This picture was in the local paper from my hometown of Burlington, Colorado. It shows a Volga German (Russian German) immigrant by the name of Christian Adolf as he shelled his corn. It looks like he just took a corn cob from the stack behind him and made his own cob pipe. The picture was taken in 1918. My guess is he was smoking Prince Albert or whatever they had at the General Store at the time, as the High Plains of Eastern Colorado is not tobacco growing country. The paper ran the photo as part of an announcement of a family reunion to be held in town this summer.
On a side note, my grandfather, who was about 10 years old when this photo was taken and lived on a farm nearby, taught me how to make cob pipes exactly like this one. It was my first pipe, and I still have it!
On a side note, my grandfather, who was about 10 years old when this photo was taken and lived on a farm nearby, taught me how to make cob pipes exactly like this one. It was my first pipe, and I still have it!