Historical Pipe Smokers Photos and Videos

[KevinK]

I searched and couldn’t find a thread like this (except for one devoted to specific blends of famed pipe smokers) so I apologize if there is one already.

I am a sucker and huge fan of historical (recent or otherwise) photos and videos of pipe smokers. The smoker doesn’t have to be famous (though sometimes that’s more interesting). As a relatively younger guy, I love thinking about a time when it was far more common for men and women to smoke a pipe, in private and public and to display it proudly for a camera.

Please post your favorite historical photos and videos of pipe smokers!

I’ll start...

Here we have the late Justice Antonin Scalia being questioned at his confirmation hearing.



Forward to about 3:20 for the Justice enjoying his pipe.

August 1986 Justice Scalia

 

[Zembla]

Great idea for a thread!

 

[Coda]

 

[KevinK]

I've had a great love for jazz fusion drummer, Billy Cobham, for many years. And then, just recently, I found out that he was likely a pipe smoker based on this photo. Now, he's even cooler in my book. Can anyone identify the pipe and/or tobacco pouch in his pocket?

And man, can he wail on the drums.

 

[Shasta]

The master himself.

 

[dwaugh]

I can't find it now, but there is a picture of Donald Rumsfeld smoking a pipe, it's sort of a candid and he's being sort of silly and making a face. I tried google image search and could not find it...

 

[KevinK]

Well, I found this video... and this clip made me crack up for some reason, I don't know why.

And this great photo from 1980...

 

[Coda]

I've had a great love for jazz fusion drummer, Billy Cobham, for many years. And then, just recently, I found out that he was likely a pipe smoker based on this photo. Now, he's even cooler in my book. Can anyone identify the pipe and/or tobacco pouch in his pocket?

And man, can he wail on the drums.

My first thought is SWR...

 

[vjg1954]

Remember when the most trusted man in America was Walter Cronkite.

 

[CustomBill]

This is a fun site to dig around in. http://josephcrusejohnson.blogspot.com/

 

[Baccy Bert]

Two of the most excellent bluesmen and pipemen to boot

 

[CustomBill]

Two of the most excellent bluesmen and pipemen to boot

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Yes, but don't forget ...

 

[JRobert]

Buzz Aldrin

A bunch more here: http://www.angelfire.com/music5/mahlerfan/famous.html

 

[SpiritOf76]

Yes, but don't forget ...

I give up.. who is it?

 

[Bohique Sik’ar]

Buzz Aldrin

A bunch more here: http://www.angelfire.com/music5/mahlerfan/famous.html

Thanks for sharing this link!!

 

[Deadfrog]

Some are repeats, but I liked the pics.

A hero of mine for many reasons, John Ronald Reuel Tolkien:



An outstanding actor and the greatest Moff the Empire ever saw, Peter Cushing aka Grand Moff Tarkin:



Always loved this shot of Einstein:



And one cool cat, Leonard Nimoy:

 

[Deadfrog]

Honourable mention goes to Andie MacDowell, who appears to be genuinely smoking her pipe in this photo. It was rumoured that she was a closet cigarette smoker, and who knows if she enjoyed a pipe personally, but I'm including her because this is one of my favourite shots of a lady smoking a pipe.

 

[Danny]

Jack Hargreaves.

 

[CustomBill]

I give up.. who is it?

Howling Wolf.

 

[Deadfrog]

Gotta add one Canadian to the mix, writer Farley Mowat. Probably best know for his novel "Never Cry Wolf". He was a WWII vet as well, who fought in Sicily and was promoted to an intelligence officer with the Canadian Army.