Honoring Fresh Green, 1932
Japanese custom on New Year’s Eve, monks in traditional costumes count the last seconds of the old year with an hourglass and welcome the new year by honoring fresh green leaves on a bush. Japan, 1932
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Jump into the New Year, 1100
Chinese boys jump rope, Song Dynasty, ca. 1100 AD Jump into the New Year In ancient China, the only way to celebrate the passing of the old Year was to jump into the new… For this traditional Read More …
Woman Holding Pipe
Woman holding pipe, late 1910’s/early 20’s
Twas the night before Christmas, 1823
“Merry Old Santa Claus” by Thomas Nast Harper’s Weekly in January 1, 1881 A Visit from St. Nicholas ‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse; The stockings Read More …
Hanna Barbera PSA, 1970
Hanna Barbera Drug PSA animated by Art Babbitt in 1970
Hemp Santa
“he looked like a pedler just opening his pack. His eyes—how they twinkled! His dimples, how merry! His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry! His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow, And the beard Read More …
Quetta Session, 1973
Photograph/Artwork by Artist Sigmar Polke in Quetta, Pakistan. 1973/1974
Behold the Time of the Assassins, 1872
Morning of Drunkenness O my good! O my beautiful! Atrocious fanfare where I won’t stumble! Enchanted rack whereon I am stretched! Hurrah for the amazing work and the marvelous body, for the first time! It began amid the laughter of Read More …
Bedouin Smoker, 1920
A Bedouin is seen smoking his water-pipe in a coffee house in Deir ez-Zor on the Euphrates River in Syria. 1920
Cohoon’s Broadcast Seed Sower, 1862
Cohoon’s Broadcast Seed Sower For Sowing Wheat, Hemp, Grass, Oats, Barley, Seeds & More “It saves four – Fifths of the labor and time – enables anyone, with a little experience, to sow with perfect regularity… This Machine is Read More …