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Winston Churchill Holding a Sub-Machine GunWinston Churchill (1874-1965) - pictured holding a Sub-Machine Gun. Date: circa 1940
An Alligator - all dressed up to meet you in Florida, USA. Date: 1935
Woman smoking by David WrightPainting by David Wright showing a woman in profile smoking a cigarette. c.1955
Algeria - Woman smoking a nargile pipeAlgeria - woman smoking a nargile (Hookah Pipe)
My Favourite Model (Mrs David Wright) by David Wright. Wright produced a series of over 160 illustrations or pin-ups for The Sketch during the 1940 s
Empire Nut BrownAdvertisement for Adkins Empire Nut Brown tobacco featuring Bairnsfathers WWI creation, Old Bill
Madimba - Congo - Pipe-smoking ladyA rather powerful looking lady from the Congo, smoking a pipe and carrying a large wicker basket on her head. She is the wife of the Chief of the Mpongo Tribe of Kibweta, Madimba, Congo, Africa
Mature man wearing cloth cap lights his pipe in an Irish pubA mature man wearing a cloth cap sits in a pub in Cork, Ireland, and lights his pipe. In front of him is a pint of Guinness. He has a large belly and behind him is a dart board Date: 1989
Craven A advertisement - tennisFor your throats sake smoke Craven A. A female tennis player enjoys a smoke in between sets. Date: 1939
Churchill taken ill, 1932Winston Churchill (1874-1965), English politician, having a cheeky puff on his cigar whilst being stretchered from his London flat to a West End nursing home via ambulance
Old farmer with dog in orchardFarmer, Tom Herring with his old sheepdog in the orchard of his farm Walterstone, Herefordshire Date: circa 1975
Chinese Farmer with Palmleaf Raincoat carrying hoe and smoking a cheroot. Date: circa 1905
Doncella cigar advertisement, 1965Advertisement for Doncella cigars featuring a man under a bunch of mistletoe smoking a cigar and attracting much interest from a bevy of beautiful brunettes. Date: 1965
Gold Flake cigarettes advertisementAdvertisement for Gold Flake cigarettes with a moody illustration showing a man in a trilby hat smoking against an inky blue midnight sky. Date: 1929
The Cigarette by Gordon ConwayStunning illustration by Gordon Conway depicting an elegant woman in black wearing a close-fitting cloche hat and some impressive emerald, diamond and pearl jewels
Woman selling Mangoes on the street - Dakar, SenegalMoorish Woman selling Mangoes on the street - Dakar, Senegal Date: circa 1950s
Leaflet, London Sketch Club Smoker, March 1935Leaflet advertising a London Sketch Club Smoker (smoking party), taking place on Friday 29 March 1935 at a venue in Marylebone Road, London NW1, with pictures from 6.30
Leaflet, London Sketch Club Smoker, November 1929Leaflet advertising a London Sketch Club Smoker (smoking party), taking place on 15 November 1929 at a venue in Marylebone Road, London NW1, with pictures from 6.30
Leaflet, London Sketch Club Smoker, April 1934Leaflet advertising a London Sketch Club Smoker (smoking party), taking place on Friday 13 April 1934 at a venue in Marylebone Road, London NW1, with pictures from 6.30
Italian Miner - Mineo, Sicily. It is likely he was employed to mine the local calcareous ashlars, used to build many of Mineos public buildings
Queen of the GipsiesMargaret Finch, Queen of the Gipsies at Norwood, in south London with two pet dogs - one is smaller than a tankard!!
Tobacco Ban ThreatBeware, Mr Smoker, your turn is next ! - a prophetic satire from the Prohibition Era in America
L'estaminet: A Glass of Wine. Two men drinking at a wine bar with a waitress serving them. Date: 1933
Albert Edward, Prince of Wales (later Edward VII) visiting his two eldest sons when they were serving for three years on board the H.M.S. Bacchante
Egyptian man smoking a long-stemmed Hookah pipeAn elderly Egyptian man smoking a long-stemmed Hookah pipe, possibly in front of his shop in the Bazaar. Date: 1936
Russia, Roller coaster. Ice slides. Engraving, 19th centuryRussia, Roller coaster. Ice slides. Engraving by Lemaitre and Vernier. History of Russia by Jean Marie Chopin (1796-1870). Panorama Universal, Spanish edition, 1839
Cossacks. Engraving, 19th centuryCossacks. Engraving by Lemaitre, Vernier and Masson. History of Russia by Jean Marie Chopin (1796-1870). Panorama Universal, Spanish edition, 1839
Farm worker with scythe - 1Farm worker Tommy Watkins cutting long grass with a scythe in Herefordshire, England. Tommy wears a cloth cap and smokes a pipe as he works. Full length portrait Date: circa 1975
Miss Rudi Verdi - ActressMiss Rudi Verdi with cigarette in hand - British Actress (?-1918) Date: circa 1910s
Poland. People of Krakow History of Poland - Charles FosterPoland. People of Krakow. Engraving by Lemaitre. History of Poland, by Charles Foster. Panorama Universal, 1840
Advert for Player's cigarettesA young, fashionable couple smoking on the beach, in this advert for Player's cigarettes. Date: 1939
A late middle-aged couple enjoying a picnicinsertcaption Date: circa 1920s
Jack Buchanan smokingJack Buchanan (1890 - 1957), Scottish theatre and film actor, singer, dancer, producer and director
Cicely Courtneidge as an Eton-cropped flapperActress Cicely Courtneidge made up as a typical eton-cropped, cigarette-smoking flapper in Cleansing the Stage sketch in the revue, " By the Way". Date: 1925
Advert for Swan and Edgar - Christmas present ideas 1928A selection of weird looking gifts for smokers, all available from Swan and Edgar. Date: 1928
People smoking cigarettesA lady offers cigarettes to her companions 1892
Albert, Duke of York - Point-to-Point at Great BringtonPrince Albert, Duke of York (future King George VI) (1895-1952) - having a cigarette whilst sharing a bit of local gossip with Old Smiler (a character present at most hunt meetings)
OPIUM SMOKING TOOLSThe equipment of a serious Chinese opium smoker Date: 1893
OPIUM SMOKERS, MALAYSIAThree Malay smokers of opium Date: circa 1860
Smoking party in IndiaIndia; a smoking-party in Bengal Date: 1809
Woman smoking pipeA lady smoker with a pipe and a cup of wine Date: 17th century
A street artist, with a long beard smoking a large pipeA street artist, with a long beard and smoking a large pipe, paints outdoors in Palma, Mallorca, Spain. He wears a wide-brimmed hat and is surrounded by his colourful paintings Date: 2006
Smoker outside cafe, Mijas, SpainA 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
Farm worker in pub. HerefordshireFarm worker Tommy Watkins poses by the fireplace mantlepiece of the Carpenters Arms pub, Walterstone, Herefordshire. The wall above the fireplace is covered in agricultural show prizes
Farm worker with scythe - 2Farm worker Tommy Watkins cutting long grass with a scythe in Herefordshire, England. Tommy wears a cloth cap and smokes a pipe as he works. Head and shoulders portrait Date: circa 1975
Seoul, South Korea - Shinshi Men smoking long-stemmed pipes. Date: circa 1920s
Peggy Carlisle (born 1904), actress pictured at the time she was starring in Hindle Wakes. Date: 1927
South Korea - A Shinshi smoking a long-stemmed pipeSouth Korea - A venerable Korean man smoking a long-stemmed pipe and wearing a traditional style of top hat. Date: circa 1910s
Smoking Baby in a cigar box wearing a silk top hat. Not the best start in life health-wise... Quite bizarre. Date: 1904
Smoking opium in FranceMen smoking in a Chinese opium den in Toulon, France. 1907
Miss May de Sousa - EAmerican singer and actressDate: 1907
Temperance Movement - The Perils of too much beer and baccy... Date: circa 1900
A young Uyghur girl at Kashgar, China - holding a cigarette. Date: circa 1932
Stanley Baldwin lighting his pipeStanley Baldwin, 1st Earl Baldwin of Bewdley (1867-1947), Conservative politician and Prime Minister Date: 1929
Bukhara, Uzbekistan - Smoking a chillim pipe. In Uzbekistan and Afghanistan, a hookah is called chillim. Date: 1905
Elderly Chinese man in hat smoking a long pipeFantastic photographic postcard of an elderly Chinese man wearing a wide-brimmed woven straw hat smoking a very long-stemmed pipe. Date: circa 1910s
Queen of the Gipsies Margaret FinchMargaret Finch- Queen of the Gipsies in Norwood, London : centenarian, pipe-smoker and dog-lover. Date: 19th century
Cigars de JoyAn advertisement for Cigars de Joy, marketed here as offering immediate and complete relief in cases of asthma, cough, bronchitis, hayfever and shortness of breath. Date: 1881
China - A Chinese Opium Den and Smokers Date: circa 1910s
Kief (Hashish / Maruijana / Cannabis) Smoker - AlgeriaHashish Smoker (or Kif (kef, Kief, keef), Cannabis, Marijuana) - Algeria
Advert for Kensitas Cigarettes, 1929Its better to be fit than fat Kensitas Cigarettes marketed as a appetite suppressant in 1929, recommending substituting snacks between meals with a cigarette instead
Gabon - Africa - Woman with ScarificationA Woman from Sibiti, Gabon - part of the Bakota (or Kota) - a Bantu ethnic group from the northeastern region of the country
Algerian Water Carrier. Date: circa 1907
Very Stylish Young Woman stitting backward on a chair in sleet black attire, smart hat, black leather gloves and smoking a cigarette Date: circa 1920s
Hand-drawn postcard of King Edward VII in profileHand-drawn postcard of King Edward VII of England (1841-1910) in profile. Date: circa 1908
Market Reports Illustrated - Tobacco"Market Reports Illustrated - " Tobacco - There was a sudden downward tendency!" A school Master spies three naughty boys grabbing a crafty smoke outside the school wall
Couple on holiday stroll along the promenade at Felixstowe, Suffolk
Victorian scrap - Salvation Army pipe smoker. late 19th century
Lady smoking a Batschari cigaretteA fashionable lady smokes under the starry sky - advertisement for A Batschari Imported Oriental Cigarettes. Date: 1924
Harry Price smoking a pipeHarry Price(1881-1948), psychical researcher and author, who used his knowledge of stage magic to expose phoney mediums, poltergeists and other scams. Date: circa 1940s
Gentleman puffing on his pipe - Istanbul, Turkey. Date: 1873
Old Man from the Crimea, smoking a cigarette in a holder. Date: circa 1910
Morning smoker, FranceMan lighting a morning cigarette in a French street. circa 1966
The Netherlands - The perils of smoking (2 / 2)The perils of smoking. A group of young Dutch Boys suffer the consequences of having a puff on their Fathers pipes! Date: circa 1910s
The Netherlands - The perils of smoking (1 / 2)The perils of smoking. A group of young Dutch Boys suffer the consequences of having a puff on their Fathers pipes! Date: circa 1910s
A smart, rather odd German Military OfficerA smart, yet rather odd-looking German Military Officer, wearing a monacle and smoking a cigarette. Date: 1913
Advert for State Express Cigarettes 1912An Inspiration - an advertisement for State Express Cigarettes, showing a very smart dapper young gent wooing his beloved
Players advertisement, 1927Advertisement for Players cigarettes, featuring an elegant flapper with a sleek blonde bob enjoying a sample and blowing smoke rings. Date: 1927
A young bellboy lights up his Gitanes Cigarette on this charming Trade Card designed by Rene Vincent. Date: 1934
A young American cowboy with his packet of Balto CigarettesA young American cowboy with his packet of Balto American Taste Cigarettes. Date: 1934
Tables, Liqueur Cases and Cigar Cabinets, Plate 104. 5Smokers Tables, Liqueur Cases and Cigar Cabinets, Plate 104.5. Date: circa 1880s
Myanmar - Sisters - Ngme Sein Ngwe Yi - BIG cigarMyanmar - Sisters Ngme Sein Ngwe Yi - one of whom is smoking a big cheroot cigar! Date: circa 1907
Old man reading the newspaper. Engraving. 19th century. Spain
The Portrait, by spanish painter, Luis Jimenez Aranda (1845-1928). Engraving by La Ilustracion, 1890. Colored