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Paul Newman and Geraldine Page smoking hashish in ‘Sweet Bird of Youth’ 1962 “This is pretty high-class pot. Where’d you get it? You beautiful, stupid young man. That is not pot. It’s hashish. Moroccan, and the finest. Read More …
‘Café in Constantinople’ by Alexandre Bida 1847 “This precise and carefully finished work reflects an unusual technique. Building up the entire area with ink and graphite over white chalk, Bida used a stylus to scratch a comprehensive network of Read More …
‘The Sleeping Girls in Japanese Bed’, a popular geisha pose with kiseru pipe. Japan 1890
‘A detective examines marijuana and paraphernalia found at 17 Concord Street in Dumbo.’ Brooklyn, New York undated (late 30’s/early 40’s) The Big Bambu rolling papers on the table are still produced today. The company made cannabis history Read More …
‘Vigil Bressane’ (Veillée Bressane) postcard. Bourg-en-Bresse, France 1905 Love Song ‘Konopa konopa Koho rada vidímn’ (Hemp Hemp – To One Who I Like To See) is an ancient Slovak song steeped in the culture of hemp. It Read More …
A young Ouled Nail couple, photographed by Rudolf Franz Lehnert. Tunisia / Algeria 1905
‘Teasing the maid in the kitchen’ by Adrianus van Doorn 19th century
Fernande Barrey, french postcard labeled ‘JA Serie 67’ photographed by Jean Agélou. France between 1910-17
‘The Hemp Brakers’ (les Broyeuses de Chanvre) postcard. Argent-sur-Sauldre, France taken sometime before 1906 In a reproduction of the original postcard and photograph produced in 1910, the image is the same except for the Read More …
Illustration of a ‘Liamba Leaf’ aka Wild Hemp (cannabis) from the book ‘Adventures in the great forest of equatorial Africa and the country of the dwarfs’ by Du Chaillu & Paul Belloni in 1890 Liamba Leaf “I found Read More …