Cigarette Collection

A lass and a lack
A panicked and sweating gentleman reaching for his wallet as he is shown a restaurant bill by a waiter. His female companion lights a cigarette and looks on nervously

Reagan Chesterfield Ad
RONALD REAGAN 40th American President (1981-89), seen here as a popular actor of the early 1950s in a cigarette advert Date: circa 1951

Sobranie cigarettes advertisement, 1963
Advertisement for Sobranie Cocktail cigarettes, available in a variety of fancy rainbow colours with gold tips - like all the best parties well bred, well dressed and perfectly packed. Date: 1963

The Railway Sleeper
An exhausted conscript on Nation Service sleeps at Darlington Railway Station en rout to or from a posting to the Northern military base at Catterick, York. Painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Fred and Adele Astaire in Stop Flirting
Fred and Adele Astaire starring with Majorie Gordon in the successful show, Stop Flirting which opened at the Shaftesbury Theatre in London in 1923 and moved to the Queens Theatre a few months later

Twenties flapper girl sitting at a cocktail bar
A flapper girl from the 1920s sitting at a cocktail bar on a high stool. She is slim, wears a slinky dress, and has a cigarette in a holder in her mouth. On the bar is her glass of champagne

Strange Incense by Reginald Higgins
A rather sinister looking faun watches over a woman sleeping, unaware, in a deckchair

Sacha Guitry / Jeidels
SACHA GUITRY French actor and playwright, lighting a cigarette

Silhouette of barmaid and customer in a pub
The best drink is the last drink -- scene at 10pm in The Crown, Harrogate, with a barmaid, a customer and his dog

French maid taking a break and enjoying a cigarette before her next duty calls.... Date: 1910s

Police Public Call Box, London
A police officer using a Police Public Call Box on a London street. The Metropolitan Police introduced police boxes throughout the London area between 1928 and 1937

The Cocktail Girl! By Alfred Leete
A surreal illustration of a lady made from cocktail paraphernalia, showing her leisurely smoking a cigarette. The illustration is evocative of the 1920s when cocktails

Men Evening Dress 1893
Three variations of evening dress for 1893-4: dress tail coats with roll collar or step collar & a dress jacket. One man wears a black waistcoat & pumps the others wear white

Two young men sorting through a pile of scrap metal
Two young men, one in a top hat, the other in a bowler hat, sorting through a rather unpromising pile of scrap metal in a junk yard

Tennessee Williams
TENNESSEE WILLIAMS American playwright, hugging a bulldog

Laurence Olivier / Signed
(Sir) LAURENCE OLIVIER British actor of stage and screen

Puccini Leans on Piano
GIACOMO PUCCINI leans on the piano, a cigarette dangling from the side of his mouth

ASCOT 1929
A stylised illustration depicting to elegant race goers at Ascot races in 1929, he with top hat and cigarette holder; her languid with a red hat

Eve Adamised 1927
Eve Adamised : new woman in a liberated age dons male attire of suit & tie with hair in an Eton crop, but signals her gender with make-up, earings & a cigarette holder

London Tram 1952
The last week in service for the poor old Route 36 tram, from Abbey Wood to Embankment via the Old Kent Road and Blackfriars. Londons very last tram ran on 7 July 1952

1928 Flapper / Fantasio
A flapper in a green dress dances in front of a group of men in evening dress

Advert / Gold Flake Cigs
Willss Gold Flake at Ascot - the Mans cigarette that Women like

Vacuuming a Wireless
Frequent cleaning of a wireless set (radio) can easily be done with use of the spare parts of a Hoover vacuum cleaner

Alain Delon / Postcard
ALAIN DELON French film actor who appeared in British and American films

Men in Irish pub, Cork, Ireland
Three men with pints of Guinness in an Irish pub in Cork, Ireland. One of the men lights a cigarette. First published The Sunday Times Date: 1989

Barbara Hepworth, English artist and sculptor
Barbara Hepworth (1903-1975), English artist and sculptor. circa 1948

Craven A advertisement - tennis
For your throats sake smoke Craven A. A female tennis player enjoys a smoke in between sets. Date: 1939

Reprisal! by H M Bateman - humorous illustration of what can happen if a woman decides to wear trousers. In this scene the reprisal for the wife wearing trousers is that her husband has taken to

Art Deco postcard - Macedonia Cigarettes - Amos Scorzon
Lovely Art Deco Advertorial postcard for Macedonia Extra Cigarettes ( Fine Taste Sweet Aroma ) by Amos Scorzon (1885-?), poster designer and illustrator. Date: circa 1920s

Strip tease card game - Theatre suit - Producer. A game which features characters involved in performing (and subsequently prosecuting and defending) a striptease

Advert for Ronson lighters 1937
For him and her, a selection of lighters for Christmas presents. 1937

The FA Cup trophy (the present cup)
The FA Cup trophy. This is the present trophy, bought by the Football Association in 1911 (although an exact replica has been in use since 1992). Date: C.1930

Jennie Benson music hall comedienne and mimic
Jennie Benson comedienne and mimic. Known for her character studies. Dressed as a soldier during the First World War in greatcoat and cap, smoking a cigarette. Signed card. Date: circa 1917

David Buck - English actor
David Buck (1936-1989), English actor, known for his role as Richard Beckett in the series Plays of Mystery and Imagination. Date: 1966

Woman smoking by David Wright
Painting by David Wright showing a woman in profile smoking a cigarette. c.1955

Christmas Truce 1914
British and German officers pictured in No Mans Land on the Western Front during the unofficial Christmas truce of 1914 which saw both sides fraternising at various points along the line

Newark-On-Trent
The tall shaft of the old Market Cross, Lombard Street, Newark, Nottinghamshire, where you can have a tea or enjoy Hovis at the Beaumont Cafe or stay at the Robin Hood Hotel

Gold Flake cigarettes advertisement
Advertisement for Gold Flake cigarettes with a moody illustration showing a man in a trilby hat smoking against an inky blue midnight sky. Date: 1929

Kensitas cigarettes advertisement - they re slimming
Advertisement for Kensitas cigarettes advising that the best way to avoid eating between meals, gaining unslightly fat and avoiding the future shadow (that of a portly older woman)

The Cigarette by Gordon Conway
Stunning illustration by Gordon Conway depicting an elegant woman in black wearing a close-fitting cloche hat and some impressive emerald, diamond and pearl jewels

Club Night. British Legion Club, Norton on Tees 1970s 1970s

Barman standing by well-stocked bar
Barman standing by a well-stocked bar. The cash register displays an advertisement for Bass & Co Barley Wine. Packets of Capstan cigarettes are on display below. Date: circa 1910

Tatler winter fashions, by Gordon Conway
Fashion illustration by Gordon Conway of a soft woollen suit worn with green kasha scarf and gloves. The second outfit, a red coat made of soft suede, worn with a matching scarf and waistcoat

Advert for Wills Gold Flake cigarettes, featuring a glamorous young woman smoking a cigarette on the beach in a red swimsuit, who is the centre of attraction! Date: 1928

Sir Henry Joseph Wood - English Conductor
Sir Henry Joseph Wood (1869 - 1944) - English conductor and composer, associated with the Promenade Concerts (Proms). 1926

Godfrey Phillips tobacco
Godfrey Phillips & Sons, tobaccos, 1908 Date: 1908

Smoking Geisha
A nonchalant Japanese geisha girl, smoking a cigarette, wearing flip-flop sandals. Date: 1930s

Queen Elizabeth at Badminton, 1953
Queen Elizabeth II shares a joke with her uncle the Duke of Gloucester at Badminton where the royal family were watching the Olympic horse trials

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