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Umbrellas

By Oihan Calvillo
  • They start carring umbrellas

    They start carring umbrellas

    It wasn't until the 1600s that European women began to carry umbrellas, mostly as shade from the sun.
  • Wood and oilcloth umbrellas

    Wood and oilcloth umbrellas

    Sometime in the 1700s it became popular to carry wood and oilcloth models as protection from the rain.
  • The steel ribbed kind umbrella

    The steel ribbed kind umbrella

    In 1852, Samuel Fox invented the steel ribbed kind that we see today. Since then, they have evolved. We now have umbrellas for the rain and sun.

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