Parasol
| Description: |
A patriotic parasol! This parasol looks like a flag and could have been used on July 4th in the heat of the day. While an umbrella is used to keep rain off, a parasol is used to keep the sun off. In the 1800s, it was desirable for a woman to have a light colored complexion; if she had a suntan, that meant she was a “working woman” who labored in the sun. Suntans weren’t popular until around the 1930s when they came to be associated with having leisure time to sunbathe. |
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| Source: |
http://www.digitalindy.org/cdm/ref/collection/tcm/id/1690 |
| Collection: |
The Children's Museum of Indianapolis |
| Rights: | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/; |
| Copyright: |
Creative Commons (CC By-SA 3.0); |
| Subjects: |
Umbrellas Parasols |
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