Moorish Coffee House, 1899

‘Moorish Coffee House’, photochrome print.  Algiers 1899  

Take the Weed Outta Your Mouth, Susy, 1940

“take that weed outta your mouth, Susy!”, from Smash Comics in 1940    

Bridge Over Troubled Waters, 500 AD

Sarthe River Bridge in Saint Céneri le Gérei, France Bridge Over Troubled Waters For thousands of years a ancient stone bridge crossing the Sarthe river in northern France has hidden a secret to immortality…  Hemp! The picturesque French village of Saint Read More …

Turkish Women, 1893

‘Türkische Frauen’ (Turkish Women) by Ferdinand Max Bredt 1893    

Man with pipe and seated nude, 1969

‘Man with pipe and seated nude’ by Pablo Picasso 1969    

The Syrian Horse, 1851

Turkish figures smoking a pipe standing beside a horse’ sketch by Sir Edwin Henry Landseer (1802-1873)     The Syrian Horse In 1851, a western author traveling through the middle east witnessed a peculiar surgery performed on a horse.  While Read More …

Hemp Wick Lighter, 1658

‘Still Life with a Glass of Beer, a Pipe, Tobacco and Other Requisites of Smoking’  (including hemp wick lighter) by Jan Jansz. van de Velde in 1658  

Wild Man and Woman Hemp Textile, 1440

‘Wild man and woman in a garden’,   Hemp textile with silk and wool thread.  Basel (Rhine valley), France c.1440      

The Hashish Smokers, 1887

The Hashish Smokers   In his pursuit to capture the light, Italian painter Gaetano Previati (1852-1920) would turn to an unlikely source of knowledge to illuminate his canvas…  The Hashischins! Check out my new article on marijuana.com for the full Read More …

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