Mueller Report, 1978
‘Robert S. Mueller III, then Assistant U.S. Attorney in San Francisco, and Daniel Addario, Special Agent in charge, DEA San Francisco, standing in front of a 547 pound hashish seizure’. Concord, California January 1978
Betty Blythe Arcade Card, 1920’s
Actress Betty Blythe with waterpipe, Arcade Card early 1920’s Betty Blythe in Chu Chin Chow 1923
The Hemp, 1889
The Hemp Hemp with webbed leaf, Hemp is in bloom, In the air Pollen, like smoke, Corrugated above green strands, And, like a strong wine, his breath Gray heads in the plain. Hemp is ripe, Morning and evening We Read More …
Mercy 5.5 Tons of Marijuana, 1971
‘5.5 tons of marijuana in a Hertz truck, loaded off two vessels. The larger boat is the Andiamo, the smaller one the Mercy Wiggins AKA the Ruth Ann’. San Francisco, California May 5, 1971 Walter Pardaen with the life Read More …
Love Puff, 1968
Love Puff, San Francisco, California 1968
Extracting Hemp from the Retting Pit, 1615
‘Estrazione della canapa dal macero’ (Extracting Hemp from the Retting Pit) by Giovan Francesco Barbieri known as ‘Il Guercino’ 1615
English Women in Constantinople, 1873
‘English women in Constantinople’ cabinet card photographed by Pascal Sébah. Istanbul, Turkey 1873
Cannabis Cargo, 1980’s
Marijuana discovered hidden within a trucks cargo, early 1980’s
Two Harvard Students, 1888
‘Two Harvard students, one seated behind a desk and one lying in a hammock’, Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts between 1888-90 The ‘one seated behind a desk’ puffing his pipe Of course no proper stoner Read More …
Men Shocking Hemp, 1900
‘Men shocking, or standing and binding large bundles of hemp’ photographed by Rue B. Archibald. Mercer county, Kentucky between 1900-04