Fourth of July Peace Pipe, 1911
The 4th of July Parade in New York, 1911
Category: Photographs
Our Flag was Still There, 1873
The United States’ independence “ought to be solemnized with pomp and parade, with shews, games, sports, guns, bells, bonfires, and illuminations from one end of the continent to the other.” –John Adams, in a letter to his wife Abigail, 1776 Read More …
Marijuana is Wholesome, 1960’s
“Marijuana is Wholesome” Pro-cannabis protestors in the 1960s
Turkish farmer, 1890
“The Foolish Man Seeks Happiness in the Distance, The Wise Man Grows it Under his Feet.” -Proverb Turkish farmer with hookah – Sebah and Joaillier 1890-1900
Rickshaw Session, 1970
“The only true currency in this bankrupt world is what you share with someone else when you’re uncool.” – Philip Seymour Hoffman Two men in rickshaws passing pipe, Benares, India 1970
Humboldt Volunteer, 1978
“A volunteer sativa plant out in the meadow. Southern Humboldt County California, August, 1978.”
‘Uncle Ben’ Hemp Harvest, 1906
“To see a world in a grain of sand and heaven in a wild flower. Hold infinity in the palms of your hand and eternity in an hour.” – William Blake Laughing man wearing hat holding hemp, “Uncle Ben”, Read More …
Calcutta Chillum Smoke, 1979
“History will be kind to me for I intend to write it.” – Winston Churchill Man in turban smoking cannabis from chillum pipe, sadhu watching camera. Calcutta, India 1979 or ’80
Lakota Pipe Bags, 1908
Lakota Pipe Bags “In Edward S. Curtis’ third volume he describes the decorative arts of the Lakota people. They were known for their deerskin garments, parfleches, shields, pipe-bags, robes, saddles blankets and of course, tipis. The primitive works they Read More …
A Longitudinal Journey Through Chile, 1922
A Longitudinal Journey Through Chile The first ‘documented’ cultivation of hemp in the New World by the Europeans was in 1545 in the Quillota Valley, near the city of Santiago in Chile. It has been continuously grown ever since Read More …