Umbrellas Collection (page 5)

Queen Elizabeth II inspecting firefighters
Visit of Queen Elizabeth II to the Headquarters of the London Fire Brigade, Lambeth

Mr Fitzpatrick Kights balloon flight
A hand-painted drawing showing a man standing in the gondola of a balloon waving umbrellas. A handwritten note reads: Mr Fitzpatrick Kights Ascension bought in a native bazaar, Calcutta April 1853

Santa Claus umbrella
Santa Claus Umbrella Date: 1897

People walking beneath umbrellas along the seashore during a rainstorm. Date between 1890 and 1940

Chinese men and women labeled Rusticks From: An embassy from the East-India Company of the United Provinces, to the Grand Tartar Cham Emperor of China Date: 1655

The Alhambra in Granada From: Voyages faits en divers temps en Espagne, en Portugal, en Allemagne, en France et ailleurs Date: 1700

Making umbrellas. Print shows a woman sitting with a man who is sewing an umbrella. Date 1802

Starter caught at the Tote
The Starter who was Caught at the Tote by Patrick Bellew. The massed ranks of punters, jockeys, policeman and even a horse react with undiluted horror at the sight of the race starter placing a bet

Doing the Lakes - Rain in the Lake District disturbing the enjoyment of ones holiday! Twixt Mist and Rain and Lake and Mere, We re never short of water here. Date: 1930s

Silhouette of two Irish priests
Troubled Waters -- silhouette of two Irish priests with umbrellas on a rainy day

Wet or Fine?
A girl with two umbrellas looks up at the sky to see whether its raining or just spitting. English weather. Date: early 1930s

Queueing for Eggs

Marketplace in Basel, Switzerland
Postcard showing the Marketplace in Basel, Switzerland with a delightful and highly decorative border featuring a pretty young girl drinking wine and vineyard vines. Date: 1900

The Last Bus Home
Londoners struggle to get on the last bus home in the pouring rain. Date: circa 1900s

Bystander front cover, 29 January 1930
Stylised illustration for the Bystander cover masthead showing a couple struggling through a gale that is so strong, it even threatens to uproot a postbox. Date: 1930

Bruges, Belgium Date: 1915

Unicorn Restaurant, Festival of Britain site, London
View of the outdoor Unicorn Restaurant or Cafe, with its suspended umbrellas and angled flagpoles, part of the Festival of Britain site, South Bank, London

French Left Luggage Office
A French Left Luggae Office at a Railway Station with a variety of crates, trunks and cases, each containing some rather surprising (and alive!) contents!! Date: 1904

STUNT CARS
Danger men on wheels. Thrills and spills from the Destruction Squad, thats what the crowd, even when its raining, love to see! Date: 1960s

Breton Fair / In the Rain
A rainy day at a Breton fair. The women wear their regional costume and most have colourful umbrellas. Date: 1905

Rainy Street, London
The streets of London on a rainy day Date: 1950s

Passengers with porter, waiting to board a boat
A group of passengers waiting to board a boat, with a porter sitting on a luggage cart. They are outside Munros Yacht Stores and Coffee Rooms, and it appears to be raining, as umbrellas are up

Holidays to Germany, by Cooks and Dean & Dawson
Cover illustration for Holidays to Germany, by Cooks and Dean & Dawson, showing a German street scene, with people sitting at tables outside a cafe

Off Home by Muriel Dawson
Charming depiction of a back view of a little girl who steps over a puddle on her way home, as gracefully as she can considering the fact she is carrying a doll

Singing in the Rain by Muriel Dawson
A small child wearing a classic yellow raincoat and sou wester, holds a miniature umbrella and appears to be enjoying the rain

Music cover for Chilperic Quadrilles
Music cover for the Chilperic Quadrilles, based on airs from Herves opera buffa (or operetta) Chilperic, arranged (probably for piano) by C H R Marriott

Visitors to an active volcano - Higo, Japan
Visitors to an active volcano - Mount Aso - in Japan. It is the largest active volcano in Japan, and is among the largest in the world. It stands in Kumamoto Prefecture, on the island of Kyushu

Timber-framed houses, Quedlinburg, Germany
Old, renovated timber-framed houses in the Kornmarkt (Cornmarket) in the medieval centre of the town of Quedlinburg, Sachsen-Anhalt (Saxony Anhalt), Germany

Yokohama - Japan
A Chemists Shop in Yokohama, Japan. Three shoppers have left their umbrellas on the pavement while they partake in a spot of shopping!

New Bridge (Galata Bridge) in the rain
View toward Karakoy across the New Bridge (Galata Bridge) on a very wet day - Constantinople, Turkey

Selfridges, London - The Umbrella Section
Selfridges & Co, Oxford Street, London - The Umbrella Section. Founded by American-born retail magnate Harry Gordon Selfridge (1858 - 1947), the Flagship store in Oxford Street was opened in 1909

India - Benares - Banks of the Ganges River
Benares, 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

A Young Person in Pink by Pizer
A young woman dressed in a pink and white dress poses with a large umbrella

Reading the papers in the rain
The streets are crowded with top-hatted gentlemen eagerly reading the main story of the day, umbrellas shielding them from the heavy rain

Ealing Common, Ealing, London
The record rainway of June 1901 - view of some rather soggy pedestrians and a struggling open-top (!) tram at Ealing Common, Ealing, London on the evening of the 15th June

How to Hoodwink the Zeppelins
The latest device for disguising London from roving Zeppelins during World War One - ingenious umbrellas in the shape of various animals

Manchester City vs. Bolton Wanderers F. A. Cup Final, 1904
Series of illustrations from the Manchester City vs. Bolton Wanderers F.A. Cup Final at the Crystal Palace ground, London, 23rd April 1904

British troops sheltering under umbrellas
Illustration of British soldiers sheltering from the rain beneath their umbrellas in the trenches

Children / Holly & Toys
Two boys and two girls with holly and umbrellas: one girl carries a doll, a boy pulls a toy train

Acoustic Umbrellas
Umbrellas can be used as sound-collecting devices, enabling two people to conduct a whispered conversation without others overhearing

Lost Property Office 1 / 2
Two ladies in 1920s fashion of cloche hats and furs check through the New Scotland Yard Lost Property Office racks for their missing umbrellas. Metropolitan Police

Windy Derby / Epsom / Alken
A Start for the Derby of the Effects of a Windy Day or The Epsom Race Course Race-goers are sent flying by a severe wind causing havoc amongst the spectators

Costumes at Isabey s
J Isabeys exhibition rooms: Decorative carved panelling on the walls also forms a screen to divide the space. Lengths of cloth form a canopy. Earth colours are used on the walls

Umbrella Arrangement
A selection, (or maybe a shower?) of umbrellas and sunshades

Two Danish Women 1901
Two Danish ladies on a wet street - one wears a tailored costume & white feather boa, the other wears a 3/4 length D-B coat with high stand collar & plume adorned hat

Southsea under Rain
Promenaders along the parade at Southsea, Hampshire, huddle under umbrellas as rain falls

Two children give their snowman an umbrella
Two children (and their dog) thoughtfully provide their snowman with a parasol to stop the sun melting him (or an umbrella to keep the snow off)

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