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Fashionable SmokerA fashionable lady smoker with dark hair in a Marcel wave, elegantly smoking a cigarette. Date: late 1920s
Chinese Cig. PosterA charming poster of an innocent Chinese girl whose health is being destroyed by the fiendish British Cigarette Company - a typical example of ruthless consumerism. Date: 1930s
Advertisement for Life cigarettes -- male and female models (Helen Connor and Christopher Powell) with Facel Vega car. 1959
Playing card reverse - advertising for Craven A cigarettes, featuring a stylish woman in 1920s costume with red cloche hat and fur-trimmed overcoat. Date: circa 1920s
Britannia Anonymous Society Cigarette Factory at Aden, YemenThe Britannia Anonymous Society Cigarette Factory at The Crescent, Aden, Yemen. The flags and bunting are the decorations set up to celebrate the coronation of King George V in June 1911. Date: 1911
Duty-free Cigarettes and Alcohol - NorwayTwo women and a man pose on the deck of a Norwegian ferry boat wit their duty free spirits and cigarettes. Following WW2 there was still considerable rationing of food and drink in the UK
Discussion on merits of Smoking for Health reasonsFirst Johnnie: " Aw -why do you make your own cigarettes?" Second Ditto: " My-aw-doctor ordered me some light exercise." Date: 1894
Mestizos manufacturing cigarettes. Oil on canvas
Advert for Wills Gold Flake cigarettes 1938At the restaurant you will observe that Wills Gold Flake is the mans cigarette that women like. Date: 1938
Advert for Wills Gold Flake cigarettes 1939Whats yours ? Its a Wills Gold Flake the mens cigarette that women like. Date: 1939
People at a church parade, AustriaA group of people in national costume taking part in a church parade in a village in Austria. This is either before or after the actual parade
Ration of the British field forces 1939A guild to show British field forces diet, and the amount allowed per man, per day of food, drink and tobacco. Date: 1939
Young smokers 1901Young boy smokers, 1901 Date: 1901
Pearlings Victoria CigarettesPearling and Co. Victoria cigarettes, 1909 1909
Allen & Ginter, Richmond, Virginia. 50 fish from American waters. You will catch one in each package of Virginia Bright, ... cigarettes
Allen & Ginter. Richmond, Va. Richmond straight cut no. 1 cigarettes Virginia brights. The worlds champions second series. Allen & Ginter. Richmond, Va. Richmond straight cut no
Ready for Rehearsal by W. S. HuttonA confident young actress in a sleeveless blouse and shorts smokes a cigarette whie waiting to perform in a rehearsal. Date: 1927
Frances Day with an unusual cigarette holderThe actress, Frances Day (1908 - 1984), born Frances Schenk, revue, cabaret, television and film actress and one of the original blonde bombshells
The Vamp by Tony CastleAn aloof and fashionable young woman reclines on a chaise longue, with a cigarette holder in her mouth, as a number of opened letters, presumably professing love for her
Coronation 1937 - Craven A cigarettes advertisementAdvertisement for Craven A cigarettes in the Coronation number of the Illustrated London News showing a group of well-dressed spectators with a prime balcony position
Art deco sketch by Fish, 1929 from an advert entitled Embarrassing Moments for Murad cigarettes Date: 1929
Newspaper delivery boys and girls, Walton, EssexThe girls and boys who delivered newspapers for Mark James & Son, newsagents of Walton-on-the-Naze, Essex. They were given a treat on 2 September 1953 when they were all taken to Wembley to see Tex
Blonde woman in black by David WrightGlamorous blonde woman wearing a backless black evening dress and gloves. Date: c.1945
Advertisement for Du Maurier cigarettes, filtered for flavour -- the cigarette with the exclusive filter. Showing an elegant woman in black and white, with an open packet of cigarettes in colour
Advert for Lucky Strike cigarettes, 1930 Date: 1930
A fashionable woman wearing pearls and smokingA 1920s fashionable flapper woman wearing pearls and smoking a cigarette. The caption reads: " Dazzle lights". Date: 1928- 1929
The Smokers PromenadeSmoking 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
Capital Cigars Prime TobaccoTobacco Jack. Capital Cigars Prime Tobacco. A man made out of smoking equipment such as cigars, cigarettes and pipes. Date: 1875
The Pioneer by PjzeskaA confident young woman of the pre-WWI era, nonchalantly smokes a cigarette at a restaurant table, ignoring the shocked expressions of her fellow diners and male waiter. Date: 1930
Self-service machineAutomatic machine outside a self-service shop, Landskrona, Sweden 1962. Date: 1962
Poster advertising Willss Gold Flake, showing a lovable basset hound bringing its master a slipper with an open box of cigarettes inside it. 20th century
Policeman helping an old lady cross the roadA policeman helping an old lady cross the road. In the background is a corner pub, The Bird in Hand. Date: mid-20th century
Craven Cigarettes 1937Craven A cigarettes - My throat is safe with Craven A... you can trust their smoothness and quality. 1937
Craven A - they do not affect my throatAdvert for Craven A cigarettes, 1930s woman smoking. 1934
Advert for Players Please cigarettes 1935Advertisement for Players Please cigarettes - with a young woman wearing a yellow large brimmed summer hat and dress, holding a parasol. Date: 1935
Cigarette cholera cureAn advertisement for Ogdens Otto de Rose cigarettes, marketed here as a cure for cholera, following an important discovery by one Doctor Tassinari
Advert for Craven CigarettesCraven A cigarettes - quality never varies they re always smooth and fresh! Date: 1937
Advert for Craven A cigarettes 1935Craven A - And the reason for her choice? The only cigarette which does not affect her throat, and does not stain her fingers or lips. 1935
Prince Charming cigarettesAdvertisement for Prince Charming cigarettes using the image of the popular Prince of Wales, later King Edward VIII and Duke of Windsor. Date: 17th March 1923
Advert for Craven Cigarettes 1939
Sharkskin Cigar CaseA cigar case and cutter made of sharkskin, with silver trims. Date: 1930s
Art Deco Cigarette CaseA stylish Art Deco cigarette case, with an ash tray and a box of matches beside it. Date: 1930s
Shagreen Cigarette CaseA cigarette case of silver and shagreen, painted wood matchbox and a wooden cigarette holder. Date: 1930s
Cigarette Accessories
Kensitas cigarettes advertisement, 1953Advertisement for Kensitas cigarettes showing a domestic scene where a man, engaged in the masculine task of hanging a picture, is offered a Kensitas cigarette to steady his nerves. Date: 1953
Three Castles Cigarettes advertisement, 1930Advertisement for Willss Three Castles medium cigarettes featuring a picture of a woman looking relaxed as she enjoys one. Date: 1930
Players cigarettes advertisement featuring Mark TwainAdvertisement for Players Navy Cut Tobacco and cigarettes featuring American novelist, Mark Twain together with an endorsement of the beautifully cool and sweet smoking tobacco he has in his pipe
Queue for a tobacconists, London 1940sA queue outside a tobacconists shop in an unidentified London street during the 1940s. To the right are the Oxford Tea Rooms, and to the left, what appears to be a pawn shop. circa 1947