Opium dealer – Iran, 1910
Opium dealer – Iran, c. 1910
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Impressions of a Pilot, 1861
Cincinnati daily press, newspaper, February 23, 1861 Impressions of a Pilot Flight is freedom in its purest form, To dance with the clouds which follow a storm; To roll and glide, to wheel and spin, To feel the joy Read More …
Plant Wizards fight Wartime Drug Peril, 1943
Popular Science, Magazine September 1943 Titled: Can we have rope without dope? Plant Wizards fight Wartime Drug Peril In this 1943 article, Uncle Sam gives some interesting points including how to breed cannabis…
Experimental Japanese Hemp, 1901
Japanese hemp grown in a field at the Agricultural experiment station, Lexington, Kentucky 1901
Ode to Batman
Ode to Batman Many people walk past history everyday not skipping a step at once was. Down a historic street like Fillmore in San Francisco, I’m guessing the Starbucks at 2222 Fillmore seldom gets a second glance. Once home Read More …
Charas Officer, 1929
Why post this guys picture you ask? In 1929 this guy had an amazing job even by today’s standards. His Job title? “Charas-Officer”, Quality control if you will, for the charas (hashish) imported to India from Badakhshan and Kashmir. Growing Read More …
Ottoman Woman -hookah- (nargilé). c 1870
Ottoman Woman with hookah (nargilé), Photographed by J. Pascal Sebah 1870