Two women lighting each others’ cigarettes, Westeinde, The Netherlands, 1932.
Source: Nationaal Archief

Two women lighting each others’ cigarettes, Westeinde, The Netherlands, 1932.

Source: Nationaal Archief

James Dean, February 1956.

James Dean, February 1956.

Jack Birns, Shanghai, China, 1949.

Jack Birns, Shanghai, China, 1949.

Peter Stackpole, TV model practicing smoking technique for commercial, USA, March 1953.

Peter Stackpole, TV model practicing smoking technique for commercial, USA, March 1953.

Don Donaghy, undated.

Don Donaghy, undated.

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Photograph by Gordon Parks, March 1952.

Photograph by Gordon Parks, March 1952.

Photograph by Hart Preston. Uruguay, 1941.

Photograph by Hart Preston. Uruguay, 1941.


Peter Stackpole, May 1951.

Peter Stackpole, May 1951.

A girl in medieval costume using one cigarette to light another at Sweet Briar College. Photograph by Alfred Eisenstaedt. Sweet Briar, Virginia, USA, 1930s.

A girl in medieval costume using one cigarette to light another at Sweet Briar College. Photograph by Alfred Eisenstaedt. Sweet Briar, Virginia, USA, 1930s.

Mark Kauffman, An American soldier lighting a cigarette for his English girlfriend, England, September 1948.

Mark Kauffman, An American soldier lighting a cigarette for his English girlfriend, England, September 1948.