Sweet Idleness, 1908

‘Dolce far niente’ / Sweet Idleness, postcard of a Baluba Man smoking from a water pipe. Belgian Congo, Africa around 1908

Nénoucha and her Musician, 1900’s

‘Nénoucha and her Musician’, scenes et types de l’afrique du nord postcard. Taourirt, Morocco early 20th century

‘The Pasha and his Harem’ Port Said, Egypt 1880

‘Women smoking waterpipe in front of a tent’ (Femme fumant le narguilé devant une tente), single view of a stereograph taken in North Africa, 1860’s

Jordan Bates (actor Kevin Coughlin) smokes a waterpipe in the 1968 movie ‘Maryjane’

Actress Betty Blythe with waterpipe, Arcade Card early 1920’s Betty Blythe in Chu Chin Chow 1923

‘English women in Constantinople’ cabinet card photographed by Pascal Sébah. Istanbul, Turkey 1873

‘Sangha man smoking from a waterpipe made from a horn known to be used for smoking cannabis’ postcard, Brazzaville, Congo early 1900’s

‘Arab warrior smoking a narguile’ (Guerrero árabe fumando un narguile) by Mariano Fortuny 1863

‘Lost in a Harem’ starring Abbott and Costello, 1944