Pipes Collection (page 8)

London firefighters with hosepipes
London firefighters with their hosepipes trained on a building, with a fire engine and water supply on the street below

Prince of Wales on tour, 1920
Edward, Prince of Wales (1894-1972), later King Edward VIII and Duke of Windsor, pictured enjoying a moment of relaxation while out tarpon fishing at Colon during his royal tour of 1920

Regional African music: Zambesi
Musicians perfoming together next to the Zambesi river, Africa. Women with water pots listen to the music of the marimba, sansa and pan pipes

Women training in aeroplane construction, WW1
In workshops provided by the London Society for Womens Suffrage women are trained in aeroplane construction. They are pictured using acetylene blow-pipes for welding metal parts. Date: 1915

Advertisements for John Sinclairs tobacco by H. L. Oakley
Four complementary advertisements for John Sinclairs Barneys and Punchbowle pipe tobacco, designed by H. L. Oakley and featuring men at work and leisure enjoying a quality smoke. Date: 1920s

Muong woman, Indochina (Vietnam)
Muong woman carrying pipes, Indochina (Vietnam). Date: circa 1890

British working party in snow, Western Front, WW1
A British working party in the snow on the Western Front during World War One, carrying stove pipes, with a big gun nearby. Date: circa 1916

King George V visiting France, WW1
Scottish soldiers marching past and playing bagpipes during a church parade, when King George V made a visit to the Western Front in France during World War One. Date: circa 1916

Anti-invasion ring of fire by G. H. Davis
Britains wall of flame: the ordeal by fire prepared for German invaders on sea, land, and in the air. Showing the details and layout of an anti-invasion ring of fire: devices for converting beaches

Smiths Glasgow Mixture Tobacco advertisement, World War One
Advertisement for Smiths Glasgow Mixture tobacco, featuring a group of Allied soldiers all finding common ground in their choice of smoking matter. Date: 1915

Portrait of a farmers boy smoking a pipe

Pluto Pipe-Lines across the Channel by G. H. Davis
Series of illustrations showing the workings of the Pluto ( Pipe Line Under The Ocean ) pipes across the English Channel which pumped millions of gallons of petrol from Great Britain to France during

Pan with his Pipes
A rather demonic Pan, with his pipes. Date: 1930s

Water Extraction
Roadworks for extracting water from high level sandy soil, Britain. Date: 1960s

Pelele and Pipe
A Congo West African with lip plates (pelele), smoking a pipe. Date: early 1930s

A group of Tibetan Musicians. Date: circa 1904

Japan - A street in Tokyo and a street in Osaka - decorative
Japan - A street in Tokyo and a street in Osaka - two photographs set within a very decorative surround of bamboo water pipes, swallows and lilies. Date: circa 1910s

Crete - Cretan Turks smoking Nargile Pipes. Date: circa 1902

Thessaloniki, Greece - Horse Tram and View of Harbour / Bay
Thessaloniki, Greece - Horse Tram and View of Harbour/Bay Date: 1902

WW2 - London under fire - bomb damage in King Street, St James. Date: circa 1941

WW2 - London under fire - bomb damage in Pall Mall, directly opposite St. James Palace. Date: circa 1941

WW2 - London under fire - bomb damage in Duke Street, St James Date: circa 1941

Tamil Musicians, Sri Lanka. Date: circa 1910s

Turkish Cafe and patrons, Istanbul, Turkey
Turkish Cafe and patrons, some of whom are smoking hookah or nargile pipes - Istanbul, Turkey. Date: circa 1910s

Scottish piper: Its the Soldiers of the Queen my lads - sent around the time o the victory in the 2nd Boer War (1902). Date: 1902

Salt Lake City - Great Organ in the Mormon Tabernacle
Salt Lake City, Utah, USA - Great Organ in the Mormon Tabernacle Date: circa 1901

Sheng - Chinese free-reed instrument
Sheng (pronounced Shung ) - an ancient Chnese mouth organ, which was the forerunner of modern free-reed organs. The Sheng is a gourd with a flat cover

Portable Organ - When in use, this medieval processional instrument was slung by a strap over the shoulder of the musician

Flageolets - the last example in present use of the flutes douces or a bec which were so popular in the 17th century. Samuel Pepys wrote in his diary (20th January)

Bible Regal - A small portable organ, which when folded resembles a large bible! Produces a very harsh tone due to the short nature of the pipework

Highland Broadsword Dance - 1st Seaforth Highlanders
The Highland Broadsword Dance by the Pipers of HM 1st Seaforth Highlanders. Date: circa 1908

Chinese Opium Smokers. In 1907, the Chinese Government condemned Opium smoking (and addiction) as the greatest curse of the country and passed laws to restrict its use. Date: circa 1908

Cricket Illustrated - Bounder-y
Cricket Illustrated - " Bounder-y!" A superb postcard (as ever) by Bradshaw showing three caddish English Bounders of the Top Drawer, ready to cause some larks and pranks at the seaside

Christmas card in the shape of a pipe with seascape
Christmas card in the shape of a pipe decorated with a seascape. circa 1890s

The first prototype Avro Vulcan VX770 From the rear
The first prototype Avro Vulcan, VX770. From the rear showing the jet pipes and extended air brakes

Machine for turning the ends of economiser pipes

Road menders and pipe layers
People You See. Road menders and pipe layers. From Teddy Bear (23 March 1968)

Scene in a street market, Yugoslavia
Scene in a street market in former Yugoslavia, with a man selling musical instruments. Date: September 1965

Jugend front cover, smiling woman with Pan
Front cover design for Jugend magazine, depicting a smiling woman looking at the viewer, while the Greek god Pan plays his pipes at her side. Date: 1898

Baker Baking Cakes
A baker pipes the finishing touches onto some cakes on a baking tray Date: 1970s

Chinese gentleman and stableboy exchanging a light with their pipes. Date between 1761 and 1764

The old Philadelphia fire department. Period of 1850. Date c1883 Apr. 20

Hot Dog by William Heath Robinson
An ingenious central heating device for bathing on chilly morning of the early part of the season. A smug and rather rotund gentleman tests out a typically convoluted Heath Robinson invention

Boy playing pan pipes - Silhouette Date: circa 1920s

Five styles of tobacco or opium pipes. Date 1878 Dec

Street music: A bird mimic, 1816
A street musician who mimics the notes of common English birds by means of a folded bit of tin, which is held between the teeth; but in order to engage the attention of the credulous

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

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

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