Showing posts with label tobacco & smoking. Show all posts
Showing posts with label tobacco & smoking. Show all posts
January 30, 2016
January 1, 2016
Vintage Photos of Women Smoking Pipes in the Past
Women with pipes? Why not?
Women pipe smokers are rare today but female smoking was very popular in the 17th and 18th centuries. Respectable women were commonly seen smoking pipes in public. Many famous paintings exist of noble women of the period drinking in the smoke from a clay pipe. The middle classes were eager to enjoy this new pastime as well. In the Elizabethan times clays were quite delicate with graceful thin bowls and long stems. The Dutch redesigned these clays by enlarging the bowl and lengthened the stem.
Dutch, French and English women all enjoyed the "Indian Weed". For centuries the favorite way of enjoying tobacco was to smoke it in clay pipes. As early as about 1575 pipes were being made in England, but by the 17th century Holland had become the dominant center for the manufacture of clay pipes. Clays were made in many other European countries at this time, as well. Such pipes were usually white, with small bowls and long stems. They were extremely fragile and did not last long. However, by the 1850s, when pipe smoking in general became associated with the working class, female smoking began to decline, at least in public. The acceptance of female smokers seemed to vary between regions at this time. It is believed that many women kept their old habits. It is more than likely it was done in secret while they outwardly treated the act as a disgrace.
In rural areas such as the Highlands of Scotland and in Ireland the women smoked without shame. Women in the Hebrides smoked well into the 1930s due to the cultural isolation just as Appalachian women in the US did. It was seen as a very crude and backwards habit by most of polite society but little changes in any society without contact with urban centers. Today a women smoking a pipe draws immediate notice and sometimes ridicule.
Women pipe smokers are rare today but female smoking was very popular in the 17th and 18th centuries. Respectable women were commonly seen smoking pipes in public. Many famous paintings exist of noble women of the period drinking in the smoke from a clay pipe. The middle classes were eager to enjoy this new pastime as well. In the Elizabethan times clays were quite delicate with graceful thin bowls and long stems. The Dutch redesigned these clays by enlarging the bowl and lengthened the stem.
Dutch, French and English women all enjoyed the "Indian Weed". For centuries the favorite way of enjoying tobacco was to smoke it in clay pipes. As early as about 1575 pipes were being made in England, but by the 17th century Holland had become the dominant center for the manufacture of clay pipes. Clays were made in many other European countries at this time, as well. Such pipes were usually white, with small bowls and long stems. They were extremely fragile and did not last long. However, by the 1850s, when pipe smoking in general became associated with the working class, female smoking began to decline, at least in public. The acceptance of female smokers seemed to vary between regions at this time. It is believed that many women kept their old habits. It is more than likely it was done in secret while they outwardly treated the act as a disgrace.
In rural areas such as the Highlands of Scotland and in Ireland the women smoked without shame. Women in the Hebrides smoked well into the 1930s due to the cultural isolation just as Appalachian women in the US did. It was seen as a very crude and backwards habit by most of polite society but little changes in any society without contact with urban centers. Today a women smoking a pipe draws immediate notice and sometimes ridicule.
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| Two women with pipes, 1922 |
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| Five women smoking pipes and playing cards at table |
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| Founders of a 'Women's Pipe Smokers Club', 15 April 1926 |
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| Girl enjoys smoking a pipe |
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| Lady smoking a pipe when playing card |
November 23, 2015
Funny Vintage Portrait Photos of 19th Century Women While Smoking
Here's a collection of some of awesome photos capture beautiful ladies while smoking from the Victorian and Edwardian eras.
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| Actress Lola Crabtree smoking, 1868 |
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| An Victorian female smoker in a corset, London |
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| Beautiful lady posing with cigarette and hat, 1906 |
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| Beautiful lady with cigarette, 1902 |
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| British stage actress Gladys Cooper posing with a burning cigarette, ca. 1900 |
June 23, 2015
"Springtime" – 15 Greenery Tobacco Advertisements of Salem in the 1960s and '70s
In the 1960s and '70s, Salem advertised its cigarettes as "Springtime Fresh." Not only did this comparison to springtime provide Salem with the perfect excuse to apply green landscapes to its advertisements (reflecting minty green menthol flavor), but, more importantly, it also served as a means of subliminally aligning Salem cigarettes with vitality.
Many of the ads pair blooming flowers and lush fields with smiling women or fun-loving couples. Both the bursting greenery and the vivacious models are tied to Salem cigarettes in the ads, instilling the brand with an apparently healthful aura by association.
Across the board, freshness was used in tobacco advertisements as a code-word for healthfulness. Kool harnessed an entirely different season in its "Snow Fresh" ads of 1958 and 1959 for a surprisingly similar effect as Salem's "Springtime Fresh" ads of later years. But even these snowy ads capitalized on the vitality intoned by greenery, including imagery of new saplings emerging from the snow or golden autumn leaves whispering behind a young couple in love.
Menthol brands grew in popularity after the postwar "health scare," and many other forms of "health reassurance" were offered (space-age filters of myriad sorts, promises of low-tar and/or nicotine deliveries, eventually "lights," etc.).
Many of the ads pair blooming flowers and lush fields with smiling women or fun-loving couples. Both the bursting greenery and the vivacious models are tied to Salem cigarettes in the ads, instilling the brand with an apparently healthful aura by association.
Across the board, freshness was used in tobacco advertisements as a code-word for healthfulness. Kool harnessed an entirely different season in its "Snow Fresh" ads of 1958 and 1959 for a surprisingly similar effect as Salem's "Springtime Fresh" ads of later years. But even these snowy ads capitalized on the vitality intoned by greenery, including imagery of new saplings emerging from the snow or golden autumn leaves whispering behind a young couple in love.
Menthol brands grew in popularity after the postwar "health scare," and many other forms of "health reassurance" were offered (space-age filters of myriad sorts, promises of low-tar and/or nicotine deliveries, eventually "lights," etc.).
May 12, 2015
Pit-Women Relaxing After Lunch, New Hampshire, 1943
June 1943. Turkey Pond, near Concord, New Hampshire. Women workers employed by U.S. Department of Agriculture timber salvage sawmill. Ruth DeRoche and Norma Webber, 18-year-old ‘pit-women,’ relaxing after lunch. Photo by John Collier for the Office of War Information.
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| (via Shorpy) |
January 10, 2015
22 Vintage Photographs That Capture Women Smoking Cigarettes in the 1950s
In 1950s America cigarette smoking was the epitome of cool and glamour. Hollywood icons such as James Dean and Humphrey Bogart were never without one. Screen beauties such as Audrey Hepburn and Marlene Dietrich made smoking look sensual and sophisticated.
By the late 1950s around half of the population of industrialized nations smoked - in the UK up to 80% of adults were hooked. The product was cheap, legal and socially acceptable.
Cigarettes were originally sold as expensive handmade luxury goods for the urban elite. It was not until mass-production methods coupled with aggressive marketing that the industry began to see off traditional pipe-smoking and tobacco-chewing habits, particularly in the United States.
Below is a collection of 22 vintage photographs captured women smoking cigarettes in the 1950s.
By the late 1950s around half of the population of industrialized nations smoked - in the UK up to 80% of adults were hooked. The product was cheap, legal and socially acceptable.
Cigarettes were originally sold as expensive handmade luxury goods for the urban elite. It was not until mass-production methods coupled with aggressive marketing that the industry began to see off traditional pipe-smoking and tobacco-chewing habits, particularly in the United States.
Below is a collection of 22 vintage photographs captured women smoking cigarettes in the 1950s.
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| German actress Hildegard Knef in Munich, 1951. (Photo by Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) |
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| Hildegard Knef at her London hotel. 18th November 1952. She is modeling the outfit she plans to wear to the premiere of her latest film, The Snows of Kilimanjaro. (Photo by Ron Case/Keystone/Getty Images) |
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| A woman modeling a dress and smoking a cigarette. 23rd February 1953. (Photo by Chaloner Woods/Getty Images) |
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| A woman smoking a long cigarette which she has constructed using a rolling machine. April 1953. (Photo by BIPS/Getty Images) |
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| A teenage girl smoking a marijuana “reefer” in New York. June 1953. (Photo by Keystone Features/Getty Images) |
November 28, 2014
Pictures of Women Smoking Cigarettes From the 1930s
The cigarette industry began a strong marketing campaign geared toward women beginning in the 1920s in the United States. These campaigns became more aggressive as time has progressed and marketing in general became more prominent. The practice of marketing aimed exclusively at women has continued into the present day and has now expanded globally.
In the early part of the 20th century, the anti-tobacco movement was aimed primarily at women and children. Smoking was considered a dirty habit and smoking by women was seriously frowned upon by society. As the century progressed so did women’s desire for equality. The suffrage movement gave many women a sense of entitlement and freedom and the tobacco industry took advantage of the marketing opportunity. Tobacco companies began marketing cigarettes to appeal to women during the burgeoning women’s movement of the 1920s.
In a content analysis of North American and British editions of Vogue, Cheryl Krasnick Warsh and Penny Tinkler trace representations of women smokers from the 1920s through the 1960s, concluding that the magazine “located the cigarette within the culture of the feminine elite,” associating it with “the constellation of behaviors and appearances presented as desirable characteristics of elitism, through the themes of lifestyle, ‘the look,’ and feminine confidence.”
Here’ a collection of 15 black and white photos that show women smoking cigarettes in the 1930s.
In the early part of the 20th century, the anti-tobacco movement was aimed primarily at women and children. Smoking was considered a dirty habit and smoking by women was seriously frowned upon by society. As the century progressed so did women’s desire for equality. The suffrage movement gave many women a sense of entitlement and freedom and the tobacco industry took advantage of the marketing opportunity. Tobacco companies began marketing cigarettes to appeal to women during the burgeoning women’s movement of the 1920s.
In a content analysis of North American and British editions of Vogue, Cheryl Krasnick Warsh and Penny Tinkler trace representations of women smokers from the 1920s through the 1960s, concluding that the magazine “located the cigarette within the culture of the feminine elite,” associating it with “the constellation of behaviors and appearances presented as desirable characteristics of elitism, through the themes of lifestyle, ‘the look,’ and feminine confidence.”
Here’ a collection of 15 black and white photos that show women smoking cigarettes in the 1930s.
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| Actress, drug addict and [It Girl] Brenda Dean Paul (1907–1959, centre) leaves court after facing drugs charges, July 1933. She is holding a tin of large Sub Rosa cigarettes. (Photo by Central Press/Hulton Archive/Getty Images) |
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| Janet Allen, a professional dancing partner at Streatham Dance Hall, enjoying breakfast in bed. (Photo by Picture Post/Getty Images). 1939 |
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| Two Nurses demonstrate their objection to a smoking ban. (Photo by London Express/Getty Images). 1938 |
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| Nurses at the Salford Royal Hospital take advantage of the newly-opened smoking facilities, providing a smoke room for off duty staff. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images). 1938 |
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| Two women in yachting caps. One is lighting her cigarette from the others. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images). 9th May 1936 |
November 25, 2014
“Alive With Pleasure!” – Newport Adverts on Magazines From the 1970s and 1980s
Sexual innuendo in advertising doesn’t get any more textbook perfect than the "Alive with pleasure!" adverts that were in magazines everywhere in the 1970s and 80s. Sure, they were awful to look at: a gaudy green with a seemingly amateurish photograph; however, subconscious sexualized imagery is taken to new heights in these Newport advertisements.
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March 23, 2014
25 Vintage Pictures of Smoking Camel Signs in Times Square From Between the 1940s and 1960s
Before Times Square was all flat LCD panels its signs were far more textural. Bent tin, neon, flashing light bulbs, and all manner of mechanical contraptions animated the signs that covered the walls of the great canyon of advertising. One of the most famous signs from the 1930s through the ’60s was the Camel Cigarette sign.
The makers tapped into the boiler system in the Con Ed Building, routing plumbing up to a hole in the sign, which every 4 seconds would release a “smoke” ring of steam through a ring shaped diaphragm and out of the hole. A rotating cast of faces were painted around the hole throughout the years to represent an assortment of Camel smokers, from WWII fighter pilots, to movie stars, to plain old businessmen.
Another point of interest is what lay behind the sign. Ames Billiard Academy, the once-great billiards room, was located behind the sign. Ames is perhaps most well known as being the location where much of The Hustler was filmed, starring Jackie Gleason and Paul Newman. 1966 was the last year for both the sign and the pool hall. Billiards and big mechanical signs were decidedly no longer en vogue by the mid 1960s.
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The makers tapped into the boiler system in the Con Ed Building, routing plumbing up to a hole in the sign, which every 4 seconds would release a “smoke” ring of steam through a ring shaped diaphragm and out of the hole. A rotating cast of faces were painted around the hole throughout the years to represent an assortment of Camel smokers, from WWII fighter pilots, to movie stars, to plain old businessmen.
Another point of interest is what lay behind the sign. Ames Billiard Academy, the once-great billiards room, was located behind the sign. Ames is perhaps most well known as being the location where much of The Hustler was filmed, starring Jackie Gleason and Paul Newman. 1966 was the last year for both the sign and the pool hall. Billiards and big mechanical signs were decidedly no longer en vogue by the mid 1960s.
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November 11, 2013
Interesting Portraits of Rock 'n' Roll Musicians Smoking
Jim Marshall (1936 – 2010) was a photographer known for his iconic images of rock 'n' roll musicians beginning in the early 1960s. He had extended access to numerous musicians through the 1960s and 1970s, including being the only photographer allowed backstage at The Beatles last concert, and chief photographer at Woodstock. Here's a collection of interesting portraits of Rock 'n' Roll musicians smoking cigarettes taken by Jim Marshall.
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| Jimi Hendrix |
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| Jim Morrison |
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| Jimi Hendrix and Buddy Miles |
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| Keith Richards |
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| Charlie Watts |
August 18, 2013
Cigarettes Sent to France, 1915
Mrs. George Washington-Lopp (Clara Dolores Machain) sitting in front of a shipment of cigarettes and cigars she arranged to have shipped to soldiers fighting in World War I.
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| (via Library of Congress) |
April 26, 2013
Bizarre Tobacco Advertising From the 1920s and 1930s
In the 20th century smoking became fashionable and prestigious, it was promoted by advertising and the first movies.
In the late 19th - early 20th century due to the emancipation of women smoked masse. Fashionable image free glamorous beauty in a short dress without a corset, leading a bohemian lifestyle, very well with the cigarette.
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In the late 19th - early 20th century due to the emancipation of women smoked masse. Fashionable image free glamorous beauty in a short dress without a corset, leading a bohemian lifestyle, very well with the cigarette.
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