One Last Session, 1860
‘Group of Turks in Scutari Cemetery’ smoke a waterpipe (possibly Dervish), by James Robertson. Constantinople, Turkey 1860
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When I went, when i came back, 1908
‘When I went, when i came back’, The change of a German traveler to Budapest in just 22 days, Budapest, Hungary 1908
Beds of Rest, 1890’s
‘Beds of rest in a hot bath’ (Lits de repos aux Bains Chauds) photographed by S. Hakim /postcard, Damascus, Syria 1890’s
Pipe Shop, 19th century
‘Tobacco and Pipe Shop’ (Marchand de Tumbeki à des Narghilehs), photographed by Pascal Sebah. Cairo, Egypt 1860-1880
System for Drinking, 1928
‘System for Drinking’ (Système de Boire) postcard. Syria 1928
Water Pipe Yak, 1775
Base for a Water Pipe (huqqa) made from a Yak’s Horn with decorative iron & brass mounts. Skardu, Gilgit-Baltistan (modern day Pakistan) made between 1775-1800
Desert Smoke, 1965
‘Afghan man sitting outside his house enjoying a smoke from his waterpipe’, the desert near Herat in west Afghanistan 1965
Turkish Women Relax, 1870
‘Turkish Women’ relax while smoking a waterpipe in studio by Pascal Sebah & Polycarpe Joaillier. Constantinople (Istanbul), Turkey 1870’s
A Hindu Nautch, pre1910
‘A Hindu Nautch’ Postcard. Two Nautch women smoking hookah. Calcutta, India pre1910 A hand painted version this time labeled ‘A Hindu Lady’
Smoking in Saigon, 1971
‘American GI’s smoke marijuana at an off-base apartment in Saigon’, Vietnam 1971