A couple that hookah’s together, 1850

Portrait of an unidentified man about 40 years of age and a somewhat younger woman, both in Oriental costume, between them is a hookah, the stem of which both are holding [between 1850 and 1860], by Mathew Brady’s studio, New Read More …

A hemp field harvest before and after Kentucky, 1905.

A hemp field harvest before and after in Auvergne, Kentucky 1905.     Cutting hemp with a binder and four-mule team circa 1905   The “tented hemp fields” after harvest, 1905

The hemp press comes down, 1908

“When ancient opinions and rules of life are taken away, the loss cannot possibly be estimated. From that moment, we have no compass to govern us, nor can we know distinctly to what port to steer.” – Edmund Burke (1729-1797) Read More …

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