(left to right): Norman Levi Bowen (1887-1956) and Orville Frank Tuttle (1916-1983)

(left to right): Norman Levi Bowen (1887-1956) and Orville Frank Tuttle (1916-1983), a photo by Smithsonian Institution on Flickr.

Isn't it fascinating that the first impression one gets from viewing this image is that pipe smoking must surely be a joy. It is truly a shame that society has become so generically uniform that a photo like this would be perceived as shameful.

By the way, does anyone recall that Walter Cronkite once smoked his pipe on his evening broadcasts
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left to right): Norman Levi... by Smithsonian Institution