Factory Hemp Spinning, 1890
Men working in a factory spinning hemp onto spools, Victoria, Australia 1890
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Marijuana Display, 1951
Narcotic officers Marijuana display. Salt Lake City, Utah January 23, 1951
Marihuana Smokers Arrested, 1913
Marihuana Smokers Arrested Even before cannabis became illegal under a local El Paso city ordinance in 1914, El Paso police found a way to enforce the imaginary… My favorite form of cannabis measurement… The “Bucket” Marihuana Smokers Arrested Charged Read More …
Godfather of the Hashischins, 1853
Godfather of the Hashischins Dr. Jacques-Joseph Moreau arrived back home to Paris in 1840 believing he had found the key to his research. Stashed deep in his baggage he carried this new tool into the madness of the mind: Hashish! Read More …
Mercer Hemp, 1900
“Two men wearing overalls cut and bundle hemp, while a man in a suit looks on” Mercer County, Kentucky 1900-1904
Closest Inspection, 1953
“Nature will bear the closest inspection. She invites us to lay our eye level with her smallest leaf, and take an insect view of its plain.” -Henry David Thoreau Cross section of a hemp leaf showing a small vein and Read More …
Dope Suspect, 1951
“Dope suspect”, Rudy Lara (suspect); officer Steve Broadhurst and officer Rocky Lucarelli find bags of marijuana hidden in car seats. Los Angeles, California August 20, 1951
Stoned in the Studio, 1867
“A studio portrait of a Kathiawar Rajput gentleman posed with a hookah.” Bombay, India – 1867
Burnt Offerings
“Say to them: These are the offerings by fire that you are to present to the LORD: As a regular burnt offering every day” — Numbers 28.3 Relief from Karnak Temple, Egypt Burnt Offerings In the bible a term used Read More …
The Spinner, 1889
“Gardeners instinctively know that flowers and plants are a continuum and that the wheel of garden history will always be coming full circle.” -Francis Cabot Lowell The Spinner by Vincent van Gogh, 1889