Smoking Collection (#5)

Barges carrying barrels of stout in Dublin
February 1911: Steam-powered barges carrying barrels of stout in Dublin. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

L Atlantique
4th January 1933: The French liner L Atlantique is gutted by an accidental fire in the English Channel. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

San Antonio Street
15th February 1913: Trams travelling down San Antonio Street, El Paso, Texas. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

SS United States
1952: Cheering crowds lining the quayside as the record breaking liner, SS United States arrives in Southampton. She crossed the Atlantic in record time on her maiden voyage. (Photo by M)

Woomph
1914: Blowing up a bridge over the River Aisne in France during WW I. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Start The Race
12th October 1929: The start of the British Racing Drivers Club 500 Mile Race at Brooklands in Weybridge, Surrey. (Photo by S. R. Gaiger/Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Sunset over water at Isimangaliso, Kwazulu-Natal, South Africa

Heath Fire
June 1929: A heath fire interrupts the days racing schedule at Ascot. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Falling Chimney
8th April 1974: The demolition of a chimney in Bromley-le-Bow on the site of an old chemical factory. (Photo by Graham Wood/Evening Standard/Getty Images)

Chimney Stacks
8th April 1974: The demolition of two chimney stacks in Bromley-le-Bow on the site of an old chemical factory. (Photo by Graham Wood/Evening Standard/Getty Images)

Somerset Maugham
British novelist and playwright W Somerset Maugham (1874 - 1965) relaxes on a sofa. Original Publication: People Disc - HH0153 (Photo by Evening Standard/Getty Images)

Chimney Falling
1st April 1974: The demolition of a chimney in the site of an old chemical factory in Bromley-le-Bow, London. (Photo by Graham Wood/Evening Standard/Getty Images)

Street Fashion
June 1973: A couple in the street, he is wearing thick soled shoes, dungarees and t-shirt. She wears high heeled platform shoes, trousers with turn-ups

Steel Works
29th April 1939: Railtracks which bring locomotives to and from the Guest Keen Baldwins steel works in Cardiff, Wales. Original Publication: Picture Post - 116 - Steel - pub

Smoky Bristol
29th May 1954: Bristol rooftops seen through the smog haze. Original Publication: Picture Post - 7170 - The Best and Worst of British Cities 5: Bristol, Straight Faced City - pub

Tank Lighters
circa 1944: American tank lighters, which carry oil and gasoline, close to the shore at Charan Kanoa, on the west coast of Saipan Island

Factories On Canal
February 1955: Industrial plants on the banks of Manchesters Ship Canal. Original Publication: Picture Post - 7538 - Manchesters Lifeline - pub. 1955 (Photo by Frank Horvat/Picture Post/Getty Images)

The Work Horse
3rd April 1954: A horse walking past two works chimneys in the streets of Liverpool. Original Publication: Picture Post - 7105 - The Best and Worst of British Cities: Liverpool - pub

Bradford
A marked contrast between Bradfords industrial centre and the beauty of the surrounding countryside, 1880. Original Publication : Picture Post - 5228 - Why Your Clothes Will Cost You More - pub

Loom Worker
A man smoking a pipe while at work on a large loom during the eighteenth century. He is holding the shuttle in his hand and operating the machine with foot pedals

Gold Rush Prospectors
A group of prospectors poses with their equipment and a heavily laden horse as they prepare to go somewhere, Northwestern United States, 1867. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Upbeat Refugee Shelter, 1906
Half of a stereoscopic image of a group of female and male refugees from the 1906 San Francisco earthquake and citywide fires who sit in front of their tent in a refugee camp, San Francisco

Cottage
1815: A view of a cottage on the Isle of Anglesey, near the Paris Mine, engraved by F Stevens and published in 1815. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Anti-Corn Law
A cartoon showing the floor of Covent garden being scrubbed clean of the words Anti-Corn Law whilst a top-hatted man and his assistants purify the air

Textile Works
Sir Titus Salts textile works at Saltaire, Yorkshire from the north side. Around the factory was built the model village of Saltaire

Junks At War
The Honourable East India Cos steamer Nemesis and the boats of the Sulphur, Calliope, Larne and Starling destroying Chinese war junks at Ansons Bay during the First Opium War

LMS Railway
Entrance of the Liverpool and Manchester Railway line at Edge Hill in Liverpool. Original Artwork: Drawing by TT Bury, engraved by H Pyall and published by Ackerman

American Settlers Camp
Illustration of American settlers cooking at camp site. (Photo by Kean Collection/Getty Images)

Manchester City
circa 1840: The smoking chimneys of Manchester as seen from Kensal Moore. Original Artwork: Engraved by Goodall after Wyld. (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Navarino
20th October 1827: The Battle of Navarino during the Greek War of Independence, where the Turkish and Egyptian forces were defeated by the combined fleets of Great Britain, France and Russia

Modern Greeks
circa 1800: Two Greek men and a woman, with the caption To ancient Greece, the whole of Europe is indebted for all their knowledge of poetry, sculpture, architecture

circa 1902: Crowds of people move through Herald Square on foot, in horse drawn carriages and in trolleys, New York City, New York. (Photo by Edwin Levick/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Smoking On The Job
A man smokes a pipe atop a building under construction on Broadway facing south toward Bowling Green, New York City, New York, early 1910s

circa 1910: St. Thomas Church at 5th Avenue and 56th Street after a fire, New York City, New York. It was later redesigned and rebuilt. (Photo by Edwin Levick/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

View of a Standard Oil Plant Located on a Wharf
circa 1915: View of a Standard Oil plant, which is located on a wharf. (Photo by Edwin Levick/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Chimney Smoke
26th February 1951: A row of rooftops above a street of terraced houses in London. (Photo by Fred Morley/Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Tugboat At Work; hauling a liner into one of the dockyards on Clydeside
17th July 1954: A tugboat hauls a liner into one of the dockyards on Clydeside. The shipyards are the major employers in the area and, while the demand is high

Famous Steam Engine The Flying Scotsman
The famous steam engine the Flying Scotsman. (Photo by Evening Standard/Getty Images). The 21.34m-long, 100-tonne machine was designed by Sir Nigel Gresley

The Flying Scotsman at Kings Cross, London. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images). The 21.34m-long, 100-tonne machine was designed by Sir Nigel Gresley

Wish For Peace
circa 1862: Two soldiers break a wishbone after a Thanksgiving dinner during the Civil War, both of them hoping for peace. (Photo by Three Lions/Getty Images)

Railway Houses
1956: A steam train passing houses which back onto the line, in Yorkshire. Original Publication: Picture Post - 8067 - The Importance of Being Yorkshire - unpub

Royal Scot
20th February 1933: The Royal Scot steam train in action. It is to be exhibited at the World Fair in Chicago. (Photo by Harry Todd/Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Steam Locomotive
circa 1950: A steam locomotive. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Railway Bridge
circa 1950: The cross-over railway bridge at Newcastle on Tyne. (Photo by Topical Press Agency/Getty Images)

Stephensons Rocket
circa 1829: The steam engine designed and built by George Stephenson (1781 - 1848) (Photo by Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

LNER Train
October 1929: An LNER locomotive at full steam ahead. (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Sunlit Station
March 1945: A group of soldiers bathed in a shaft of light at a London railway station (Photo by Fox Photos/Getty Images)

Bon Voyage
American passengers in a tender take a last look at the Cunard liner Mauretania after she drops them in Plymouth and sails on to Cherbourg and Southampton. (Photo by Gill/Getty Images)

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