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Japanese geisha with parasol on a greetings cardJapanese geisha with parasol and fan on a greetings card. Date: circa 1890s
Princess Diana visiting CornwallDiana, 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
China Bazaar Road, Madras, Tamil Nadu, IndiaChina Bazaar Road, Madras (Chennai), Tamil Nadu, India. Date: circa 1910
A Zulu Wedding, South Africa Date: circa 1930s
Chiefs at Accra, Ghana, Gold Coast, West AfricaA meeting of Chiefs at Accra, Ghana, Gold Coast, West Africa. They are grouped together under a great ficus tree in the courtyard of Christiansborg Castle
A 1920s garden partySeveral fashionably-dressed people enjoy a garden party in radiant sunshine. 1927
Rice Merchant and Money Lender - Sri Lanka - A Chettiar. The white horizontal lines adorning his body identify him as a follower of the Hindu God Shiva. Date: circa 1920s
People at a fish market in Bergen, Norway. Date: circa 1910s
Edwardian Christmas cardChristmas greeting card depicting a young girl with a green umbrella in a snowy scene, carrying her doll Date: circa 1908
Berlin Wall at Potsdamer Platz, Berlin, GermanyView of the Berlin Wall at Potsdamer Platz, Berlin, Germany, with people standing on a raised observation platform in the rain. Date: 1960s
Myanmar - A Burmese girl with large open paper parasolMyanmar - A slightly stern-looking Burmese girl, seated and holding a large large open paper parasol Date: circa 1910
Governor Maxwell returns to Cape Coast Castle, from CumasiaFinal of the English expedition against the Ashantis. Governor Maxwell returns to Cape Coast Castle, from Cumasia. Engraving. Colored
Kitagawa Utamaro print - Girls on a BridgeReproduction of a woodcut by Kitagawa Utamaro (1750-1806) entitled: Girls on a Bridge. Date: circa late 18th century
Caricature of the actor Alfred Maltby, in the role of Mr Dawson in the play Betsy by F C Burnand. circa 1880s
Balloon popper -- an elderly man with an umbrella pretends to pop a balloon belonging to some trendy young women riding in a white sportscar. Date: 1970s
Parasol / Ackermann sCambric muslin morning dress with the skirt finished with a 13 tucks, in the French style. Pale fawn coloured spencer with cuffs & half-sleeves trimmed with full scallops
Old lady in a bath chairOld lady in a rather large bath chair, talking to three women on a bench while shielding herself from the sun with an umbrella. Date: 1920s
Rickshaw Japan 19CA Japanese mother and her daughter are transported by two rickshaw boys. Date: late 19th century
Burberry cotton houndstooth coat and Simone Mirman turbanA Burberry in French cotton printed in large black and white houndstooth design, fully shower proof and lined with cherry taffeta
American anti-gambling cartoonAn American anti-gambling cartoon, showing a Rum-Soaked Old Sport sitting at a table. The verse below ends: It would be very hard to find / A more worthless, useless sample of mankind. Date: 1906
Advertisement for Cummings umbrellas, silk umbrella covers in different colours, walking sticks, sword sticks and parasols
Edwardian couple with babyJames Johnson Battersby, his wife Nancy and son James outside their house Dunluce, Stockport 1909. The pram is presumably a top-of-the-range for the period - note the umbrella holder! Date: 1909
Suffragette Trampling on Policeman CeramicA gloriously victorious suffragette stands with arms outstretched on the head of a prostrate policeman. She is dressed in the colours of the W.S.P.U - purple, white and green
Suffragettes Attacking A Policeman. Two Suffragettes have a policeman in a head lock and are beating him with an umbrella. Date: circa 1908
Suffragette with Brick. Suffragette holding umbrella and brick stands outside the Houses of Parliament. Verse reads, And this is the Suffragette Lady of note
Silhouette of man with rolled umbrellaFull length silhouette of a man with a rolled umbrella under his arm. Date: 1914
Cartoon on postcard, Kitchener news, WW1Cartoon on a postcard, showing a skinny woman in the early stages of the First World War, reading a news bulletin: Kitchener gets half a million men in a month
Costume design by Homer Conant for oriental showgirl carrying an umbrella, New York, 1920s Date: 1920s
Advert for Asprey clutch bags 1937Asprey of Bond Street, London advertising a number of bags and clutches including a childs muff suede handbag, a pigskin pochette, a childs umbrella, a tweed scarf and handbag in various colours
A Woman from Shqipnija, Albania in traditional costume holding a very fine ruffled umbrella Date: circa 1910s
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
Major James L Cordes, Chief Test Pilot, Handley PageMajor James L. Cordes, Chief Test Pilot, Handley Page (under the umbrella) at the 1939 Royal Aeronautical Society Garden Party at the Fairey Aviation Aerodrome, Great West Road, Hayes, Middlesex
Children under an umbrella in the snowThree little children carrying presents and sprigs of holly, huddle together under an umbrella as the snow falls around them c.1915
Annamite Mountain Children from VietnamChildren from the Annamite Mountains in Ho Chi Minh City (formerly Saigon) - at this time under French control. Date: circa 1910s
The Queen at Dundee Royal InfirmaryThe 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
Gorse and kissing are always in fashion by Florence HardyGorse and kissing are always in fashion. A boy kisses the girl he likes on the cheek amongst the gorse bushes
Girl and dog shelter from the rainA 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
Umbrella RoundaboutChildren playing on an umbrella roundabout on Lindfield Common, Sussex, England
Harem Pants 1910Exotic eastern style: high waisted Turkish trousers / harem pants, decollete blouse, bolero, fish-net stockings, Louis heel shoes & a turban with aigrette
Spanking Breeze 1922A young woman reveals more than she expected to on a very windy day
Horse Fall / Fleet St / SnowA horse pulling a cart falls during a snow storm
Girl in street with umbrella - Lecce, Italy. Date: 1980s
Eiffel Tower with umbrella, Paris, France. Date: 1980s
Susi - walking in the rain under an umbrella. 1950s
Comic postcard, woman and policeman in a street -- Could you see me across the road, Mr Policeman? -- Why, bless yer Mum, I could spot you a mile off. Date: circa 1900s
Mr Taylor, teacher at Marlborough College, Wiltshire (Summerfield House Master), May 1908. Date: 1908
Sketching lesson at Chesieres, Vaud, Switzerland -- Lucy Auerbach and friends with their tutor, Mr Flemwell (probably George J Flemwell, an English artist based in Switzerland). Date: circa 1910