Hemp in Limbo
Youth of the Peace Corps Trainees Holding a Limbo Contest, August 29, 1966 Hemp in Limbo I thought with harvest season approaching and the Dep crews already started, some good old hemp games are needed for the first Read More …
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Surrender Dorothy, 1974
A 1986 photo shows the Beltway overpass, Mormon Temple in Kensington in the background Surrender Dorothy Since its dedication in 1974, silhouetting the D.C. Landscape with a emerald city esq vision, the Mormon Temple in Kensington has Read More …
The Witch’s Broom, 160AD
“At these magical assemblies, the witches never failed to dance; and in their dance they sing these words, ‘Har, har, divell divell, dance here dance here, plaie here plaie here, Sabbath, Sabbath.’ And whiles they sing and dance, ever one Read More …
Hemp for the Navy, 1927
Charlestown Navy Yard/rope making. Center section of the breaker machine showing comb-like teeth that separate the hemp. 1917-1934 Hemp for the Navy “Stands of hemp such as this one which was grown in Henry County last year, and is Read More …
Predecessor to the Narcotics Squad’s and DEA, 1877
Chinatown Squad of the San Francisco Police Department posing with sledge hammers and axes in front of August Pistolesi’s grocery store at 752 Washington Street – 1895 Predecessor to the Narcotics Squad’s and DEA In this 100+ year Drug Read More …
The Old Hemp Stud, 1893
“Of the first 29 winners of the International Championships after 1906, all, with only one or two exceptions, carried the blood of Hemp on one or both sides of breeding.” -Sheila Grew, in her book Key Dogs From the Border Read More …
A grateful world to the dealer in happiness, 1844
“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 …
United States Recommends Hemp, 1796
“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 …
Skip to the Hemp My Darling
“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 …
The Great Panty Caper, 1949
“we’d prefer to look on the panty raid as a rather harmless bit of frivolity that college kids should engage in once in a while. It’s a better escape from this meaningless world than marijuana and LSD. And we’d prefer Read More …