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Background imageSmokes Collection: Winston Churchill Holding a Sub-Machine Gun

Winston Churchill Holding a Sub-Machine Gun
Winston Churchill (1874-1965) - pictured holding a Sub-Machine Gun. Date: circa 1940

Background imageSmokes Collection: An Alligator - all dressed up to meet you in Florida, USA

An Alligator - all dressed up to meet you in Florida, USA. Date: 1935

Background imageSmokes Collection: Algeria - Woman smoking a nargile pipe

Algeria - Woman smoking a nargile pipe
Algeria - woman smoking a nargile (Hookah Pipe)

Background imageSmokes Collection: Sentimental German wartime postcard

Sentimental German wartime postcard
You, Only you alone are my true love - a sentimental wartime postcard sent from a German soldier to his girl back home in Munich

Background imageSmokes Collection: Huntsman with Cigar

Huntsman with Cigar
Hughie A huntsman in traditional attire smokes a large cigar

Background imageSmokes Collection: Madimba - Congo - Pipe-smoking lady

Madimba - Congo - Pipe-smoking lady
A 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

Background imageSmokes Collection: Terrible accident - Lady ablaze - Figure 1

Terrible accident - Lady ablaze - Figure 1
Figure 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

Background imageSmokes Collection: Chinese Farmer with Palmleaf Raincoat carrying hoe

Chinese Farmer with Palmleaf Raincoat carrying hoe and smoking a cheroot. Date: circa 1905

Background imageSmokes Collection: Egyptian Lady of the Harem

Egyptian Lady of the Harem
An Egyptian Lady of the Harem, reclining on a couch and smoking a nargile pipe Date: 1910s

Background imageSmokes Collection: Woman selling Mangoes on the street - Dakar, Senegal

Woman selling Mangoes on the street - Dakar, Senegal
Moorish Woman selling Mangoes on the street - Dakar, Senegal Date: circa 1950s

Background imageSmokes Collection: Iran - Royal Feast

Iran - Royal Feast
A group of Iranian men (in a variety of states of sobriety!) following a Festan Persan or Royal Persian Feast in Tehran, Iran

Background imageSmokes Collection: The Tatler Summer Number front cover 1932

The Tatler Summer Number front cover 1932
Jolly 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

Background imageSmokes Collection: Chinese Mandarin

Chinese Mandarin
A Chinese Mandarin in ceremonial court costume

Background imageSmokes Collection: Old & New Pipes / Heath

Old & New Pipes / Heath
The 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

Background imageSmokes Collection: Italian Miner - Mineo, Sicily

Italian Miner - Mineo, Sicily. It is likely he was employed to mine the local calcareous ashlars, used to build many of Mineos public buildings

Background imageSmokes Collection: New Woman Poster ?1896

New Woman Poster ?1896
The 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

Background imageSmokes Collection: Terrible accident - Lady ablaze - Figure 2

Terrible accident - Lady ablaze - Figure 2
Figure 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

Background imageSmokes Collection: Miss Rudi Verdi - Actress

Miss Rudi Verdi - Actress
Miss Rudi Verdi with cigarette in hand - British Actress (?-1918) Date: circa 1910s

Background imageSmokes Collection: Megalomania

Megalomania
A 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

Background imageSmokes Collection: A banker puts his feet up on his desk and smokes a cigar. Date: late 1960s

A banker puts his feet up on his desk and smokes a cigar. Date: late 1960s

Background imageSmokes Collection: A man puts his feet up on his desk as he smokes a cigar. Date: late 1960s

A man puts his feet up on his desk as he smokes a cigar. Date: late 1960s

Background imageSmokes Collection: St Marylebone Workhouse Inmates

St Marylebone Workhouse Inmates
Aged male inmates of Londons St Marylebone workhouse sit in their airing yard, chatting, reading newspapers and smoking pipes. Date: circa 1905

Background imageSmokes Collection: Sami people, Laplanders, man and woman of Lapland, 1818

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

Background imageSmokes Collection: A regiment of Belgian troops en route to Mexico

A regiment of Belgian troops en route to Mexico
The Belgian-Mexican regiment on board The Louisiana on their way to Mexico. A group of soldiers sit around a pot of food, eating

Background imageSmokes Collection: Advertisement for Players Medium Navy Cut cigarettes

Advertisement for Players Medium Navy Cut cigarettes
The 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)

Background imageSmokes Collection: Albert, Duke of York - Point-to-Point at Great Brington

Albert, Duke of York - Point-to-Point at Great Brington
Prince 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)

Background imageSmokes Collection: LIGHTING HIS PIPE

LIGHTING HIS PIPE
While a young man smokes a very long pipe, his partner lights it with a hot coal from the stove Date: 1850

Background imageSmokes Collection: Turkish coffee house 1853

Turkish coffee house 1853
Turkish men seated on cushioned benches, along three sides, smoking the tchibouk or narghile. Date: 1853

Background imageSmokes Collection: Woman sits astride Polar bear rug and dreams of her beloved

Woman sits astride Polar bear rug and dreams of her beloved
A 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

Background imageSmokes Collection: Aged Sami Fortuneteller - Norway

Aged Sami Fortuneteller - Norway
Aged Sami (Saami) Fortuneteller - Norway. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageSmokes Collection: Where Ignorance is Bliss by H M Bateman

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

Background imageSmokes Collection: Smoking Baby in a cigar box wearing a silk top hat

Smoking Baby in a cigar box wearing a silk top hat. Not the best start in life health-wise... Quite bizarre. Date: 1904

Background imageSmokes Collection: Old Man, Flat Cap & Pipe

Old Man, Flat Cap & Pipe
A characterful old man wearing a flat cap smokes his pipe. Date: 1950s

Background imageSmokes Collection: WWI - German Lady wearing a uniform

WWI - German Lady wearing a uniform
An unusual photographic postcard depicting a young German woman wearing an ill-fitting uniform, possibly belonging to her boyfriend?

Background imageSmokes Collection: Laplanders - Norway

Laplanders - Norway
Lapp farmers in full furs

Background imageSmokes Collection: Miss May de Sousa - EAmerican singer and actress

Miss May de Sousa - EAmerican singer and actress
Date: 1907

Background imageSmokes Collection: Temperance Movement - The Perils of too much beer and baccy

Temperance Movement - The Perils of too much beer and baccy... Date: circa 1900

Background imageSmokes Collection: Pipe-smoking Syrian Dervish with fantastic hairstyle

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

Background imageSmokes Collection: Bukhara, Uzbekistan - Smoking a chillim pipe

Bukhara, Uzbekistan - Smoking a chillim pipe. In Uzbekistan and Afghanistan, a hookah is called chillim. Date: 1905

Background imageSmokes Collection: Elderly Chinese man in hat smoking a long pipe

Elderly Chinese man in hat smoking a long pipe
Fantastic photographic postcard of an elderly Chinese man wearing a wide-brimmed woven straw hat smoking a very long-stemmed pipe. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageSmokes Collection: Abdullah cigarettes advertisement, WW1 - trench rats

Abdullah cigarettes advertisement, WW1 - trench rats
One 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

Background imageSmokes Collection: Abdullah cigarettes advertisement, WW1

Abdullah cigarettes advertisement, WW1
Advertisement for Abdullah cigarettes during the First World War with a poem entitled, Cheero! reflecting the British Armys obsession with cigarettes or smokes

Background imageSmokes Collection: When Women Vote A Proposal

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

Background imageSmokes Collection: China - A Chinese Opium Den and Smokers

China - A Chinese Opium Den and Smokers Date: circa 1910s

Background imageSmokes Collection: Damascus, Syria - Bedouin men making (and drinking) coffee

Damascus, Syria - Bedouin men making (and drinking) coffee Date: circa 1910s

Background imageSmokes Collection: A Dinka Man - Sudan, Upper Nile

A Dinka Man - Sudan, Upper Nile Date: circa 1910s

Background imageSmokes Collection: Advert for Gold Flake Cigarettes

Advert for Gold Flake Cigarettes
Advertisement for Gold Flake Cigarettes: Willss Gold Flake give value in the Cigarettes, Date: 1930

Background imageSmokes Collection: Japan - Reclining Geisha girl smoking

Japan - Reclining Geisha girl smoking
Japan - Reclining Geisha girl in a fine kimono smoking before a beautiful decorative screen. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageSmokes Collection: Turkish men on Crete smoking a Nargile pipe

Turkish men on Crete smoking a Nargile pipe
Turkish Cretan men smoking a Nargile pipe

Background imageSmokes Collection: Bosnia Herzegovina - Trebinje

Bosnia Herzegovina - Trebinje. A group of Muslim Carpet and Textile sellers - two are seated and smoking a Hookah Pipe

Background imageSmokes Collection: Two Turkish peasants playing Backgammon

Two Turkish peasants playing Backgammon at an outdoor coffee house

Background imageSmokes Collection: Old man in traditional costume - Albania

Old man in traditional costume - Albania - amking a cigarette using a cigarette holder

Background imageSmokes Collection: Gabon - Africa - Woman with Scarification

Gabon - Africa - Woman with Scarification
A Woman from Sibiti, Gabon - part of the Bakota (or Kota) - a Bantu ethnic group from the northeastern region of the country

Background imageSmokes Collection: Old Salt teaches knot tying to a young boy

Old Salt teaches knot tying to a young boy
An elderly sailor teaches a young lad how to tie some nautical knots. Watercolour painting by Malcolm Greensmith

Background imageSmokes Collection: Old Gypsy Man Smoking

Old Gypsy Man Smoking
An old gypsy man sits by the fire and smokes a cigarette at an encampment in Surrey

Background imageSmokes Collection: Early Egyptian Cigarette Packet - Front and Back (combined)

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

Background imageSmokes Collection: Mother and her two boys in the garden

Mother and her two boys in the garden
Mother (with fag in her mouth) and her two (rather glum-faced) boys, pose for a photograph in their neat garden. Date: 1938

Background imageSmokes Collection: Hand-drawn postcard of King Edward VII in profile

Hand-drawn postcard of King Edward VII in profile
Hand-drawn postcard of King Edward VII of England (1841-1910) in profile. Date: circa 1908

Background imageSmokes Collection: Market Reports Illustrated - Tobacco'

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

Background imageSmokes Collection: Couple on holiday stroll along the promenade at Felixstowe

Couple on holiday stroll along the promenade at Felixstowe, Suffolk. The badges on his jacket hint that perhaps he is a railwayman

Background imageSmokes Collection: Sailmaker at work, Penzance, Cornwall

Sailmaker at work, Penzance, Cornwall
An elderly sailmaker (Arthur Willoughby), working in the traditional way in Penzance, Cornwall. circa early 1980s

Background imageSmokes Collection: Lady smoking a Batschari cigarette

Lady smoking a Batschari cigarette
A fashionable lady smokes under the starry sky - advertisement for A Batschari Imported Oriental Cigarettes. Date: 1924

Background imageSmokes Collection: Harry Price smoking a pipe

Harry Price smoking a pipe
Harry 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

Background imageSmokes Collection: Gentleman puffing on his pipe - Istanbul, Turkey

Gentleman puffing on his pipe - Istanbul, Turkey. Date: 1873

Background imageSmokes Collection: Old Man from the Crimea, smoking a cigarette

Old Man from the Crimea, smoking a cigarette in a holder. Date: circa 1910

Background imageSmokes Collection: Office Boy burns his bridges and threatens to give notice

Office Boy burns his bridges and threatens to give notice
Office Boy burns his bridges (disobeying every commandment on his behaviour in sight) and threatens to give notice to his (rather surprised) Boss! Date: 1907

Background imageSmokes Collection: Advert for State Express Cigarettes 1912

Advert for State Express Cigarettes 1912
An Inspiration - an advertisement for State Express Cigarettes, showing a very smart dapper young gent wooing his beloved

Background imageSmokes Collection: A young bellboy lights up his Gitanes Cigarette

A young bellboy lights up his Gitanes Cigarette on this charming Trade Card designed by Rene Vincent. Date: 1934

Background imageSmokes Collection: A young American cowboy with his packet of Balto Cigarettes

A young American cowboy with his packet of Balto Cigarettes
A young American cowboy with his packet of Balto American Taste Cigarettes. Date: 1934

Background imageSmokes Collection: Myanmar - Sisters - Ngme Sein Ngwe Yi - BIG cigar

Myanmar - Sisters - Ngme Sein Ngwe Yi - BIG cigar
Myanmar - Sisters Ngme Sein Ngwe Yi - one of whom is smoking a big cheroot cigar! Date: circa 1907

Background imageSmokes Collection: Dutch Couple & Baby

Dutch Couple & Baby
A 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

Background imageSmokes Collection: Morning Coat & Cigarette

Morning Coat & Cigarette
Anthony 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

Background imageSmokes Collection: Egyptian Lady Smokes

Egyptian Lady Smokes
Egyptian woman stands holding a cigarette, her face turned away from the camera, wearing striped headscarf, necklace and metallic bangles on her wrists. Date: 1919

Background imageSmokes Collection: Smoking Painter

Smoking Painter
A 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

Background imageSmokes Collection: an Interesting Chapter

an Interesting Chapter
An interesting chapter A woman wearing a flouncy outfit smokes a cigarette while she reads. Date: circa 1900

Background imageSmokes Collection: Robin with a Pipe

Robin with a Pipe
A robin smokes a clay pipe - a very early Christmas card Date: circa 1860

Background imageSmokes Collection: Man smoking a clay pipe, c. 1800

Man smoking a clay pipe, c. 1800
Man sitting comfortably on a bench smoking a clay pipe, c.1800 Date: C.1800

Background imageSmokes Collection: Zeeuwsche man - The Netherlands - smoking

Zeeuwsche man - The Netherlands - smoking Date: 1932

Background imageSmokes Collection: The Irish street-seller: oranges for sale in London, c. 1850

The Irish street-seller: oranges for sale in London, c. 1850
An Irish woman smokes a pipe and sells fruit from a wicker basket on the streets of London, c. 1850. Date: circa 1850

Background imageSmokes Collection: Selkup Man (North Siberian minority), in tradional

Selkup Man (North Siberian minority), in tradional winter clothes, smokes outside local shop in Krasnoselkup. early spring; near river Taz, North Tumen region, Siberia

Background imageSmokes Collection: Greys cigarettes for soldiers

Greys cigarettes for soldiers
Members 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

Background imageSmokes Collection: Distribution of cigarettes at the front, WW1

Distribution of cigarettes at the front, WW1
A battery commander distributing the contents of a parcel of cigarettes amongst his men at the Front at Christmas time. According to The Sphere

Background imageSmokes Collection: Army supply trucks, WW1

Army supply trucks, WW1
The 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

Background imageSmokes Collection: Suffragette Dog with a Pipe and Spectacles

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



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