RMMHNTJP–Illustration to a short story by E. F. Benson, 'The Puce Silk' illustrating the a young woman smoking a cigarette in front of her aunt. Date: 1908
RM2M3NT9M–'Those who smoke Craven 'A' seldom care for others cigarettes. Women smoking a cigarette. Date: 1951
RMDPARWX–CRAVEN CIGARETTES
RMD88273–CRAVEN CIGARETTES
RMD88HP0–Woman smoking cigarette
RMK05H8A–Woman smoking cigarette
RMKRD3H2–Abdulla Cigarettes advertisement
RMDPARX4–Advert for Craven cigarettes 1930
RMG3B1JX–Advert for Craven A cigarettes 1930
RMD88DBA–Advertisement for Week-End cigarettes
RMG3B1K8–Advert for Will's Gold Flake cigarettes 1938
RMG3B1K7–Advert for Will's Gold Flake cigarettes 1938
RMG3B1K2–Advert for Will's Gold Flake cigarettes 1938
RMG3B1K3–Craven A cigarettes - you can always trust the quality Date: 1937
RMD86CRM–A fashionable woman wearing pearls and smoking.
RM2M98MEJ–Advertisement for Abdulla Cigarettes -- Tribute Time.
RMG376HH–Advertisement for Primerose cigarettes
RMG3BF6W–Cartoon, Women and cigarette smoke
RM2ARBC9A–Advert for Player's cigarettes 1929
RM2RGDMNG–Women workers gathering the harvest on the tobacco farm at Methwold, Norfolk in 1915. Picture 1 shows them tying and looping tobacco to be placed on stays, 2 shows them collecting tobacco to be taken to the barn, 3, 'the advantages of untrammelled limbs when mounting a cart', alluding to the breeches worn, 4, bringing the stays to gather the tobacco and 5, Grown and smoked in Methwold, a girl enjoys a cigarette after dinner.
RM2K63KRA–Golden moments-with Will's Gold Flake-the man's cigarette that women like. 1939
RM2M3NRFT–Advert for Craven A cigarettes, 1930s woman smoking. 1934
RM2M965W5–Advert for Craven A cigarettes showing a glamorous brunette smoking, with the tagline 'Will not affect your throat'.
RM2M3RXW5–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. Date: 1894
RM2M3KBN7–Two women dressed in masculine outfits of shirts, ties, flat shoes and, in the case of one, knickerbockers or plus-fours, smoke cigarettes and comment on a passing gentleman wearing a kilt. Date: 1930
RM2M3PF9X–Advertisement drawn by Rilette showing a gentleman, quite possibly in rowing gear, offering to light the cigarettes of two stylish women seated in a caf鮠 As they both lean together to take the light, they create a elegant composition. Date: 1928
RM2M3NP56–A young lady named Claudia reclines in a sofa, smoking an Abdulla's cigarette. The poem underneath (F. R. Holmes) engages with one of the political questions of the day, that of the recent introduction of universal suffrage (1928), meaning women were elligible to vote in forthcoming elections. Date: 1929
RM2M3PAAF–Advertisement for Phosferine tonic medicine as endorsed by William Gore, photographic war correspondent for the Daily Sketch newspaper. Gore claims that Phosferine saved his constitution and health while on assignments and is pictured with his camera in the Balkans, surrounded by women in trousers who apparently were very interested in his cigarettes! 1915
RMAHG6PA–Rosepetal Fag Ends 2
RMA9Y8H5–No Smoking Ladies
RMD898KB–RACIAL/N AFRICA/ALGERIA
RM2M3JP3P–Advert for Bachelor cigarettes inviting you to sample their individual charm and delightful character. 1932
RMG3B1K6–Wills's Gold Flake at Ascot - the Man's cigarette that Women like Date: 1938
RM2M3KB46–Advertisement for Gold Flake Cigarettes: Wills's Gold Flake give value in the Cigarettes, Date: 1930
RM2M3K9FG–Craven A cigarettes - quality never varies they're always smooth and fresh! Date: 1937
RM2M3JP2N–Craven A cigarettes - 'My throat is safe with Craven A . . . you can trust their smoothness and quality'. 1937
RM2M3KA66–'What's yours'? It's a Will's Gold Flake the men's cigarette that women like. 1939
RM2M3RRH8–Advertisement for Abdulla cigarettes featuring a female aviator, ready for take off, armed with a packet of her favourite brand. Date: 1929
RM2M3PBRX–A female member of the London Ambulance Column offers a cigarette and a light to two wounded soldiers - 'sitting' cases (as opposed to 'cot' cases who arrived on a stretcher) as they are driven to a hospital or convalescent home having arrived in London via a hospital train. During the First World War, ambulance trains arrived daily at the termini of the South Coast railways and the occupants were distributed to the numerous military hospitals around London. As well as meeting trains at Charing Cross, Waterloo, Clapham Junction and elsewhere as required, it undertook removal cases from one h
RM2M3RJ42–A fashionable lady smokes under the starry sky - advertisement for A Batschari Imported Oriental Cigarettes. Date: 1924
RM2M3RK17–Advertisement for Will's Star Cigarettes (in the Cambridge Blue box), with a red-haired woman enjoying a smoke. Date: 1935
RM2M3K9Y5–Miss Pauline Chase smoking, promoting the play The Amazons at the Duke of York's Theatre in which she played Lady Wilhelmina. Date: 1912
RM2M3NPFJ–Advertisement for Wills's Three Castles medium cigarettes featuring a picture of a woman looking relaxed as she enjoys one. Date: 1930
RM2M3PF5K–Woman holding 'Player's Bachelor' cork tipped cigarettes, wearing green silk pyjamas and a long oriental thin dressing gown. Date: 1930
RM2M3NN36–Advertisement for Du Maurier cigarettes, filtered for flavour -- the cigarette with the exclusive filter. Showing an elegant woman in black and white, with an open packet of cigarettes in colour.
RM2M3RWP7–Actress Cicely Courtneidge made up as a typical eton-cropped, cigarette-smoking flapper in 'Cleansing the Stage' sketch in the revue, "By the Way". Date: 1925
RM2M3K907–Advertisement for du Maurier cigarettes, the cigarette with the exclusive filter (whatever that is). Clearly, the elegant woman who is procuring a light from an unseen admirer seems to think they're rather good! Date: 1951
RM2M3NT9G–Advertisement for Du Maurier cigarettes, filtered for flavour -- the cigarette with the exclusive filter. Showing an elegant woman in black and white, with an open packet of cigarettes in colour. Date: 1951
RM2M3RK2F–Advertisement for Kensitas cigarettes advising that the best way to avoid eating between meals, gaining 'unslightly fat' and avoiding the future shadow (that of a portly older woman) is to smoke a Kensitas cigarette. 1929
RM2M3RM1T–Dorothy Grimston (1880 - 1962), actress daughter of Madge Kendall, photographed in 'The Golden Silence' playing at the Garrick Theatre in 1903. She is smoking a cigarette in a fantastically confrontational manner. 1903
RM2M3P8JR–Illustration by E. Lucchesi taken from a De Reske cigarettes advertisement showing a woman multi tasking by playing the piano with one hand and lighting her cigarette from a candle with the other. Date: 1917
RM2M3PCRN–Advertisement illustrated by Annie Fish for Abdulla Cigarettes, one in a series documenting the political career of 'Angela' a pioneering female politician in the post-WW1 era, who likes to share Abdulla cigarettes around, such as here in the House of Commons. Date: 1919
RM2M3NW5P–Front cover of The Bystander magazine featuring an illustration of a young woman in a white hat and dress, languidly smoking using a long, elegant cigarette holder as she perches on a grassy bank. Date: 1927
RM2M3PCGR–Advertisement for De Reske cigarettes featuring the actress Lily Brayton, who was playing the role of Zahrat Al-Kulb in the hugely popular wartime musical play, Chu Chin Chow. Miss Brayton writes, "I find the De Reske cigarettes most delightful. I shall certainly continue to smoke them." 1919
RM2M3P722–Women workers gathering the harvest on the tobacco farm at Methwold, Norfolk in 1915. Picture 1 shows them tying and looping tobacco to be placed on stays, 2 shows them collecting tobacco to be taken to the barn, 3, 'the advantages of untrammelled limbs when mounting a cart', alluding to the breeches worn, 4, bringing the stays to gather the tobacco and 5, Grown and smoked in Methwold, a girl enjoys a cigarette after dinner. Date: 1915
RM2M3KA69–At the restaurant you will observe that Will's Gold Flake is the man's cigarette that women like. 1938
RM2M3NPEJ–An idea of what the girls of the future will look like according to C. B. Cochran's 1930 Revue shown in Manchester and the West End. The long dresses are of orange and medieval blue, they sport bald heads and 'cigarettes will give way to the more masculine pipe'. Date: 1930
RMG3B1HR–ADVERT/PRIMEROSE CIGS
RM2M3NGWE–'I value my throat . . . that's why I smoke Craven A'. Made specially to prevent sore throats. 1931
RMD85J7R–Lighting a Cigarette
RM2M3RP74–Peggy Carlisle (born 1904), actress pictured at the time she was starring in 'Hindle Wakes'. Date: 1927
RM2M3K8EG–This advert is trying to appeal to the female smoker. 1928
RMG3B1HM–Craven A - cork-tipped, cool, unvarying Date: 1929
RM2M3KB3H–Front cover illustration featuring a sophisticated looking woman holding a cigarette in her elegant hands. Date: June 1933
RM2M3KBA9–A contented looking young woman, wearing a lovely pink, silk dress, matching shoes and lace cap, enjoys some me-time as she reads a book lying flat on her stomach and smokes like a chimney. Date: 1920
RMDPAXYJ–LIGHTING A CIGARETTE
RMG3B1HP–Player's Please - I always smoke them Date: 1930
RM2M3JRA0–Will's 'Gold Flake' cigarette advert. "Cool and Fresh" 1930
RMG38D9E–Five Oclock
RMD867XK–The Pioneer by Pjzeska
RM2M3PD9P–A nursemaid, in charge of a toddler in a pram, sits and enjoys a smoke from a cigarette in a holder. Date: 1928
RM2M3NN3H–A charming water colour of an early female smoker, very much a flouter of the conventions of her day. Date: 1850s
RM2M3K9XX–Lady Thomasin, aka Miss Marie Lohr striking a masculine stance as she lights a cigarette. Taken during her stint in The Amazons. Date: 1912
RM2M3RHBR–'For your throat's sake smoke Craven A'. A female tennis player enjoys a smoke in between sets. Date: 1939
RM2M3RDDA–Beautifully composed illustration of a woman wearing a striking blue outfit, including a glengarry style bowler hat with a curling ostrich feather. Date: 1931
RM2M3NWEY–A confident young actress in a sleeveless blouse and shorts smokes a cigarette whie waiting to perform in a rehearsal. Date: 1927
RMMHMN3Y–The War Budget - Smokes for Tommy
RM2M3NWE0–An aloof and fashionable young woman reclines on a chaise longue, with a cigarette holder in her mouth, as a number of opened letters, presumably professing love for her, are littered around a bin on the floor. Date: 1927
RM2M3RDAK–Stunning illustration by Gordon Conway depicting an elegant woman in black wearing a close-fitting cloche hat and some impressive emerald,diamond and pearl jewels, enjoying the pleasures of a solitary cigarette. 1931
RMD867T7–1927 By Lewis Baumer
RMD89PG0–Cartoon, The first cigarette
RM2M97XMJ–Music cover, Imagination Valse by Gene Williams.
RMA31RKE–Advert Gold Flake Cigs
RMA9Y2JC–Advert Gold Flake Cigs
RMA9Y2J7–Advert Gold Flake Cigs
RMA31RKD–Advert Gold Flake Cigs
RMA9Y2J9–Advert Gold Flake Cigs
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