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“Pendleton party examines cannabis with police escort in Manchuria” by Robert Larimore Pendleton – Manchuria, China Between 1931 and 1932 Original stereoview- Pendleton party examines cannabis with police escort in Manchuria- by Robert Larimore Pendleton – China Between Read More …
“I shoot an arrow into the air, where it lands I do not care: I get my arrows wholesale!” -Curly Howard “Children with bows fire arrows made out of cannabis stalk, the scraps of their parents’ work.” – India’s Himalayas
“What signal?” The captain pointed towards the island, up the side of which ascended a volume of smoke, increasing as it rose. “Ah, yes,” he said, as if awaking from a dream. “Give it to me.” -Alexandre Dumas, the Count Read More …
Example of a Cannabis leaf shown with Cannabis Plants growing in the background, Salt Lake City, Utah August 1938
“Weed Burning” c.1834-1836
“On this tract is a large quantity of rich bottom, fit for meadow or the culture of hemp” – Gazette of the United States, & Philadelphia daily advertiser, November 07, 1796 In 1796, the new American Government decides to auction Read More …
“Fumeur de chanvre” (“Cannabis smoker”) – Pretoria, South Africa c.1896 African man smoking cannabis, Pretoria, South Africa, 1896
“If you pass along one of these avenues, in the cool hours of the afternoon, you may see troops and troops of children, jumping rope, and chasing hoop round the fountain of Union Park; and if the sun is setting Read More …
A girl smokes a hookah -unknown, India – dated “last quarter of 18th century”
“Lucy, the girl in the door way is making thread out of hemp. Clara and Anna are making it into fish nets. The three girls are blind.” Yeung Kong, China, 1930 Blind girls with fish nets, Yeung Kong, China, ca. 1930