Smoking Collection (#12)

Menu card, Princes Restaurant, Singapore
Front cover, menu card, Princes Restaurant, Singapore, showing a chef and his young assistant in a ramshackle and untidy kitchen. (1 of 3) Date: circa 1930s

Victorian scrap, a Swedish Lapp woman and child. circa 1890

Cartoon portrait, John MacLean. 1880s

The Florida nightclub by Hynes
Impressions and personalities at the Florida Club in South Bruton Mews, renowned for its glass dance floor, which triggered a craze for them in other clubs in and around London

Advert for Ocdens Guinea Gold Cigarettes 1897
Advertisement for Ocdens Guinea Gold Cigarettes, featuring a woman smoking on a bicycle. This brand often used politicians, sportsmen, celebreties in advertisements. Date: 1897

Hypothetical female smoking party, May 1894
Illustration of an all-female smoking party, captioned " what we are coming to: a ladies smoking party", in reference to the changing social standards for women in Britain. 1894

Just an old-fashioned girl - skirt lengths go down in 1930
Cartoon commenting on the sudden change in hemlines in 1930, which went down to the floor once more. Suddenly, the modern flapper girl of the mid-1920s with her short skirts looks rather

I don t want him, my dear by H. M. Bateman
" I don t want him, my dear - you buy him." Two sophisticated women regard an unpromising male specimen and discuss the merits of purchasing him. Date: 1930

Advert, Free Case for Hawk-eye Camera with coupons from Black Cat cigarettes. circa 1925

Cartoon, Mr William Yardley, English cricketer and writer
Cartoon portrait, Mr William Yardley (1849-1900), English first class cricketer (Cambridge University and Kent) - Always good at scoring. He was also an actor, playwright and drama critic. 1884

Cartoon, Mr James (Jimmy) Davis (1853-1907), pen name Owen Hall (a pun on owing all, referring to his gambling and extravagant lifestyle), Irish-born theatre writer, librettist, racing correspondent

Cartoon, Henry Irvings return from America - The peoples idol is none the worse for his sojourn in America. Showing the famous actor-manager smoking a cigar and sitting on a pile of money. 1885

Cartoon, Prince Albert Victor, Duke of Clarence and Avondale (1864-1892) - Hes not to have ten thousand a year, tiddy-fol-lol! 1885

Cartoon, Music Hall Types, Mr Charles Wilkins
Cartoon, Music Hall Types, The Chairman, Mr Charles Wilkins of the Marylebone Music Hall, London. 1885

Cartoon by Henry Bunbury, The Smoking Club. Date: circa 1790s

Norah Blaney as Mademoiselle Yvonne in Out of the Blue
Norah Blaney appearing in Out of the Blue at St. Martins Theatre in 1928. She played the part of Julia Marlowe, " Mademoiselle Yvonne

Paddle steamer Chippewa at Lewiston, Ontario, Canada
Niagara River Line paddle steamer Chippewa at Lewiston, Ontario, Canada. Date: circa 1908

Woman smoking
Engraving of a woman smoking. Date: 1935

Man smoking
Engraving of a man smoking. Date: 1935

Advert, William Alexander & Sons, Ayr, Scotland
Advert for William Alexander & Sons, Wallacetown Saw Mills, Ayr, Scotland. 1905

Advert, Park & Paterson Ltd, Metal Merchants, Glasgow
Advert for Park & Paterson Ltd, Metal Merchants and Smelters, Glasgow, Scotland. 1905

Advert, Moir, Wilson & Co Ltd, Aberdeen, Scotland
Advert for Moir, Wilson & Co Ltd, Herrings in Tomato Sauce, Deeside Preserved Provision Works, Aberdeen, Scotland. 1905

Advert, John Darley & Sons, Glue & Gelatine, Currie, Scotlan
Advert for John Darley & Sons, Scotch Glue and Gelatine manufacturers, Currie, Scotland. 1905

Advert, Inglis & Co, Linen and Cotton, Dunfermline
Advert for Inglis & Co, Linen and Cotton Manufacturers, Castleblair and Victoria Works, Dunfermline, Scotland. 1905

Advert, Hill, Craig & Co, Papermakers, Balerno, Scotland
Advert for Hill, Craig & Co, Papermakers, Balerno, Scotland. 1905

Advert, Hay and Robertson, Dunfermline, Scotland
Advert for Hay and Robertson, Linen and Cotton Manufacturers, St Margarets Works, Dunfermline, Scotland. 1905

Advert, The Falkirk Iron Company, Falkirk, Scotland
Advert for The Falkirk Iron Company, Falkirk, Scotland. 1905

Don Brothers, Buist & Co Ltd, Dundee and Forfar
Advert for Don Brothers, Buist & Co Ltd, Flax and Jute Spinners, Dundee and Forfar, Scotland. 1905

Advert, Culter Mills Paper Company, Peterculter, Aberdeen
Advert, The Culter Mills Paper Company Ltd, Peterculter, Aberdeen, Scotland. 1905

Advert, Cox Brothers Limited, Lochee, Scotland
Advert for Cox Brothers Limited, Camperdown Jute, Flax and Hemp Works, Lochee, Scotland. 1905

Advert, Allan & Dey, Fish Merchants, Aberdeen
Advert for Allan & Dey, Fish Merchants, Aberdeen, Scotland. 1905

Decorative smoking sets and inkstands. Lithograph from a catalog of metal products manufactured by Wuerttemberg Metalware Factory, Geislingen, Germany, 1896

Sardine, ilisha, and sardine smokehouse
Sardine, Sardina pilchardus 143, West African ilisha, Ilisha africana 144, and fish wives smoking sardines in a smokehouse

Sprat, and herring being hung in a smokehouse, 18th century
Sprat, Sprattus sprattus, and section through a smokehouse showing workers smoking herring in a kipper factory, 18th century

Scene in an American farmhouse on a winter
Scene in an American farmhouse on a November night, mid 19th century. Family members playing cards at a table, men smoking pipes, etc

Tatar musicians in a Crimean town square, mid 19th century
Tatar musicians playing fiddle and balalaika in a Crimean town square, men smoking pipes and drinking tea. Handcoloured lithograph from Carl Hoffmanns Book of the World, Stuttgart, 1857

Muchicongo men and many wives outside a hut, Angola. The men drink and smoke cachimbo pipes, while the women pound corn to make the local drink of oualo, brush their hair, etc

View of the market or bazaar in Athens, 18th century. Greek, Turkish and Albanian men smoking, walking and bartering, women setting out stalls on the road, the Acropolis in the background

Houses of the Nubians, early 19th century. Natives smoking pipes and sitting in the shade under palm trees. Handcoloured copperplate engraving by Antonio Sasso from Giulio Ferrarios Ancient

Crystal Palace fire, 29-30 November 1936
The Crystal Palace at Sydenham, SE London, on the night of the fire, 29-30 November 1936. 1936

Crystal Palace after the fire, 30 November 1936
The Crystal Palace at Sydenham, SE London, after the fire, 30 November 1936. 1936

Reading in the library
Art Deco style interior illustration showing head & shoulders of man smoking pipe and reading. Date: 1929

Aerial view of Broadway, Aurora, Illinois, USA. Date: circa 1910

Steamboat landing, Hanlons Point, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Steamboat landing at Hanlons Point, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. circa 1908

Comic postcard, dog in Scottish costume, smoking a cigar. Date: circa 1910s

Poster, The J. P. from the Strand Theatre, London
Poster, The J.P. from the Strand Theatre, London. 1898

Babys cot transfer, Gnome sitting on a toadstool

Entertainment in the village of Lin-Cong, China. One villager plays the banjo whilst the others crowd round to watch, whilst smoking and drinking. 1859

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