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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
Algeria - Woman smoking a nargile pipeAlgeria - woman smoking a nargile (Hookah Pipe)
Sentimental German wartime postcardYou, Only you alone are my true love - a sentimental wartime postcard sent from a German soldier to his girl back home in Munich
Huntsman with CigarHughie A huntsman in traditional attire smokes a large cigar
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
Terrible accident - Lady ablaze - Figure 1Figure 1 of 2. Terrible accident - Lady ablaze, her dress has caught fire and she is engulfed by the inferno. This illustration shows that if one is upright
Chinese Farmer with Palmleaf Raincoat carrying hoe and smoking a cheroot. Date: circa 1905
Egyptian Lady of the HaremAn Egyptian Lady of the Harem, reclining on a couch and smoking a nargile pipe Date: 1910s
Woman selling Mangoes on the street - Dakar, SenegalMoorish Woman selling Mangoes on the street - Dakar, Senegal Date: circa 1950s
Iran - Royal FeastA group of Iranian men (in a variety of states of sobriety!) following a Festan Persan or Royal Persian Feast in Tehran, Iran
The Tatler Summer Number front cover 1932Jolly front cover design for the Tatlers Summer Number featuring two cheery beach belles wearing fashionable pyjama suits. One smokes a cigarette while the other grins under a wide brimmed sun hat
Chinese MandarinA Chinese Mandarin in ceremonial court costume
Old & New Pipes / HeathThe old way of smoking a pipe & the new way: an upright Georgian gent smokes his long stemmed clay pipe while a semi-recumbent Regency fop, puffs away on his hookah
Italian Miner - Mineo, Sicily. It is likely he was employed to mine the local calcareous ashlars, used to build many of Mineos public buildings
New Woman Poster ?1896The New Woman: a bookish frumpy young woman in plain clothes & monocle sits on a stool surrounded by improving books. She also smokes judging by the cigarette in the corner
Terrible accident - Lady ablaze - Figure 2Figure 2 of 2. Terrible accident - Lady ablaze, her dress has caught fire and she has fallen to the ground unconscious. This illustration shows that if one lies down horizontally
Miss Rudi Verdi - ActressMiss Rudi Verdi with cigarette in hand - British Actress (?-1918) Date: circa 1910s
MegalomaniaA portrait illustration of a large lady wearing a white dress and a yellow hat with orange floral decoration, looking down at a child acting older than his age, as he smokes a cigar at her knee
A banker puts his feet up on his desk and smokes a cigar. Date: late 1960s
A man puts his feet up on his desk as he smokes a cigar. Date: late 1960s
St Marylebone Workhouse InmatesAged male inmates of Londons St Marylebone workhouse sit in their airing yard, chatting, reading newspapers and smoking pipes. Date: circa 1905
Sami people, Laplanders, man and woman of Lapland, 1818. The man holds a brace of fish and points to a man riding a sleigh drawn by a reindeer
A regiment of Belgian troops en route to MexicoThe Belgian-Mexican regiment on board The Louisiana on their way to Mexico. A group of soldiers sit around a pot of food, eating
Advertisement for Players Medium Navy Cut cigarettesThe Cut of the Navy - Players Please - fantastic advertisement for Players Medium Navy Cut cigarettes, featuring a Royal Naval Lieutenant (note sleeve rank insignia) (out on manoeuvres)
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)
LIGHTING HIS PIPEWhile a young man smokes a very long pipe, his partner lights it with a hot coal from the stove Date: 1850
Turkish coffee house 1853Turkish men seated on cushioned benches, along three sides, smoking the tchibouk or narghile. Date: 1853
Woman sits astride Polar bear rug and dreams of her belovedA French Woman sits astride a Polar bear rug and dreams of her beloved, as the smoke rings take on his visage set within a loving heart. Date: circa 1920s
Aged Sami Fortuneteller - NorwayAged Sami (Saami) Fortuneteller - Norway. Date: circa 1910s
Where Ignorance is Bliss by H M Bateman, this illustration shows a man warming his behind in front of the fire while he smokes his pipe. But he is unaware of the flames leaping up his back
Smoking Baby in a cigar box wearing a silk top hat. Not the best start in life health-wise... Quite bizarre. Date: 1904
Old Man, Flat Cap & PipeA characterful old man wearing a flat cap smokes his pipe. Date: 1950s
WWI - German Lady wearing a uniformAn unusual photographic postcard depicting a young German woman wearing an ill-fitting uniform, possibly belonging to her boyfriend?
Laplanders - NorwayLapp farmers in full furs
Miss May de Sousa - EAmerican singer and actressDate: 1907
Temperance Movement - The Perils of too much beer and baccy... Date: circa 1900
Pipe-smoking Syrian Dervish with fantastic hairstyle. Dervish or Darvesh in Persian usually refers to a person who is a seeker of the truth i.e. universal truth
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
Abdullah cigarettes advertisement, WW1 - trench ratsOne of a series of advertisements for Abdullah cigarettes during the First World War illustrated by Lewis Baumer. This one employs the familiar image of a British Tommy dismayed to find that
Abdullah cigarettes advertisement, WW1Advertisement for Abdullah cigarettes during the First World War with a poem entitled, Cheero! reflecting the British Armys obsession with cigarettes or smokes
When Women Vote A Proposal. When Women Vote, they will propose to the men. Lady down on one knee asks, Percy Darling, will you marry me? Man replies coyly, Really, you had better ask Mamma Miss
China - A Chinese Opium Den and Smokers Date: circa 1910s
Damascus, Syria - Bedouin men making (and drinking) coffee Date: circa 1910s
A Dinka Man - Sudan, Upper Nile Date: circa 1910s
Advert for Gold Flake CigarettesAdvertisement for Gold Flake Cigarettes: Willss Gold Flake give value in the Cigarettes, Date: 1930
Japan - Reclining Geisha girl smokingJapan - Reclining Geisha girl in a fine kimono smoking before a beautiful decorative screen. Date: circa 1910s
Turkish men on Crete smoking a Nargile pipeTurkish Cretan men smoking a Nargile pipe
Bosnia Herzegovina - Trebinje. A group of Muslim Carpet and Textile sellers - two are seated and smoking a Hookah Pipe
Two Turkish peasants playing Backgammon at an outdoor coffee house
Old man in traditional costume - Albania - amking a cigarette using a cigarette holder
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
Old Salt teaches knot tying to a young boyAn elderly sailor teaches a young lad how to tie some nautical knots. Watercolour painting by Malcolm Greensmith
Old Gypsy Man SmokingAn old gypsy man sits by the fire and smokes a cigarette at an encampment in Surrey
Early Egyptian Cigarette Packet - Front and Back (combined) - manufactured by C Colombos Ltd. of Malta and Cairo using Turkish Tobacco. The reverse image is of the Ayasofya Mosque in Istanbul
Mother and her two boys in the gardenMother (with fag in her mouth) and her two (rather glum-faced) boys, pose for a photograph in their neat garden. Date: 1938
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. The badges on his jacket hint that perhaps he is a railwayman
Sailmaker at work, Penzance, CornwallAn elderly sailmaker (Arthur Willoughby), working in the traditional way in Penzance, Cornwall. circa early 1980s
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
Office Boy burns his bridges and threatens to give noticeOffice Boy burns his bridges (disobeying every commandment on his behaviour in sight) and threatens to give notice to his (rather surprised) Boss! Date: 1907
Advert for State Express Cigarettes 1912An Inspiration - an advertisement for State Express Cigarettes, showing a very smart dapper young gent wooing his beloved
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
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
Dutch Couple & BabyA young Dutch father (or uncle!) smokes his pipe and sits on his smoking chair in his clogs watching over the baby in its wooden cot. Date: 1930s
Morning Coat & CigaretteAnthony Drexel wears a morning coat, trousers with a chalk stripe & front crease, all round collar, tie & black & brown half boots. He smokes a cigarette from a holder. Date: 1910
Egyptian Lady SmokesEgyptian woman stands holding a cigarette, her face turned away from the camera, wearing striped headscarf, necklace and metallic bangles on her wrists. Date: 1919
Smoking PainterA rather well-dressed artist smokes from a long cigarette holder while she paints at her easel, palette in one hand, brush in the other Date: 1921
an Interesting ChapterAn interesting chapter A woman wearing a flouncy outfit smokes a cigarette while she reads. Date: circa 1900
Robin with a PipeA robin smokes a clay pipe - a very early Christmas card Date: circa 1860
Man smoking a clay pipe, c. 1800Man sitting comfortably on a bench smoking a clay pipe, c.1800 Date: C.1800
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
Selkup Man (North Siberian minority), in tradional winter clothes, smokes outside local shop in Krasnoselkup. early spring; near river Taz, North Tumen region, Siberia
Greys cigarettes for soldiersMembers of the V.A.D (Voluntary Aid Detachment) who undertook the distribution of 30, 000 cigarettes to soldiers who took part in the Lord Mayors Parade in November 1916
Distribution of cigarettes at the front, WW1A battery commander distributing the contents of a parcel of cigarettes amongst his men at the Front at Christmas time. According to The Sphere
Army supply trucks, WW1The driver of a First World War army supply truck takes a moment to rest and enjoy a cigarette. Accompanied by a quote from Tennyson, And the woodbine spices are wafted abroad. Date: 1916
Suffragette Dog with a Pipe and Spectacles. A large brown dog with spectacles and brass collar, smokes a pipe against the background of the Union Jack flag