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The Smoking Club

December 6th, 2008 · 3 Comments

I found this amusing graffiti in a vintage textbook from the late 1800s. I think that they reveal more creativity and humor than just drawing on a mustache and beard. I suppose that would have been redundant with the abundance of facial hair during this time period. I like the silly little hats.

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  • 1 Gentress MyrrhNo Gravatar // Dec 7, 2008 at 11:46 pm

    !! I just peeked at livejournal for the first time in ages, saw your post, and followed the link to this amazingly hilarious and wonderful entry! I am utterly thrilled to see this kind of “graffiti” in the old books I collect too. I have to say this tops all of the examples I’ve ever found! I love Sir Walter Scott’s deluxe pipe…haha.

  • 2 HalimaNo Gravatar // Dec 10, 2008 at 1:38 am

    These are wonderful. You find such treasures.

  • 3 Aria NadiiNo Gravatar // Dec 16, 2008 at 11:19 pm

    That deluxe pipe is hilarious. The women had teeny tiny pipes. These are the most amusing book pages I’ve found so far except for a quite politically incorrect, completely absurd, and possibly offensive collage in a Victorian scrapbook.

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