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“This photograph by Cor Jaring is from 1971 and shows the boat ‘De Witte Raaf’ (the White Raven) moored straight opposite the local Amsterdam police station of Kattenburg, selling marihuana plants, for one guilder each. We see Kees Hoekert at Read More …
“All the world’s a stage.” ― William Shakespeare A full house, seen from the rear of the stage, at the Metropolitan Opera House, November 28, 1937 Hemp House: The Show Must Go On If you have high dreams on the Read More …
Photograph from Jerry Rubin’s Cook County Prison Journal ‘We Are Everywhere’ – 1971
The Illustrated Police News. Volume 21, Issue 541 – 3/10/1877 Authorities get a Handle on Hemp This little story from the 1877 Illustrated Police Newspaper is an example of the power of Hemp in the wrong hands… Hanging, beating, Read More …
Doughboys (American Expeditionary Forces in World War I) taking a break for a smoke at Cochem, Germany – 1915
Framed archival print of a vintage pressed botanical / herbarium specimen (dried ‘cannabis sativa’ plants) collected in Sweden in 1956. The specimens were mounted in the traditional manner using paper strips. A hand written card with the plant description, where Read More …
A botany lesson in Chatham, England 1905 Martha knew right from seedling, she had that fire right here…
‘A man seated at a table smoking a pipe and drinking from a stein’ by Hendrick Martensz Sorgh, 1610 – 1670
“Lay low, boys, Its a hot summer!”, ‘Heat Wave In St. Louis County’s Rat Alley’ from The St. Louis Post, 7-21-1953. (Included in the businesses ‘Marijuana Shoppe’)
“Hemp market with bundles of hemp fiber”, Kwangtung [Canton province], China, hemp market southwest of Muiluk (Wuchuan) – 1932 Original steroview