Pipe Shop, 19th century

‘Tobacco and Pipe Shop’ (Marchand de Tumbeki à des Narghilehs), photographed by Pascal Sebah.  Cairo, Egypt  1860-1880        

The Charming Smoke Room, 1690

‘La Charmante Tabagie’ (The Charming Smoke Room), engraving by Nicolas Armoult from ‘Recueil de modes : Tome 3 : quatre-vingt-dix-huit planches’   1690    

Old Man Farmer, 1870s

‘Old man, farmer’, hand tinted photograph by Felice Beato in Korea between 1871-1877      

After the Plow, 1920’s

After the plow, the farmer took a break for a pipe.  ‘Farm animals in North China’ photographed by  J.C. Carter published in ‘Familiar Chinese Faces’.  Northern China early 1920’s    

A Group of Danish Artists in Rome, 1837

‘A group of Danish artists in Rome’ by Constantin Hansen 1837      

A Reclining Turk, 1844

‘A Reclining Turk’ by Henri Charles Antoine Baron  1844      

Spirit Way, 1871

‘Man smokes a pipe next to the stone animals along the road to the Ming Tombs’,  Spirit Way near Beijing, China 1871-72     Spirit Way, China 1860   Spirit Way, China present day  

Coffee Seller, 1870

‘Coffee seller’ photographed by Abdullah Frères in Constantinople/Istanbul, Turkey 1870        

Yale Smoking Contest, 1959

‘Smoking Contest’ held at Yale University in 1959       Honorable mention to the guy in the middle who showed up with the homemade glass jug hookah!