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Young Oxford Student, College Master and BulldogsA young Oxford student greets the Master of his College with all due deference (making sure to hide his smoking pipe behind his back)
The Old Dutchman in His Garden
Switzerland - Overshot Watermill near Salvan. The directed water jet has been temporarily moved away from the wheel whilst the mill is taken out of operation. In the Valais region. Date: circa 1910s
Todder blowing bubblesA young toddler sat atop a padded stool playing with a large bubble, that he has blown through a pipe Date: circa 1906
Daks advertisement, 1951Advertisement for Daks suits, featuring a couple of chaps sporting checked suits, and smoking pipes. Date: 1951
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
Fashions of the future as predicted in 1930An idea of what the girls of the future will look like according to C. B. Cochrans 1930 Revue shown in Manchester and the West End
Fine Day for a Sail Sir by George RansteadSketch of an old sea salt smoking a pipe by George Ranstead, an amateur artist of the Great War who served in the Army Pay Corps
Performing seals at a circus, c. 1890Talented performing seals of c. 1890 shown playing musical instruments, smoking pipes and even firing cannons! Date: c.1890
Piper watching fish leaping and dancing on the shore" I want none of your leaping and dancing now" -- an illustration to the childrens story, Harry and Herodotus, or Tales of an Old Traveller
Brigadier General Watson in Jerusalem, WW1Brigadier General (later Major General) Sir David Watson (1869-1922) of the Canadian 180 Infantry Brigade on his arrival in Jerusalem during the First World War
Captain Douglas Macarthur, San Antonio, Texas, USACaptain Douglas Macarthur (1880-1964), American army officer, seen here at San Antonio, Texas, USA, during border fighting (Mexican Revolution)
Four Turkish men in a roomFour men in a room with two windows overlooking a courtyard. All wear Turkish robes and turbans, and three are sitting cross-legged on the floor
Moorish Cafe - AlgeriaBlack African men taking tea and a smoke of a hookah pipe at a drink at a Moorish Cafe - Algeria. Two of the men are playing a board game. Date: circa 1910s
Turkish woman brought coffeeA woman in oriental robes sits smoking a pipe with a very long stem while her servant brings her coffee. There are richly ornamented carpets on the floor. 1756
Toutoun Bashi - Chief of the TobaccoThe Toutoun Bashi of the Grand Vizier or, Chief of the Tobacco. He wears a green robe and a red and white turban and carries a tobacco pipe with a very long stem. 1803
Warmlite advertisementRobert Hirst & co advertisement for " Warmlite", a dual purpose weathercoat with a " zipp-in" warmer of quilted " Tropaline." Date: 1953
Barrack canteen interior, 1872Soldiers of the Army Service Corps relaxing in the canteen on Bottle Bush Down during their Autumn Campaign in Wiltshire, England
German Hunting man and Barmaid - StuttgartAn old man wearing lederhosen (returning from the hunt) is presented with his well-earned mug of beer on a beerhall terrace by a barmaid in traditonal germanic costume - Stuttgart Date: 1898
Three children with a snowmanThree children admiring a snowman they have just built. early 20th century
Group of Transvestite Ladies. Four women dressed as men lounge around a table, drinking champagne and beer and dressed in sharp mens suits nd soft hats
Val d Ossau musciansVal d Ossau men playing traditional local instruments to accompany dances. On the right we have a fiddler with his fiddle and on the right
Musical group in an Arab Cafe, EgyptMusical group in an Arab Cafe in Egypt - a woman sits smoking a Nagile pipe. Date: circa 1910
Piper in Brittany 1905A blind piper plays on the street, with his hat hanging from his arm for coins. Date: 1905
Racial / Ottoe WarriorOttoe warrior with pipe and feathered headdress Date: circa 1830
Smoking Large PipeA group of village men in conversation, one reading a newspaper, another smoking a very large pipe Date: 19th century
Underwater ExplorerThe underwater explorer of de Collange and Jobard solves the problem of air supply, but at the cost of manoeuvrability - the air pipe would need to be flexible and extensible. Date: 1855
Mother Hubbard / SmokingShe took a clean dish To get him some tripe But when she came back He was smoking his pipe Date: 1890s
Mistinguett / La BeloteMISTINGUETT (Jeanne Bourgeois) French actress and dancer singing La Belote Date: 1924
NY Drinkingin Rum ShopMen, women and even children drinking in a rum shop in New York Date: circa 1870
Godfather holding baby at a christeningThe versatile godfather at a christening manages to hold the baby and smoke his pipe at the same time! Date: circa 1970
Kalka-Dharampur Rly 1A scene on the Kalka to Dharampur Railway, in the lower Himalayas, northern India : a train crosses the four-tier gallery : notice also the pipe-line. Date: early 20th century
Hubbard / Tuck Series 2She took a clean dish to get him some tripe, but when she got back he was smoking a pipe
Canine CommissionaireA canine Commissionaire smoking a pipe! Date: early 1930s
Sea-Horses & Pipe-FishSea-horses and pipe-fish
Conan Doyle / MorganSIR ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE British physician and writer, born in Edinburgh Date: 1859 - 1930
Santa & Punchbowl" GOOD HEALTH AND HAPPY NEW YEAR !" A jolly, red-faced Father Christmas, smoking his long pipe and bearing a huge punchbowl full of hot punch. 1890s
Treasure Isle / SmollettCaptain Smollett and Long John Silver. Date: First published: 1883
Milne / Spy JuniorA A MILNE the English author, best known for Winnie the Pooh, 1926, and The House at Pooh Corner, 1928 Date: 1882 - 1956
Breton Lady and PipeA female pipe-smoker - Marie-Perrinne de Folgoet- Lesneven (Bretagne) lights up Date: circa 1905
Racial / Arabs / Lebanon 19CA chieftain from LEBANON, a Moslem from DAMASCUS, SYRIA Date: late 19th century
C18 Austrian MilitaryAustrian Soldiers Date: 1728
German Hussar and Infantryman Date: 1770
Inmates of the Chelsea workhouse, LondonElderly male inmates relax in a garden of the Chelsea workhouse, London. Some are smoking pipes, some are reading newspapers, others are feeding birds
Tennyson and CarlyleAlfred, Lord Tennyson (1809 - 1892) (left) and Thomas Carlyle (1795 - 1881) talking and smoking together in the garden of Carlyles house
Shadow drawing. C. H. Bennett, Ape-ing the FashionApe-ing the Fashion. A fashionable man strolls, casting an unfortunate ape-like shadow. Illustration from a series of shadow portraits of fictional characters by Charles H Bennett entitled Shadow
Ben Jonson and William DrummondBen and his host had many a long talk together, discussing men and books. Poet and dramatist Ben Jonson (1572 - 1637) smoking a pipe and talking with Scottish poet William Drummond (1585 - 1649)
Seven members of the Royal Naval Division (RND), relaxing outside their tents at a camp. The service was formed in September 1914 to fight alongside the army during the First World War