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Piles of Confiscated Marijuana Burn, 1942

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‘Deputy Police Commissioner John Morris holds marijuana plants as piles of confiscated marijuana burn in the background.’  New York City  1942          

A Lot Of Marijuana, 1951

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‘A Lot of Marijuana’  –  Journal-American reporter Sid Livingston and NYC officials view an Astoria vacant lot overrun with marijuana plants that have been scheduled for spraying with insecticide.   Queens, New York  June 16, 1951        

Sizing up Marijuana Plants, 1951

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Harold Rosenbaum, Assistant District Attorney, Frank Creta, and James Stevens size up some marijuana plants growing in a Brooklyn back yard.  Brooklyn, New York 1951    

Attempted Smuggling, 1926

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‘A Chinese seaman being arrested at the port of New York for the ‘attempted smuggling’.’  New York, 1926    

Drugs and Sex, 1971

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“Drugs and Sex make human wrecks. Man’s hair long and life short.” Religious protester New York, 1971 Drugs and Sex make human wrecks. Man’s hair long and life short. Pray: God make me free in jesus name. Don’t read filth Read More …

Keep on the Grass, 1976

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Keep on the Grass 42st boys strutting on 10th ave in Borough Park/Sunset Park, Brooklyn – 1976 So much amazing going on in this picture, lets start with a couple of the guys wearing “Female Wanted” shirts while they eye Read More …

The Expectant Hand, 1909

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Union Square at the Broadway Bowery by Artist Albertus Del Orient Browere painted it from memory in 1885     The Expectant Hand   One of my favorite articles from yesteryear… This story takes place right in present day Union Read More …

A couple that hookah’s together, 1850

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Portrait of an unidentified man about 40 years of age and a somewhat younger woman, both in Oriental costume, between them is a hookah, the stem of which both are holding [between 1850 and 1860], by Mathew Brady’s studio, New Read More …