Moving Weight, 1944
Loading hemp from the field. Batschsentiwan, Yugoslavia 1944
Month: November 2017
Licensed Prohibition, 1933
“A huge group lines up outside the Board of Health offices in New York for licenses to sell alcohol shortly after the repeal of Prohibition.” April 14, 1933
Go To Pot, 1972
Marijuana advocacy ad from a weekly newspaper in the United States from 1972
Factory Hemp Spinning, 1890
Men working in a factory spinning hemp onto spools, Victoria, Australia 1890
Marijuana Display, 1951
Narcotic officers Marijuana display. Salt Lake City, Utah January 23, 1951
Marihuana Smokers Arrested, 1913
Marihuana Smokers Arrested Even before cannabis became illegal under a local El Paso city ordinance in 1914, El Paso police found a way to enforce the imaginary… My favorite form of cannabis measurement… The “Bucket” Marihuana Smokers Arrested Charged Read More …
Godfather of the Hashischins, 1853
Godfather of the Hashischins Dr. Jacques-Joseph Moreau arrived back home to Paris in 1840 believing he had found the key to his research. Stashed deep in his baggage he carried this new tool into the madness of the mind: Hashish! Read More …
Mercer Hemp, 1900
“Two men wearing overalls cut and bundle hemp, while a man in a suit looks on” Mercer County, Kentucky 1900-1904
Closest Inspection, 1953
“Nature will bear the closest inspection. She invites us to lay our eye level with her smallest leaf, and take an insect view of its plain.” -Henry David Thoreau Cross section of a hemp leaf showing a small vein and Read More …
Dope Suspect, 1951
“Dope suspect”, Rudy Lara (suspect); officer Steve Broadhurst and officer Rocky Lucarelli find bags of marijuana hidden in car seats. Los Angeles, California August 20, 1951