Early bubble painting by Jean Simeon Chardin 1733-35
First use of bubbles in advertising for Pears Soap - painting by John Millais, 1880s
1950s postcard
Victorian girl playing with bubble pipe
Geisha bubbling - postcard from 1880s
This might need some explanation: It is a copy of a patent for an ""Improved device for blowing bubbles"" and is located at the personal collection of Bubble Inc.