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The ancient umbrellas were first designed to shade from the sun.
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The umbrella was Known but not widely used. t was ofton carried by sevents over the masters haeds.
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The umbrella had entered dictionaries and had taken the definition we use today.
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In 1750, an Englishman named Jonah Hanway decided to carry an umbrella everywhere he went.
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At first it was only an accessory suitable for women they
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The early European umbrellas were made of wood or whalebone and covered with alpaca or oiled canvas. The artisans made the curved handles for the umbrellas out of hard woods
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From 1800 and onwards improvments to the umbrella had been made. Silk and gingham were used instead of oil silk.
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In 1852, Samuel Fox invented the steel ribbed umbrella design.Since then, they've evolved.
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The umbrella became populer to the western world especially in the Rainy Weather of Northern Europe
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In the beginnning, they used banana Leaves for umbrellas.