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Cigar Collection (page 8)

Background imageCigar Collection: Hugh Cecil Lowther - 5th Earl of Lonsdale

Hugh Cecil Lowther - 5th Earl of Lonsdale
Hugh Cecil Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale (18571944) - English nobleman and sportsman. Date: 1926

Background imageCigar Collection: Silhouette portrait of Harry Coller, artist

Silhouette portrait of Harry Coller, artist
Full length silhouette portrait of Harry (Henry) Coller (1886-1958), commercial artist and illustrator, wearing plus fours and smoking a cigar or cigarette. Date: 20th century

Background imageCigar Collection: Silhouette of man in evening dress

Silhouette of man in evening dress
Full length silhouette of a man in evening dress with white tie and tails. Date: 20th century

Background imageCigar Collection: The winner

The winner. Theres no need for luck when a man has pluck, A smile and a cheerful song, and passes on strife in the game of life to help the world along

Background imageCigar Collection: Lusitania anti-German riots

Lusitania anti-German riots
Chrisp Street anti-German Lusitania riots and break in at A. Schoenfelds tobacco and cigar store, Poplar, east end of London. Date: 1915

Background imageCigar Collection: F E Smith MP in uniform, WW1

F E Smith MP in uniform, WW1
Frederick Edwin Smith (1872-1930), Conservative MP and lawyer, formerly Chief of the wartime Press Bureau, now in uniform

Background imageCigar Collection: Sessue Hayakawa, Japanese and American film actor

Sessue Hayakawa, Japanese and American film actor
Sessue Hayakawa (1889-1973), Japanese and American film actor. Date: 20th century

Background imageCigar Collection: Caricature, Sir John French as a Frenchman, WW1

Caricature, Sir John French as a Frenchman, WW1
Caricature of Field Marshal Sir John French, British Army officer, depicted as a Frenchman at the start of the First World War. He led the BEF (British Expeditionary Force) from August 1914

Background imageCigar Collection: Sheet music cover, Money is the Root of All Evil

Sheet music cover, Money is the Root of All Evil (Take It Away, Take It Away, Take It Away), with words and music by Joan Whitney and Alex Kramer, as performed in the revue High Time

Background imageCigar Collection: WWI - Officer of the German Hunters

WWI - Officer of the German Hunters Date: 1914

Background imageCigar Collection: 4th Earl Grey, Vanity Fair, Spy

4th Earl Grey, Vanity Fair, Spy
ALBERT HENRY GEORGE GREY, 4th Earl Grey (1851-1917) British nobleman and politician who served as the 9th Governor General of Canada. Caption: A Chartered Administrator Date: 1851-1917

Background imageCigar Collection: Sir William G. Granet, Vanity Fair, Spy

Sir William G. Granet, Vanity Fair, Spy
SIR WILLIAM GUY GRANET (1867-1943) Italian born, British railway administrator, becoming general manager of the Midland Railway (later the London, Midland and Scottish Railway)

Background imageCigar Collection: Alfred W. Cox, Vanity Fair, Spy

Alfred W. Cox, Vanity Fair, Spy
ALFRED WILLIAM COX (1857-1919) Racehorse owner and breeder. Caption: Fairie Date: 1857-1919

Background imageCigar Collection: Arthur Frederick Bettinson, Vanity Fair, WH

Arthur Frederick Bettinson, Vanity Fair, WH
ARTHUR FREDERICK BETTINSON. A swimmer and Amateur Boxer in his teens. Won Light weight amateur title in 1882. Founded National Sporting Club in 1891. Wearing a Bow tie and smoking a cigar

Background imageCigar Collection: Jonathan Edward Backhouse, Vanity Fair, GAF

Jonathan Edward Backhouse, Vanity Fair, GAF
JONATHAN EDWARD BACKHOUSE. (1849-1918) British banker. Educated Rugby, director of Backhouses Bank which merged with Barclays Bank. Bred Horses. Wearing an Inverness Cape. Monocle. Smoking cigar

Background imageCigar Collection: Hoffmann V Fallersleben

Hoffmann V Fallersleben
AUGUST HEINRICH HOFFMANN von FALLERSLEBEN German writer, smoking a cigar with his autograph Date: 1798 - 1874

Background imageCigar Collection: Three boys on a desert island captured by an indigenous man

Three boys on a desert island captured by an indigenous man, who nails their packing case clothing to a long pole and carries them away midst weeping sore and wailing. Date: 1898

Background imageCigar Collection: Three schoolboys on a desert island meet an indigenous man

Three schoolboys on a desert island meet an indigenous man Date: 1898

Background imageCigar Collection: Streetwise young scamp talks back at an admonishing woman

Streetwise young scamp talks back at an admonishing woman who is criticising him for smoking." Do you know its very wrong for little boys to smoke tobacco

Background imageCigar Collection: Wealthy Businessman andhs Mistress take a ride in a cab

Wealthy Businessman andhs Mistress take a ride in a cab
A wealthy business man with his mistress or his Saturday till Monday girl. Setting off for another " weekend" !! Date: circa 1890s

Background imageCigar Collection: Irony - fat Londoner begs for money for his starving family

Irony - fat Londoner begs for money for his starving family
A rather fat Londoner begs for " a copper" for his " starving wife and family at ome" fom a smart gent (Phil May himself - clearly seeing the ludicrous side of the request!)

Background imageCigar Collection: Phil May having a funny chat to an actor - Off for a drink

Phil May having a funny chat to an actor - Off for a drink
Phil May (on the right): " By the Way, when does your American Tour come off?" Famous Actor: " Oh not for about a year"

Background imageCigar Collection: Coster Cockney couple embracing on a park bench

Coster Cockney couple embracing on a park bench on Hampstead Heath. Date: 1890s

Background imageCigar Collection: Caricature of Otto Von Bismarck by Phil May

Caricature of Otto Von Bismarck by Phil May
Caricature of Prussian Statesman Otto Von Bismarck (1815-1898) by Phil May. Date: 1892

Background imageCigar Collection: Self portrait of the Engish caricaturist Phil May

Self portrait of the Engish caricaturist Phil May
Self portrait of the English caricaturist Phil May (1864-1903). Date: 1899

Background imageCigar Collection: The Smoking Room of a Ladies Club

The Smoking Room of a Ladies Club - satirical postcard illustration by Phil May. Date: 1896

Background imageCigar Collection: Burmese Cheroot makers

Burmese Cheroot makers
A group of Burmese women Cheroot makers. Date: circa 1906

Background imageCigar Collection: Belemnitella mucronata, belemnite

Belemnitella mucronata, belemnite
71-65 million year old squid-like belemnite specimen from the Late Cretaceous, Mstricht, Holland

Background imageCigar Collection: Cylindroteuthis oweni Pratt, thunderbolt

Cylindroteuthis oweni Pratt, thunderbolt

Background imageCigar Collection: The First Cigar

The First Cigar. Print shows a group of street urchins smoking cigars. One boy, his face pale green, leans on a street pole as others offer him a cigar and blow smoke in his face. Date c1870

Background imageCigar Collection: The cigar band fiend

The cigar band fiend

Background imageCigar Collection: Messenger boy working for Mackay Telegraph Company. Said fif

Messenger boy working for Mackay Telegraph Company. Said fifteen years old. Exposed to Red Light dangers. Location: Waco, Texas. Date 1913 September

Background imageCigar Collection: Cuban Cigar Factory interior - Havana, Cuba

Cuban Cigar Factory interior - Havana, Cuba. Interestingly, this postcard shows a lector (or reader) who was always employed to entertain cigar factory workers by reading books

Background imageCigar Collection: A young wife visiting a cigar shop

A young wife visiting a cigar shop to buy some cork tipped cigars for her husband. Date: 1928- 1929

Background imageCigar Collection: Atomic Cigar

Atomic Cigar
Title block for a trick in a Magic dealers trick catalogue Date: 1952

Background imageCigar Collection: The Smokers Promenade

The Smokers Promenade
Smoking is the consolation of the universal nation; From the hovel to the palace, All enjoy tobaccos solace. People smoking cigars, pipes and cigarettes Date: 1876

Background imageCigar Collection: Capital Cigars Prime Tobacco

Capital Cigars Prime Tobacco
Tobacco Jack. Capital Cigars Prime Tobacco. A man made out of smoking equipment such as cigars, cigarettes and pipes. Date: 1875

Background imageCigar Collection: Silhouette of a couple taking evening coffee

Silhouette of a couple taking evening coffee
9pm Coffee at the Grand -- silhouette of an elegant couple taking evening coffee at a smart hotel, sitting at a table under a palm tree

Background imageCigar Collection: Tycoon on his yacht - Making for Port

Tycoon on his yacht - Making for Port
Yachting Terms illustrated: Making for Port. A rich tycoon on the high seas reaching across the moving table for the decanter of port with a total lack of success! Date: 1908

Background imageCigar Collection: Dutch Canal Official or Lock Keeper

Dutch Canal Official or Lock Keeper, sitting outside his office, smoking a cigar and wearing a fine pair of clogs. Date: 1910s

Background imageCigar Collection: Advert for Yardleys Old English Lavender

Advert for Yardleys Old English Lavender, with a couple sitting down for an evening meal, while the waiter is lighting up a mans cigar. 1927

Background imageCigar Collection: A fair knock-out

A fair knock-out
A middle aged couple sitting indoors eating pickled onions and drinking stout beer, when the man reads in the newspaper that the First World War has ended " blime, lizer, the Wars over"

Background imageCigar Collection: Old Hungarian Peasant

Old Hungarian Peasant
An old Hungarian peasant man with a large moustache, smoking a cigar. Date: 1930s

Background imageCigar Collection: Sharkskin Cigar Case

Sharkskin Cigar Case
A cigar case and cutter made of sharkskin, with silver trims. Date: 1930s

Background imageCigar Collection: The Earl of Lonsdale at Bertram Mills Circus, 1935

The Earl of Lonsdale at Bertram Mills Circus, 1935
Hugh Cecil Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale (1857 - 1944), English nobleman. The second son of the 3rd Earl of Lonsdale, he succeeded his brother, the 4th Earl, in 1882

Background imageCigar Collection: George Lester - Mail Carrier at Cortland Post Office

George Lester - Mail Carrier at Cortland Post Office
George Lester - Mail Carrier No.1 at The Cortland Post Office, NY, USA. Date: circa 1915

Background imageCigar Collection: Silhouette of Phil May

Silhouette of Phil May
Wonderful silhouette self-portrait of the celebrated English cartoonist, Phil May (1864 - 1903) showing him in profile smoking one of his signature cigars. Date: 1911

Background imageCigar Collection: Brigadier General Macarthur at St Juvin, Ardennes, France

Brigadier General Macarthur at St Juvin, Ardennes, France
Brigadier General Douglas Macarthur (1880-1964), American army officer of the 84th Brigade, 42nd Division, at St Juvin, Ardennes, northern France, towards the end of the First World War



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