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Fashions 1 July 1883Girl: 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 BrollyOn 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 / NewA royal parasol as used by the Assyrians, compared with Jonas Hanways umbrella of 1786
British Ambassador meeting Emperor Chien LungMeeting between Lord Macartney, British Ambassador, and the Chinese Emperor Chien Lung. Date: 14 September 1793
Zinfandels Cup Day, AscotGlamorous women parading in their elegant gowns and flowery hats, mingle in the Ascot paddock on Zinfandels Cup Day
Edwardian performers in oriental costume, Mid WalesA group of Edwardian performers in oriental costume, with fans and parasols, probably somewhere in Mid Wales. The most likely production would be The Mikado, by Gilbert and Sullivan
Holidays to Germany, by Cooks and Dean & DawsonCover illustration for Holidays to Germany, by Cooks and Dean & Dawson, showing a German street scene, with people sitting at tables outside a cafe
Yokohama - JapanA Chemists Shop in Yokohama, Japan. Three shoppers have left their umbrellas on the pavement while they partake in a spot of shopping!
La Parisienne en 1912A variety of fashions on view during the summer week at Auteuil and Longchamp
Prince of Wales investiture, CaernarvonInvestiture of the Prince of Wales (later Edward VIII) at Caernarvon. Here he is travelling in an open carriage with his parents, King George V and Queen Mary
India - Benares - Banks of the Ganges RiverBenares, India - situated on left bank of the Ganga (Ganges) River. Regarded as holy by Hindus, Buddhists and Jains, and is one of the oldest continually inhabited cities in the world
An Edwardian Scene in the ParkThree elegant, decorative Edwardian ladies with parasols and lovely picture hats, stroll through a park with neatly manicured lawns
Two Victorian GirlsTwo good natured Victorian girls, out for a stroll in the countryside with parasols to hand and holding eachother as they go
Procession of the French Admiral - MersinThe Procession of the French Admiral on the way to the Railway Station at Mersin, Turkey. A large city and a busy port on the Mediterranean coast of southern Turkey
Hanways Umbrella / IlnJonas Hanway pioneers the first umbrella in London
Japan / Tokyo / AsakusaA street scene in Asakusa, Tokyo, Japan, showing women with parasols and colourful advertising banners
Embroiderers in JapanA team of Japanese embroiderers working on decorative parasols
Children and Dog OnbeachA dog chases after a fine piece of seaweed tugged by a girl across the sand, while her brother runs behind. Note the ladies sheltering beneath their parasols
Fast ColoursTwo 1920s ladies wearing boldly coloured and patterned summer dresses, promenading along a sea front. Both are holding fashionable Chinese parasols
Japan Shinto CeremonyAdmiral Togo at a Shinto ceremony in honour of those who died during the war with Russia
Archery at Crystal PalFemale archers line up during an archery meeting in the grounds of the Crystal Palace, London
Parisienne with ParasolA Parisienne, walking near the Bois de Boulogne, seems to be using her parasol more as a defence against an unwelcome stranger than as a protection from the sun !
Toilettes de Demi-SaisonTwo elegant women wearing the latest fashions from 1915, pose at a harbour side holding parasols
Spring fashions 1915An elegant pair of women walk through a park in their new spring dresses, carrying matching parasols
The Month of AugustTwo women wearing the latest summer fashions and carrying parasols, go for a stroll on the beach
Two Elegant Women 1900A lady in a green pleated dress holding a lacy parasol with her companion who wears a dress with a bold blue design; a big wheel is in the background
Eastbourne / Beach C1905Eastbourne, Sussex: Royal Parade and Beach
Eastbourne / Prom 1908Eastbourne, Sussex: The Promenade, Grand Parade
Fringed Parasol 1914A large shallow dome shaped parasol in pale pink with a short fringed border & tassels tied to the shaft
Umbrella ArrangementA selection, (or maybe a shower?) of umbrellas and sunshades
Scarborough Late 19th CScarborough, North Yorkshire: a crowded summertime beach, with umbrellas used as parasols. The Spa building is in the centre, and the Grand Hotel in the right distance
Folding Umbrellas, 1715A French merchant offers umbrellas so small that when folded you can carry one in your pocket !
Racial / Japan / GeishasA group of geisha in their traditional dress with ornamental parasols
Oranges / Cries of LondonOranges, fine oranges
Keats / Grave / MemorialJOHN KEATS Unveiling the memorial tablet to the English poet at the Protestant Cemetery in Rome
Belvedere House / KentBelvedere House, Kent: the seat of Sir Sampson Gideon
Racial / Japan / Women 19CFive Japanese women in traditional costume, three of which hold flat circular parasols of varying sizes
Uses for Umbrellaand another use for your umbrella... (the dog approves her action enthusiastically)
Parasols for 1924A selection of parasols