Fag Collection

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

Advert for Player's cigarettes
A young, fashionable couple smoking on the beach, in this advert for Player's cigarettes. Date: 1939

A street performer dressed as a harlequin outside Bath Abbey, England. He has a beard and wears heavy make-up. Hes taken off his hat, leans against a wall and smokes a cigarette Date: 1999

Profile portrait of male poacher with cigarette in his mouth. Part of a feature on poaching in the Cambridgeshire fens for YOU Magazine Date: 1992

Portrait of male poacher in Cambridgeshire pub. He smokes a roll-up cigarette and looks directly at the camera. Part of a feature on poaching in the Cambridgeshire fens for YOU Magazine Date: 1992

Smoker outside cafe, Mijas, Spain
A smoker sits in the evening sun outside a cafe in Mijas, Andalucia, Spain. He casts a shadow on the white wall and sits at a table with a bright red tablecloth Date: 2007

Mother and her two boys in the garden
Mother (with fag in her mouth) and her two (rather glum-faced) boys, pose for a photograph in their neat garden. Date: 1938

Worthing Sussex - Father with his son and daughter
Worthing, Sussex, England - Father with his son and daughter - August, 1935. Sunny Snaps postcard - Silver Jubilee 1935. Date: 1935

Wills Star Cigarettes advertisement
Advertisement for Wills Star Cigarettes (in the Cambridge Blue box), with a red-haired woman enjoying a smoke. Date: 1935

Zig-Zag Fag Papers
Splendid wrapper for a packet of Zig-Zag cigarette papers, winner of many gold medals

Old woman with a cigarette in her mouth climbing over frence
Old woman with a cigarette in her mouth climbing over a fence, accompanied by two friends, on what looks like a day-out in the countryside. Presumably in the North York Moors national park

U. S. O. Club operated by the Salvation Army - WWII
U. S. O. Club operated by the Salvation Army - the United Services Organization Inc. a private, non-profit organization that provides morale and recreational services to members of the U.S. military

Francois Coli - French Navigator
Francois Coli (1881-1927) - French pilot and navigator - lost in 1927 with Charles Nungesser during their doomed attempt to fly across the Atlantic Ocean

George Davenport
The stage magician George Davenport (or Gilly-gilly ) in profile performing a cigarette lighting trick. Date: circa 1910

British Legation - Beijing, China
Russian Legation - Beijing, China Date: circa 1910s

Having a smoke after a fight - WWI
Before battle, in battle, and after battle our Tommies are ready for a fag. These men are lighting up after a scrap - WWI. Date: circa 1916

Rosepetal Fag-Ends
Cigarettes Primerose from the Regie Francaise (French state tobacco monopoly) - tipped with rosepetals to appeal to the fashionable lady

Gent Lights Blokes Fag
A gentleman holds his cigar for a working-class type to light his cigarette from it

Rosepetal Fag-Ends 2
Cigarettes Primerose from the Regie Francaise - a delicate white covering with a red band envelops the blond, voluptuous substance that gives birth to dreams - and lung cancer

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