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The Afternoon Drive, Queen Victoria with BeatriceThe Afternoon Drive. In the afternoon, Her Majesty Queen Victoria, in a carriage and pair with outriders, drives with the Princess Beatrice
WW1 wicker shell cases recycled as umbrella stands, 1915Wicker carrying-cases for German shells, repurposed as umbrella stands in France, 1915. Date: 1915
King Albert of Belgium unveiling WW1 Memorial, ZeebruggeKing Albert of Belgium unveiling the First World War memorial at Zeebrugge. 1925
Opening of LCC steamboat service by Prince of WalesOpening of the London County Council steamboat service by HRH George, Prince of Wales, at Westminster Pier, London, 17 June 1905. 1905
Cries of Paris - seller of umbrellas and parasols
Breton Pardon, Brittany, Northern FrancePeople taking part in the traditional Breton Pardon, Brittany, Northern France. It involves a procession through the streets on a saints day, carrying a statue and reliquary of the patron saint. 1922
Proclamation of Peace at St Jamess Palace, London, with Queen Alexandra watching from the wall of Marlborough House. 1919
Christmas card, children under umbrella in snow. 20th century
London policemen wearing rain capes. 19th century
Standing in the rainA crowd of people with umbrellas waiting in the rain for taxis. Illustration from the Womans Home Companion April 1923. Artist anon. Date: 1923
Home Sweet Home -- rainy city street scene, An exile from home, splendour dazzles in vain. (5 of 5) Date: circa 1890s
London horse-bus 1888Monday morning, east wind and rain, a city bus full if passengers even on the open top deck. 1888
A Spring Shower in London 1866A scene in Bank, London, where victorian people are trying to get out of the rain. Date: April 1866
Group of Clowns
Relaxing on Deck Date: 1941
Couple Served by Waiter Date: 1948
A Rain-beau c. 1790A Rain-beau - a fashionable young man wearing a tall pilgrim or Puritan-style hat, striped waistcoat, short boots revealing striped stockings, tight breeches, and carrying a parasol or umbrella
Old Clothes Exchange, Phils Buildings, Houndsditch 1882The court of Phils buildings was found directly opposite St Mary Axe. A barrier was placed across steps leading up to the court, as there was an admission fee of one penny
BELGIAN TRAFFIC POLICEA policeman with a white helmet and parasol! Belgium has protected her point traffic policemen from the sun by providing them with white helmets and wide umbrellas! Date: 1930s
WET DAY IN TRAFALGAR SQA November afternoon in London. A fine study of a wet day in Trafalgar Square. Two business men walk across the square carrying umbrellas. Date: 1950s
OSTEND PROMENADE / PHOTOStrolling along the promenade at Ostende with umbrellas - to protect them from the sun. Date: circa 1890
Rain on Yorkshire Coast 1856Oh! My Goodness! Its Beginning To Rain! - A sketch on the Yorkshire Coast. People run for shelter or put up their umbrellas as the rain begins to fall. Date: 1856
Cartoon, Pic-nicHow very fortunate we are with the weather; it would have been so provoking to have brought our umbrellas and then to have had a fine day! Date: 1851
Coppergate Walk, York
Bandstand at Ocean Park, California, USABandstand with band playing at Ocean Park, California, USA. Date: circa 1904
Colourful spectators at Fiji rugby matchSpectators sit on a grassy bank, shading themselves beneath colourful umbrellas at a Fiji rugby match near Suva. Date: 1995
Tourists carrying umbrellas on temporary walkway, VeniceTourists carrying umbrellas march along a temporary walkway to keep their feet dry during floods at St Mark s, Venice Date: 2013
Woman gives up trying to keep dry - floods, VeniceA woman gives up trying to keep dry in the floods in St Marks Square, Venice, She wades straight though the water while tourists queue on the temporary walkways Date: 2013
Kissing in the rain - St Marks, VeniceA man and woman put their umbrellas aside as they stop to kiss on a lampost in St Marks Square, Venice, Italy. It is raining heavily and the square is flooded Date: 2013
Verona, ItalyPiazza delle Erbe, Verona - North part of the square, with Palazzo Maffei. Date: circa 1902
Elbow Beach Hotel and Bathing Beach, Bermuda Date: 1936
Pago Pago, Tutuila, American Samoa, Pacific OceanStreet market in Pago Pago, Tutuila, American Samoa, Pacific Ocean, with a radio tower in the background. Date: circa 1930
Bikini Blondes on HolsTwo trendy blondes on holiday, walking off the hotel patio towards the sea at Juan les Pins, France. Date: 1960s
Late Victorian 1890s Greetings Card Girl Girlslate, victorian, 1890s, greetings, card, girl, girls, child, children, new, year, winter, cold, weather, walking, snow, red, green, blue, umbrella, umbrellas, snowing, apron, rural, countryside
Business street in Surabaya, East Java, IndonesiaPasser Besar (Pasar Besar, large market), a business street in Surabaya (Soerabaja, Soerabaia), East Java, Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia). Date: circa 1908
Record rainfall, Ealing Common, West LondonRecord rainfall on the evening of 15 June 1903 at Ealing Common, West London. 1903
Stirrup Cup Castle, Oakdale, Long Island, New York, USAStirrup Cup Castle restaurant, Oakdale, Long Island, New York, USA. Date: circa 1930s
Market and Broadway, Bangalore, Karnataka, IndiaStreet market in the foreground with Broadway leading into the distance, Bangalore, Karnataka, India. Date: circa 1910s
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
France / Nice 1930SA fashionable couple reading newspapers under the shade of umbrellas in the harbour, Nice, France. Date: 1930s
Advertisement for Cummings umbrellas, silk umbrella covers in different colours, walking sticks, sword sticks and parasols
Advertisements from The Illustrated London News, 1896A page of advertisements from The Illustrated London News, 18th January 1896. Products promoted include Halfords curry powder
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
1903 FA Cup Final: Derby County beats Bury 6-0The Football Association Cup Final at the Crystal Palace, where Bury beat Derby County by six goals to nil in the presence of over 63, 000 spectators
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
Umbrellas from a-slot machine 1929The inventor showing off his A-Slot vending machine Not Schirm, G.M.B.H in Berlin, New York, London and Paris. 1929
Hindu Vale Festival with Juggernaut, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)Hindu Vale Festival with Silver Juggernaut Car and crowds of people, with the sea in the background, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1905
Procession, Holy Relic of the Tooth, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)Annual Procession of the Holy Relic of the Tooth (the Kandy Perahera), Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Kandy is the home of the relic of the tooth of Buddha -- a casket containing it is carried on the back of an