The Hemp: A Virginia Legend, 1916
“For all he had one word alone, One clod of dirt in their faces thrown, “The hemp that shall hang me is not grown!” His name bestrode the seas like Death. The waters trembled at his breath. This is the Read More …
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Perfectly Baked, 1921
Wage Campaign on “Indian Hemp” Las Animas, Colorado, Dec. 22 Vigorous measures to stamp out production of “Indian Hemp” are being taken by Bent County officials following the discovery here of several gardens in which the plant was being cultivated. Read More …
Gather Ye Rosebuds While Ye May, 1944
“Gather ye rose-buds while ye may, Old Time is still a-flying; And this same flower that smiles today Tomorrow will be dying.” – Robert Herrick (1591 – 1674) Cutting hemp stalks, Naples, 1944
Road Through Hemp Fields, 1932
Hemp fields to the right and left of the new motorable road from Hinnen to Thai-lyung-then. China – before 1932 Three mandarin farmers from the area around Hinnen, China 1902
The Cowboy Smugglers, 1890
‘Los charros contrabandistas’ (The Cowboy Smugglers), 1890 dice game Gameboard for dice game of the ‘Cowboy Smugglers’ shows Mexican cowboys in charro outfits on horseback, lassoing the 64 spaces on the board. The accompanying text, upper right, provides the rules Read More …
Dreams
Dreams by Edouard Frederic Wilhelm Richter (1844 – 1913)
Government Grown, 1978
“Alice O’Leary-Randall inspects the cannabis plants grown at the University of Mississippi during her 1978 visit. On her left is Dr. Bob Willette of NIDA and on her right is Dr. Carlton Turner, former drug abuse advisor to President Ronald Read More …
Dick’s Operation, 1969
President Richard Nixon and Mexico’s President Gustavo Diaz Ordaz shake hands at a ceremony on the Mexico side of the Rio Grande River after dedicating the Amistad Dam, in background. September 8, 1969 (less than two weeks before the start Read More …
Street Smokers, 1922
‘Street smokers’, India 1922
Cheap Way of Being Happy, 1885
“A cheap way of being happy”, The opium-joint of the Republican “irreconcilables” – Puck magazine, September 23, 1885