First Prize, 1973
“In youth, it was a way I had, To do my best to please. And change, with every passing lad To suit his theories. But now I know the things I know And do the things I do, And if Read More …
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“In youth, it was a way I had, To do my best to please. And change, with every passing lad To suit his theories. But now I know the things I know And do the things I do, And if Read More …
Smugglers using camels to carry cannabis plants – Baalbek, Lebanon 1968
“Kees Hoekert founded the Lowlands Weed Company together with Robbert Jasper Grootveld in 1969, placing the Netherlands as one of the most Cannabis friendly country’s on the world map. He showed that prohibitions are meaningless because after all, everyone can Read More …
The San Francisco call, November 23, 1902 To Autumn O Autumn, laden with fruit, and stain’d With the blood of the grape, pass not, but sit Beneath my shady roof; there thou may’st rest, And tune thy jolly voice Read More …
“Quiet Smoke”. Hopi Farmer smoking with hoe, by Edward S. Curtis 1907
Lane of Poplars at Sunset by Vincent van Gogh, 1884 Looking through all the recent photo’s of smokey gardens caused by the wildfire and the beautiful sunsets it creates, reminds me of this Van Gogh Painting circa 1884.
“Dean Lloyd (left) and ABC Officer Fred Hennessee (right) amongst marijuana plants. This is possibly a picture of a bust.” Burke County, North Carolina, late 1970’s Notice the vertical MH lights… Pioneers…
Framed archival print of a vintage pressed botanical / herbarium specimen (dried ‘cannabis sativa’ plants) collected in Sweden in 1956. The specimens were mounted in the traditional manner using paper strips. A hand written card with the plant description, where Read More …
A botany lesson in Chatham, England 1905 Martha knew right from seedling, she had that fire right here…
“Gathering the Ganja Crop”, Naogaon, India – February 16, 1894 – (Photo from the British ‘Report of the Indian Hemp Drugs Commission, 1894-1895’) plate 110