From Fliegende Blätter, 1937.

"The man with the cotton umbrella."  From Every Where magazine, 1905.

"A bull and an umbrella."  From In the Sky-Garden by Lizzie W. Champney and illustrated by J. Wells Champney, 1877.

We thought it was an umbrella like a merry-go-round, but it's the other way around.  From Illustrated World, 1920.

From magical umbrellas to weird giant ones, here's my umbrellas gallery.

"However, it did not matter as it rained cats and dogs."  From Black and White Budget, 1902.

"The two men, foreseeing an evening of domestic discord, silently vanished."  From English Illustrated, 1898.

Here's the skirt umbrella of 1908, from The Sketch.

An edible umbrella.  From The Harvard Lampoon, 1883.

"Left your umbrella here last night, did you.  Is this it?"  From The Sketch, 1908.

"An umbrella with sponges to absorb the collected water and avoid dripping," from London Magazine, 1903.

Some draining umbrellas from 1903, in London Magazine.

From Fun magazine, 1893.