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Italy - Promotional postcard for Romano - Philosophy - " A Romano and a dark corner are all I need to pass an agreeable day on holiday!". Date: circa 1930s
Umbrella I love Rain ItalyUmbrella - I love Rain - Italy
Man in traditional costume - Bolzano, ItalyMan in traditional costume from Bozen / Bolzano - Italy - then (at the time of publication) part of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. Annexed by Italy at the end of World War I. Date: 1917
Soho, London - Carlisle Street W1, leading towards Soho Square Gardens, on a rainy day. 1973
Susi - investigating the umbrella stand. 1950s
The Nose Game - Commercial Nose E5, Denotes Shrewdness. 1927
Elegant woman in Morning Visiting DressElegant woman in a blue Morning Visiting Dress with elaborate hat. 1827
The Reefs Beach Club, Bermuda - a delightful Cabana Cottage colony perched high on a cliff directly overlooking the ocean and The Reefs Private Beach. Date: 1940s
Pretty French Girl with Oriental Umbrella and fur stolePretty French Girl with Oriental Umbrella/parasol, pale green summer dress, fur stole, white gloves, orange hat and a red rose on her lap. Date: 1923
Christmas Greetings Postcard - two children and presents on a very windy day, threatening to carry them (and their umbrella) away! circa 1910s
Grianan of Aileach, Interior, Entrance to N. E. ChamberGrianan of Aileach, Interior, Entrance to N.E. Chamber - a view of an entrance in the stone fort with an umbrella for scale. (Location: Northern Ireland: County Londonderry: Londonderry)
Poster, Mac & Umbrella Week, John Walsh Ltd, a department store in Sheffield, Yorkshire. circa 1930s
Little girl and dog on a tree-shaped Christmas cardLittle girl and her dog walking through the snow on a tree-shaped Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s
Coach with dogs on a cutout Christmas cardCoach with dogs and luggage on a cutout Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s
Boy with holly on a Victorian Christmas scrapBoy walking through the snow with a bunch of holly on a Victorian Christmas scrap. Date: circa 1890s
Snow woman and children on a Christmas postcardSnow woman and four snow children on a Christmas postcard. Date: circa 1900s
Snowman and family on a Christmas postcardSnowman couple and family going for a walk on a Christmas postcard. Date: circa 1900s
Snowman and snow woman on a Christmas postcard, with a little white snow dog. Date: circa 1900s
Snowman on a German New Year postcardSnowman with red umbrella on a German New Year postcard. Date: circa 1900s
Snowman with umbrella on a Christmas postcardSnowman with an umbrella and snowdrops on a Christmas postcard. Date: circa 1900s
Two girls with snowman on a Christmas postcardTwo girls with a snowman on a Christmas postcard. Date: circa 1890s
Contented pig couple on a French postcard. Date: circa 1890s
Three pigs resting on a New Year cardThree pigs resting under an umbrella on a New Year card. Date: circa 1890s
Umbrella maker, Japan, circa 1880s. Date: circa 1880s
City gent in a park, using an ingenious water-boiling spirit-powered stove stored in his bowler hat -- an invention by Alistair McBride. The stove has sufficient fuel to boil three kettles per day
Bowler-hatted City gent in a park. Date: 1962
Three children in a street on a movable Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s
Girl in a winter sceneXmas greeting. Girl with an umbrella out in the snow. Date: circa 1906
Woman with red umbrellaWoman in period costume with a red umbrella, battling against high winds and rain. Date: circa 1902
We are IT - a (slightly unlikely) couple of fashionistasWe are IT - a (slightly unlikely) couple each totally confident they are displaying the height of style. They both have everything they want. Date: 1915
A Humourist in France - An elopement - a man carrying away a clothes mannequin. Date: 1904
Strip tease card game - Prudie suit - Mrs Grundy. A game which features characters involved in performing (and subsequently prosecuting and defending) a striptease
Woman with green umbrellaPastel illustration of woman in her summer dress and hat, holding a green umbrella. Date: circa 1925
Riverside Scene - Pegirian River, Surabaya, Java, IndonesiaRiverside Scene - The Pegirian River, Surabaya, Java, Indonesia Date: circa 1908
Modern and Old Costume in TurkeySoon after Ataturk took over in Turkey in the 1920s, there was liberation by women from the old modes of dress. Instead of impenetrable veils, they wore lighter, thinner veils
France - Jolly girl in a bathing costume on a deckchairFrance - Jolly girl in a bathing costume reclining in a deckchair - studio photograph with a white cliff backdrop. Note the nautical long lace-up slippers and floral umbrella / parasol
Misfitz - Penguin. early 20th century
Misfitz - Jumbo. early 20th century
Louis Wain, Daddy Cat - in the rain. circa 1910s
A Burmese Bullock CarriageBurmese Bullock Carriage - Festival cart Date: circa 1910s
A Burmese Bullock Carriage - A Holiday Conveyance Date: circa 1910s
Spain. Barcelona. Mass output. Engraving. ColoredSpain. Barcelona. Mass output. Engraving by Rico. The Spanish and American Illustration, 1890. Colored
Jean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778). The Confessions. ColoredJean-Jacques Rousseau (1712-1778). Philosopher, writer, and composer. The Confessions (1782-1789). Autobiographical book. Colored engraving
Spain. Catalonia. Barcelona. House Bruno Cuadros or House of Umbrella. Renovated building at 1888 for Josep Vilaseca i Casanovas (1848-1910). Modernist style. Detail dragon
Joan Roig Soler (1852-1909). Spanish sculptor. The lady of the umbrella, (1884). Citadel Park. Barcelona. Catalonia. Spain
African colonialism. Explorers attending a party in his honor in Niger (1881). Nineteenth-century colored engraving
Africa. Sierra Leone. Funeral procession. Colored engraving 1880
Sharpener street. Colored engraving by E. Alba on a life drawing by D.F. Guisasola. 1879