Days Gone By

Mar 14 2012
1:40 pm

Antoin Sevruguin, Two Ladies and a Child Reposing in the Harem, Iran, 19th century.

Source: Brooklyn Museum

Posted 2 months ago
#19th century #victorian #victorians #harem #hookah #smoking #shisha #middle east #iran #persia #antoin sevruguin #children #odalisque #vintage

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Feb 11 2012
3:14 pm

Photograph by Carl Mydans. Fanara, Egypt, September 1953.

Posted 3 months ago
#1950s #suez #egypt #north africa #africa #carl mydans #hookah #shisha #vintage #portrait

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Jan 21 2012
9:06 pm

Palestinian men smoking hookah. Photograph by Frank Scherschel. Israel, May 1948.

Posted 4 months ago
#1940s #israel #palestine #middle east #arab #frank scherschel #hookah #shisha

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Dec 24 2011
4:00 am

Israeli women smoking hookah. Photograph by Paul Schutzer. Israel, May 1960.

Posted 5 months ago
#1960s #israel #middle east #jewish #paul schutzer #hookah #smoking

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Dec 19 2011
6:00 am

John Phillips, Men smoking hookah at Manshieb Cafe, Amman, Jordan, May 1949.

Posted 5 months ago
#1940s #amman #cafe #hookah #hookah bar #hookah cafe #john phillips #jordan #middle east #middle east #shisha #smoking #vintage

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Dec 6 2011
10:30 am

A Muslim man carrying his hookah in one hand while balancing a pole holding his 5 year old old son in a convoy to West Punjab after the division of India. Photograph by Margaret Bourke-White. India, 1947.

Posted 5 months ago
#1940s #india #south asia #margaret bourke-white #punjab #division of india #hookah #child #migration #muslim

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Oct 20 2011
2:18 pm

Photograph by Bob Landry. Cairo, Egypt, September 1942.

Posted 7 months ago
#1940s #cairo #egypt #north africa #bob landry #street #marketplace #hookah

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Feb 3 2011
8:21 pm

Posted 1 year ago
#north africa #africa #veil #portrait #hookah #vintage

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