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Smoking opium in FranceMen smoking in a Chinese opium den in Toulon, France. 1907
Miss May de Sousa - EAmerican singer and actressDate: 1907
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
Peggy Carlisle (born 1904), actress pictured at the time she was starring in Hindle Wakes. Date: 1927
Queen of the Gipsies Margaret FinchMargaret Finch- Queen of the Gipsies in Norwood, London : centenarian, pipe-smoker and dog-lover. Date: 19th century
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. Traditionally kief has been pressed into cakes as hashish for convenience in storage and shipping
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
Couple on holiday stroll along the promenade at Felixstowe, Suffolk. The badges on his jacket hint that perhaps he is a railwayman
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
Frogs with pipes on a cutout New Year cardFrogs with pipes, a cigar, a cigarette, an ashtray and a box of matches on a cutout New Year card. circa 1890s
Drugs / Tobacco / SmokingBetween two fires - one a cigar-smoker, the other with a cigarette in a holder Date: 1898
Players cigarette advert featuring female office workerAdvertisement for Players cigarettes featuring a woman sitting at an office desk enjoying a smoke. Date: 1938
Woman smoking cigaretteElegant lady smoking elegantly Fumate Regina cigarettes Date: 1932
Two young men in military uniform, WW1Two young men pose for a studio portrait in their army uniform, both with cigarettes in their mouths, and sporting military caps. WW1
Zeeuwsche man - The Netherlands - smoking Date: 1932
The Irish street-seller: oranges for sale in London, c. 1850An Irish woman smokes a pipe and sells fruit from a wicker basket on the streets of London, c. 1850. Date: circa 1850
Smoking nursemaid or nanny with chargeA nursemaid, in charge of a toddler in a pram, sits and enjoys a smoke from a cigarette in a holder. Date: 1928
Willss tobacco advert by H. M. BatemanAdvertisement by H. M. Bateman for Willss Cut Golden Bar tobacco featuring a gent seated in a comfortable armchair wearing a smoking jacket in a state of pipe smoking ecstasy. Date: 1929
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
Two Bars Rest - Woman smoking, 1917Illustration by E. Lucchesi taken from a De Reske cigarettes advertisement showing a woman multi tasking by playing the piano with one hand and lighting her cigarette from a candle with the other
A shamisen player, lighting her pipeA Japanese lady in traditional costume lays her shamisen(a musical instrument with three strings, also written samsin), to one side, so she can light her kiseru or pipe, aided by another woman
Abdulla Cigarettes advertisementAdvertisement for Abdulla cigarettes featuring a women in a neo-18th century costume enjoying a smoke. Date: 1927
Hugh Cecil Lowther - 5th Earl of LonsdaleHugh Cecil Lowther, 5th Earl of Lonsdale (18571944) - English nobleman and sportsman. Date: 1926
Lovestruck American lad with the Stars and StripesA lovestruck young American lad smoking a cigarette and standing before the Star Spangled Banner, sends the following words to his lady love: Say kid
Pieter Van RoestratenPIETER VAN ROESTRATEN Dutch-English painter, pipe- smoker and drinker. Date: 1627 - 1700
The Art of SmokingA young model wearing lots of make-up and a pearl necklace demonstrates how cool it used to be to smoke cigarettes. Date: late 1920s
Fashionable SmokerA fashionable lady smoker with dark hair in a Marcel wave, elegantly smoking a cigarette. Date: late 1920s