Le Smoking

A DigitalNZ Story by Amy Watling

Glamour. Louche sophistication. "Going out for some Fresh Air".

Image: Brian Edwards

Brian Edwards

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Portrait of Ngaio Marsh

Portrait of Ngaio Marsh

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: La Cigarette

La Cigarette

Auckland Libraries

Image: Unusually long cigarette

Unusually long cigarette

Alexander Turnbull Library

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Head and shoulders portrait of Maureen Long, smoking a cigarette

Auckland Libraries

Image: Australian actor Chips Rafferty with a cigarette in his hand, Wellington, New Zealand

Australian actor Chips Rafferty with a cigarette in his hand, Wellington, New Zealand

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Godfrey Phillips (N.Z.) Ltd :Greys is great. Only a perfect tobacco can give you a perfect smoke. Fine cut or coarse cut. In 1/2lb glass jars, 2 oz tins, 1 oz packets. [1950s?]

Godfrey Phillips (N.Z.) Ltd :Greys is great. Only a perfect tobacco can give you a perfect smoke. Fine cut or coarse cut. In 1/2lb glass jars, 2 oz...

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Wahine smoking a cigar, location unidentified

Wahine smoking a cigar, location unidentified

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Unidentified Maori woman holding tobacco leaves, Rotorua area, Bay of Plenty Region

Unidentified Maori woman holding tobacco leaves, Rotorua area, Bay of Plenty Region

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Meerschaum pipe and leather case

Meerschaum pipe and leather case

Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage

Image: Unidentified Maori man with a pipe, tankard and bottle of beer

Unidentified Maori man with a pipe, tankard and bottle of beer

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Unidentified woman smoking a cigarette at the Trentham races, Upper Hutt

Unidentified woman smoking a cigarette at the Trentham races, Upper Hutt

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Two boys smoking cigarettes

Two boys smoking cigarettes

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Cigarette lighter

Cigarette lighter

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: K.B.R. Cigarettes.

K.B.R. Cigarettes.

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Crombie Murdoch, 1952

Crombie Murdoch, 1952

Auckland Libraries

Image: Unusual articles for Christmas shoppers, Moulin Rouge cigarette dispenser

Unusual articles for Christmas shoppers, Moulin Rouge cigarette dispenser

Alexander Turnbull Library

Image: Land girl, Carol Sladden, having a cigarette, Mangaorapa, Hawke's Bay

Land girl, Carol Sladden, having a cigarette, Mangaorapa, Hawke's Bay

Alexander Turnbull Library

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View of a mannequin on a stand in a shirt and tie smoking a cigarette

Auckland Libraries

Image: Portrait of Louise Henderson in front of the New Zealand Room tapestry, Wellington

Portrait of Louise Henderson in front of the New Zealand Room tapestry, Wellington

Alexander Turnbull Library