapore - Chinese Funeral Party Date: circa 1907

Six Japanese Ladies, Japan Date: circa 1910s

Vietnam - Hue - Nam-Giao Festival - Imperial Chair
Carrying the Imperial Chair at the Nam Giao Festival, Hue, Vietnam - a ceremony held in honour of the earth and sky. Date: circa 1926

On the Lake - Group take a little boat out for a spin
On the Lake A group of Russians take a little boat out for a spin. The hot sunny day necessitates the use of parasols by two of the ladies. Date: 1904

The Iris Flower Garden, Horikiri, Tokyo, Japan Date: circa 1910s

IMechE building and ladies holding parasols, photocopy of engraving held at the RIBA

Three Japanese Girls
Three Japanese girls holding parasols, out on a shopping trip together. Date: early 1930s

Women floating in the air by the use of parasols with large butterflies attached, and wings on their shoes, gazed at from the ground by men with lorgnettes and telescopes. circa 18th century

The Amphibians, 1927 by Peter
A somewhat sybaritic seaside scene showing a young, fashionable men and women having fun at the Lido, buying fruit from a seller. Date: 1927

Humorist front cover featuring Bonzo
Lovely front cover of the Humorist magazine, featuring Bonzo, the canine creation of artist George Studdy enjoying some tanning time of the beach. Date: 1934

A Pretty Penny by Batcherlor
A glamorous bathing belle with a fashionable paper parasol poses elegantly on a penny coin. Date: 1927

Sur La Plage de Deauville by Peter, 1927
A scene at Deauville, a French resort particularly popular with the well-heeled and fashionable during the 1920s. Image depicts various glamorous bathing belles with colourful parasols

Pyjama fashion at the Lido
A cheery group of models at a pyjama and bathing-dress parade of Paris and Italian fashion houses held at the Venetian Lido in 1927. Date: 1927

Rays of Sunshine by Peter
A scene in a sunny corner la plage at La Baule when the season is at its height. The resort in south Brittany became increasingly popular during the 1920s. Date: 1927

Lyon, France - International Exhibition (4 / 7)
The Palace of Horticulture and the gardens at the International Exhibition held at Lyon, France in 1914. Date: 1914

Delhi - view from a bridge over the River Yamuna Date: circa 1920

The Pier - Eastbourne, East Sussex, England. Date: circa 1900

Label, Hotel Orselina, Locarno, Switzerland
Luggage label from the Hotel Orselina, Locarno, Switzerland. Date: 20th century

The arrival of the Governor General - Saigon
The arrival of the Governor General at Saigon (Ho Chi Minh City) in the Steamship Ernest Simons. Everyone (who is anyone) is gathered on the harbour to greet him. Date: circa 1910

8th Duke of Devonshires Statue - Eastbourne Date: circa 1910s

Baths Promenade, Hastings, East Sussex
The Baths Promenade, Hastings, East Sussex Date: 1910

Two little girls with parasols, looking out to sea. first published 1879

Southwold, Suffolk - view of the beach
A lovely view of Southwold, Suffolk - the beach with bathing machines Date: circa 1908

Scarborough, Yorkshire
High summer on the beach at Scarborough, North Yorkshire, with the Spa building on the left and the Grand Hotel in the right distance. Date: 1890s

Street Market / Brittany
Selling bread underneath parasols in Brittany. Date: 1905

Fashions 1 July 1883
Girl: long bodice & kilted skirt. Women: jacket bodice, waistcoat front, horizontal bands of gaging & puffing on the skirt; black beaded mantle, flounces & apron front Date: 1883

Girl with Grey Brolly
On a grey day, a girl in a grey coat and grey hat, with a grey scarf, protects herself from the rain with her grey umbrella... Date: 1918

Umbrella Old / New
A royal parasol as used by the Assyrians, compared with Jonas Hanways umbrella of 1786

British Ambassador meeting Emperor Chien Lung
Meeting between Lord Macartney, British Ambassador, and the Chinese Emperor Chien Lung. Date: 14 September 1793

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