Hemp Processing Machine, 1920/30’s

‘Men watch over a hemp breaking machine, in the background women finish the processed hemp with a whipping motion before placing the finished hemp bundles onto a table(cart?)’  Bologna, Italy 1920/30s  

Betty Blythe Arcade Card, 1920’s

Actress Betty Blythe with waterpipe,  Arcade Card  early 1920’s Betty Blythe in Chu Chin Chow 1923

Confiscated Donkeys, 1920’s

‘Donkeys used to smuggle sotol across the border during prohibition (Sotol is a liquor similar to tequila).’ Photographed by U.S. Border Patrol Agents, Texas 1920’s    

Yearly Collection of Narcotics, 1925

“The yearly collection of narcotics seized by the Narcotic Bureau of the New York Police Department during the year 1924. These 1516 parcels representing 2732 arrests are valued at $2,500,000. The individuals shown are Police Commissioner Richard K. Wright and Read More …