Windy Collection (page 3)

Comic postcard, Scotsman in windy weather Date: 20th century

Umbrella repairs on a Christmas and New Year card
Umbrella repair shop with pedestrians walking by on a Christmas and New Year card -- It is an ill wind that blows nobody any good. Date: circa 1890s

Seaside Holiday - Candid photograph - Four elderly ladies posing for a snap on a windy promenade at a British seaside resort

The Sphere cover - RAF Display at Hendon by Matania
Meeting an artificial hurricane - an odd sensation at the great R.A.F. display at Hendon. Visitors at the Hendon Air Display experience the full force of an air propeller. Date: 1925

Three WRNS colleagues, Lyness, Isle of Hoy, Orkney, WW2
Three WRNS colleagues at Lyness, Isle of Hoy, Orkney, Scotland, where the main naval base for the British fleet, Scapa Flow, was based during WW2. 1943

Illustration, A Song of the English, Melbourne
Illustration to A Song of the English, a patriotic set of poems by Rudyard Kipling (first published in the English Illustrated Magazine). Melbourne -- Greeting! Nor fear nor favour won us place

HMS Raleigh, British heavy cruiser, crew members
HMS Raleigh, British Hawkins class heavy cruiser -- three crew members on deck at Plymouth. circa 1920s

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

Getting the Wind up - Waverley Steps, Edinburgh, Scotland
Getting the Wind up - Pedestrians suffer the consequences of a sudden gust of Scottish wind on the Waverley Steps, Edinburgh, Scotland. Date: circa 1930s

Bridge across the Tigris River, Baghdad, Iraq
A pontoon bridge across the River Tigris in Lower Baghdad, Iraq on a very windy day! It appears that preparations are being made for a celebration or festival as the bridge is adorned with rushes

I saw the banshee flying, wild in the Wind of March... 1912

A walk on a windy day
A girl with a billowing dress struggles to maintain her composure due to high winds. Artist: Xavier Sager Date: circa 1925

Ladybird, Ladybird
Ladybird, ladybird, fly away home; Your house is on fire, your children are gone - All but one and her name is Ann, And she crept under the pudding-pan Date: circa 1912

Blackpool Illuminations
The famous Blackpool Illuminations, Blackpool being Lancashires famous City of Light, when six miles of promenade are turned into a blaze of light

Children / Country / Summer
A Song of Summer : six children play in a meadow on a warm summers day

Coat by Vionnet 1923
Simple tailored costume & matching scarf by Madeleine Vionnet translated into a sketch with futurist / cubist aplomb

Spanking Breeze 1922
A young woman reveals more than she expected to on a very windy day

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

Mother and daughter take the sea air - Cleethorpes
Two jolly pinsters take the sea air arm in arm at Cleethorpes, a seaside resort on the estuary of the Humber in North East Lincolnshire. The railings remain today. Date: circa 1930s

Wreck of the Idun, Southwold, by Reg Carter
Wreck of the Idun, Southwold, 17 January 1912, by Reg Carter (1886-1949), freelance commercial artist based in Southwold, Suffolk, where he had his studio in the High Street

Excuse Me adapted by Herbert C. Sargent from an American farce of the same title by Rupert Hughes, which was first performed in England at the Garrick Theatre on 6th March 1915

People struggling against March winds
Victorian ladies and gentlemen struggle against March winds, with hats blown off, umbrellas blown inside out, and skirts blown up. Date: 1859

Freezing cold winds
Three people wrapped up against freezing cold winds to no avail. Date: 1843

March winds in town, 1868. Victorian men and women are blown about by cold March winds in London, while passengers inside an omnibus to Tottenham Court Road and Camden Town look pleasingly sheltered

A tornado in South Wales, 1913
Page from The Illustrated London News reporting on the havoc wrought by a tornado that passed through South Wales on the night of October 27th 1913. Date: 1913

Scene on a beach, Tobago, West Indies
Child on a beach with washing on a line, Tobago, West Indies. circa 1967

Coastal path in West Sussex
Coastal path on a windy day in West Sussex, England. circa 1966

Old Japanese Matchbox label with man with an umbrella made in Japan for the Chinese market Date: c. 1910s

British forces colleagues at Scapa Flow, WW2. 1943

Christmas Greetings Postcard - two children and presents on a very windy day, threatening to carry them (and their umbrella) away! circa 1910s

A group of young people having fun at the seaside
When the Heart is Young - a wonderfully free, natural and modern photograph of a group of young men and women having fun at the British seaside

Hide Tide on Blackpool Beach with Pier and Coat of Arms. A group of hardy holidaymakers brave a rather breezy day, one lady standing up to look out to sea through a pair of binoculars

Caroline Mss. Downshire
CAROLINE FRANCES, marchioness of DOWNSHIRE (nee Cotton) wife of Arthur, fourth marquess : depicted walking on a windy day - the engraving of her shawl is very fine. Date: ? - 1893

Cartoon, Sheltering from a squall
Cartoon showing a couple sheltering from a squall under a leafless tree. The wind blows her skirts up, giving him a revealing view of her legs. Date: 1916

Cartoon, The Good Housewife, WW1
Cartoon, The Good Housewife. A woman in a black cloak picks fruit from a tree and puts it into a bowl which her daughter is holding. The little girl gazes expectantly up at the tall branch. Date: 1918

Windy weather 1882
Two children hold their umbrellas, while getting pushed down hill by the wind. Date: 1882

Rescue of Chimney Sweep
The dramatic rescue of a stuck chimney sweep at a factory in Lisieux. Date: 1898

Boating / Seaside 1919
A man and two women about to go on a boating trip. Date: 1919

Children Fly Kites 1920S
A little boy and his sister fly kites from a windy hilltop. Date: 1920s

Girls Tea in Garden 1917
Three little girls taking tea in the garden on a windy day. Date: 1917

Children / Windy Day 20C
A girl, a boy and their dog out for a walk on a windy day. Date: early 20th century

The Upper Nile / Egypt
The Upper Nile on a windy day. Date: 1904

Advert / Knocke Le Zoute
Knocke Le Zoute, Belgium Date: 1909

Cartoon, March goblins, showing an old lady teased by the March winds and squally showers. Date: 1919

Traffic congestion on London Bridge in bad weather
Traffic congestion on London Bridge in wet and windy weather. Date: 1876

Man with umbrella in the snow on a Christmas card
Man with a black umbrella blown the wrong way, in the snow on a Christmas card. He has dropped some of his shopping, and two children are laughing at him. Date: circa 1890s

Mother and daughter on a Christmas card
Mother and daughter on a windy day on a neoclassical style Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

Man in the snow and wind on a Christmas card
Man struggling through the snow and wind on a Christmas card. Date: circa 1890s

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