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King George V on board the MedinaKing George V (1865 - 1936) in relaxed mood, smoking a cigarette and smiling at the antics of crew members on the deck below on the Medina in 1911. Queen Mary can be seen alongside him. Date: 1911
Lady in the Bath - ProvocativeA rather saucy card showing a lady in the bath with the tagline: Why don t you come up an see me sometime? Date: circa 1940s
Concert at Queens Hall, London, 1893The first smoking concert given by the Royal Amateur Orchestral Society at the then new Queens Hall, Langham Place, in the presence of the Prince of Wales(later King Edward VII)
The Old Dutchman in His Garden
Daks advertisement, 1951Advertisement for Daks suits, featuring a couple of chaps sporting checked suits, and smoking pipes. Date: 1951
Sun-Pat Peanuts advertisementAdvertisement for Sun-Pat Peanuts which are, for Lady Rendlesham, indispensable at any party. Date: 1954
Three Castles Cigarettes advertisement, 1930Advertisement for Willss Three Castles medium cigarettes featuring a picture of a woman looking relaxed as she enjoys one. Date: 1930
The village glee singers. Two men enjoy a good sing, whilst a third has a nap at the table. Date: 18th century
Players cigarettes advertisement featuring Mark TwainAdvertisement for Players Navy Cut Tobacco and cigarettes featuring American novelist, Mark Twain together with an endorsement of the beautifully cool and sweet smoking tobacco he has in his pipe
Woman in a turban by George RansteadA stylised black and white illustration of a woman in a turban or toque style hat as she smokes a cigarette, the smoke of which curls artistically around her head
Queue for a tobacconists, London 1940sA queue outside a tobacconists shop in an unidentified London street during the 1940s. To the right are the Oxford Tea Rooms, and to the left, what appears to be a pawn shop. circa 1947
Dutch boy and girlA Dutch boy and girl, Hans and Gretchen, have a conversation over a washtub. circa 1910s
Vietnamese Woman - Hanoi - Cigarette SellerVietnamese Woman - Annam, Hanoi - Cigarette Seller (also selling bananas) at the entrance to her concession (shop / selling space). Date: circa 1910
Fashions of the future as predicted in 1930An idea of what the girls of the future will look like according to C. B. Cochrans 1930 Revue shown in Manchester and the West End
Fine Day for a Sail Sir by George RansteadSketch of an old sea salt smoking a pipe by George Ranstead, an amateur artist of the Great War who served in the Army Pay Corps
Abdulla advertisementA young lady named Claudia reclines in a sofa, smoking an Abdullas cigarette. The poem underneath (F. R. Holmes) engages with one of the political questions of the day
Chile - Calbuco VolcanoCalbuco is a stratovolcano in southern Chile, located southeast of Llanquihue Lake and northwest of Chapo Lake, in the Los Lagos Region
Farmers from Debrecen, Hungary, wearing incredible capes, smoking long-stemmed pipes and sporting fabulous waxed moustaches! Date: circa 1910s
After the War by George RansteadHumorous illustration on a postcard by George Ranstead, an amateur artist of the Great War who served in the Army Pay Corps
The Smoke Room, Langham Hotel, London W1View of the Smoke Room, Langham Hotel, Portland Place, London W1. Date: circa 1920s
Champagne, France - Balloon Exhibition. There is a small sign in the foreground asking the crowds not to smoke!!! Date: circa 1910s
Big gun smoking after being fired, Western Front, WW1A big gun named Bunty smoking just after it has been fired, somewhere on the Western Front during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918
Performing seals at a circus, c. 1890Talented performing seals of c. 1890 shown playing musical instruments, smoking pipes and even firing cannons! Date: c.1890
Who wears the Trousers?With you... Who wears the Trousers? Date: 1902
Four Turkish men in a roomFour men in a room with two windows overlooking a courtyard. All wear Turkish robes and turbans, and three are sitting cross-legged on the floor
Moorish Cafe - AlgeriaBlack African men taking tea and a smoke of a hookah pipe at a drink at a Moorish Cafe - Algeria. Two of the men are playing a board game. Date: circa 1910s
British soldier walking along a road, WW1A solitary British soldier walking along a road during the First World War. Date: 1914-1918
Turkish woman brought coffeeA woman in oriental robes sits smoking a pipe with a very long stem while her servant brings her coffee. There are richly ornamented carpets on the floor. 1756
Toutoun Bashi - Chief of the TobaccoThe Toutoun Bashi of the Grand Vizier or, Chief of the Tobacco. He wears a green robe and a red and white turban and carries a tobacco pipe with a very long stem. 1803
Douglas Fairbanks JnrDrawing of Douglas Elton Fairbanks Junior (1909 -2000), American actor and US Naval Officer. Date: 1953
Barrack canteen interior, 1872Soldiers of the Army Service Corps relaxing in the canteen on Bottle Bush Down during their Autumn Campaign in Wiltshire, England
1850s woman smoking - flouting conventionA charming water colour of an early female smoker, very much a flouter of the conventions of her day. Date: 1850s
Wartime poster, War Savings Are Warships, encouraging people to save more to help the war effort. Showing four warships at sea. 1940s
A Family of Bears in their zoo enclosureA family of anthropomorphic bears in their zoo enclosure in this rather bizarre fantasy postcard sent from Bern, Switzerland, Father bear smokes his pipe and reads his newspaper
German Hunting man and Barmaid - StuttgartAn old man wearing lederhosen (returning from the hunt) is presented with his well-earned mug of beer on a beerhall terrace by a barmaid in traditonal germanic costume - Stuttgart Date: 1898
Sweep! SweepOld Street Cries -- Sweep! Sweep!! 20th century
Group of Transvestite Ladies. Four women dressed as men lounge around a table, drinking champagne and beer and dressed in sharp mens suits nd soft hats
Musical group in an Arab Cafe, EgyptMusical group in an Arab Cafe in Egypt - a woman sits smoking a Nagile pipe. Date: circa 1910
Interpol, Paris, 1960SA drug-smuggling map of the world, with lines showing the routes by which narcotics are taken from country to country. Date: 1960s
Pier Fishing / BrightonFishing from the pier, Brighton Date: 1962
Dapper Gent with MonocleA woman sipping coffee, with pinkie held aloft, eyes a young mans waistcoat critically. Fortunately he is wearing a Catoir waistcoat - the choice of the discerning. Date: 1926
German Military 1738GERMAN Grenadier, Dragoon and Infantry Date: 1738
German Shepherd SmokingThe talented German Shepherd of Mrs. L. Goodwin of All Saints Avenue, Margate, drinks, smokes and wears clothes. Date: early 1930s
Elderly Farm WorkerAn elderly farm worker wearing a flat cap and smoking a cigarette as he leans on a gate Date: circa 1960
Tobacco, GrandvilleLe Tabac: a tobacco plant, and the accoutrements of smoking: pipes, cigars, hookah, surmount the globe; the world is addicted Date: 1847
Boys Smoking CiggiesOne boy lights the cigarette of another in a Liverpool street Date: 1960s
Smoking Large PipeA group of village men in conversation, one reading a newspaper, another smoking a very large pipe Date: 19th century
Fast Lady & CigaretteA progressive lady smokes a cigarette 1920
