Rain Collection (page 6)

Comic postcard, Plump woman in the rain Date: 20th century

Comic German postcard -- The Cavalier
Comic German postcard by Arthur Thiele -- The Cavalier -- a grossly overweight man with two grossly overweight women, in the rain with a small umbrella. Date: early 20th century

Two girls with umbrella on a cutout New Year card
Two girls looking through a hole in their umbrella on a cutout New Year card -- Wishing you happiness through the hole Year! Date: circa 1890s

Record rainfall, Ealing Common, West London
Record rainfall on the evening of 15 June 1903 at Ealing Common, West London. 1903

Bomb party using cigarettes to light fuses, WWI
A bombing party detachment of the Buffs at Bethune using cigarettes to light fuses in the pouring rain before throwing. The men held off the Germans for 17 1/2 hours

Princess Diana visiting Cornwall
Diana, Princess of Wales, out on a visit, possibly in the Cornwall area. She is holding a daffodils, and is sheltering from the rain under an umbrella. Date: 1980s

Chichen Itza - Mayan Ruins, Mexico
Chichen Itza, a world-famous complex of Mayan ruins on Mexicos Yucatan Peninsula. This card shows a small temple known as the La Iglesia (" The Church" )

The Princess and the Swineherd - The Swineherd scolded and the rain poured down

Advert for Lancaster & Sons bellows cameras 1890
Advertisement for 19th century bellows cameras, pocket combination aneroid barometers, selection of scientific equipment compound microscope, achromatic microscope

Soho, London - 12 Denman Street W1 - Il Cucciolo Ristorante, with a Rolls Royce car parked outside. 1973

Rain Sculpture in Boulder Clay, Bray Head - a close in view of whirled effect in the exposed rock. (Location: Republic of Ireland; County Wicklow; Bray). Date: circa early 1900s

Berlin Wall at Potsdamer Platz, Berlin, Germany
View of the Berlin Wall at Potsdamer Platz, Berlin, Germany, with people standing on a raised observation platform in the rain. Date: 1960s

Depressing view of the Berlin Wall, Berlin, Germany
Depressing view of the Berlin Wall, dividing East and West Berlin, Germany. Date: 1960s

Brandenburg Gate, Berlin, Germany
The Brandenburg Gate and Berlin Wall, viewed from West Berlin, Germany, with people walking past in the rain. The sign in German reads: Attention, you are now leaving West Berlin. Date: 1960s

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Anthony Wilding and Norman Brookes, tennis at Wimbledon
Anthony Wilding and Norman Brookes as " gentlemen in waiting" on the weather at the 1914 Wimbledon tennis championship in July 1914

Canadian Light Infantry in Great War Deeds, WW1
A gallant trio of Canadian sharpshooters (Princess Patricias Canadian Light Infantry), nicknamed The Three Musketeers, holding a mound all day on the Western Front under all kinds of fire

Suffragettes Swimming Hot Air Balloon Muriel Matters
A cartoon illustration by Alfred Chantrey Courbold (1852-1920) of suffragettes swimming towards a flotilla of toy boats. Behind them are large Votes for Women banners whilst pro-suffrage leaflets

The Communication Trench by Bruce Bairnsfather
The Communication Trench PROBLEM - Whether to walk along the top and risk it, or do another mile of this A cartoon by Captain Bruce Bairnsfather in The Bystander Date: 1916

Pinocchio -- snail at a window
Pinocchio -- A window in the lower storey opened, and the same snail appeared at it. Date: 1911

Mansfield Market
A wet day at Mansfield Market, Nottinghamshire, England. Date: 1930s

RAIN GAUGE
Checking a rain gauge machine at Kew, near London, England. Date: early 1930s

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

Japan - Japanese woman with umbrella and basket backpack Date: circa 1910

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

Pixie under a mushroom

Coronation 1953, Commonwealth army contingents marching in p
Marching through the rain-soaked streets, some of the Australian and Canadian troops who preceded Queen Elizabeth II in the golden state coach in the procession from Westminster Abbey to Buckingham

The Queen at Dundee Royal Infirmary
The Queen at the Royal Infirmary, Dundee, Scotland. She is accompanied by the Matron, Miss O. A. Day, and followed by the Duke of Edinburgh. Date: 1955

Colonel J J Harrisons African Pygmies
Colonel Harrisons African Pygmies - brought to the UK to be shown on stage as persons of exotic interest! About a million people saw them before they left for the rain forests of the Congo in

Women standing by large car
Two women and a young girl (wrapped up well aginst the wet weather) stand next to their large soft top car at the side of a country lane

Cross country racing by Rene Vincent
Illustration showing a cross country runner being sheltered from the rain by a gallant gentleman

Girl and dog shelter from the rain
A young girl in red leggings and jacket sheleters from a rain strom under an umbrella alongside her slightly-perplexed-looking (and very large) pet dog. Watercolour painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Fairy Tears
A fairy sheds tears while pleading with the North wind to allow her to return home. The tears grow into snowdrop flowers

RAINSTORM Rain laden clouds appear over a mountain range, converging with the brighter weather over a coastal village

Deucalion and Flood
Zeus, angered by the sinfulness of mankind, causes it to rain and rain, until all drown except Deucalion and his wife Pyrrha whose ark lands up on Mount Parnassus

Hindu God Indra / Elephant
Indra, King of the hindu gods in an early collection of hymns, the Rig Veda. He had authority over the sky; he could rend clouds apart with thunderbolts to make rain

Susi - walking in the rain under an umbrella. 1950s

Watercolour by Reg Carter, The Squall
Watercolour by Reg Carter (1886-1949), freelance commercial artist, entitled The Squall, probably painted at Southwold, Suffolk, where he had his studio in the High Street

Comic visual and verbal pun - Reign of Terror
Cartoon - Comic visual and verbal pun - Reign of Terror. 19th Century

Victory arch and parade, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, USA
Victory arch and postwar military parade, Main Street, Oshkosh, Wisconsin, USA, 16 May 1919, with the 150th Machine Gun Battalion, 42nd Division. Date: 1919

Waiting for the tennis courts to dry
The Botanical Hard Court tennis tournament is postponed due to torrential rain. 1927

Malaysia - The Botanical Gardens at Penang - Raintree
Malaysia - The Botanical Gardens at Penang, located at Jalan Kebun Bunga. The iconic Raintree close to the entrance (pictured) is still standing

Fishing in the rain Wanstead Park, East London. Date: 1950s

Milwata race-coat of proofed cr갥 de chine trimmed with calf-skin patterned velvet. 1927

Zambrene race-coat trimmed with leather and fitted with an adjustable collar. 1927

Man in plus fours in the rain, Lucerne, Switzerland
Man walking in the rain holding an umbrella wearing plus fours, Lucerne, Switzerland. circa 1957

The fountains of Versailles
Les Grandes Eaux de Versailles (Das grosse Wasserwerk in Versailles) -- tourists visit the gardens of the famous palace. (2 of 2) 19th century

Soho, London - Meard Street W1, viewed from Wardour Street on a wet day. 1973

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