Man with pipe and seated nude, 1969

‘Man with pipe and seated nude’ by Pablo Picasso 1969    

Cambodian Soldiers Light Up, 1973

Light Up Time: “A Cambodian soldier exhales after taking a heavy draw on his marijuana water pipe recently during a break in fighting along Route 30, south of Phnom Penh.  The drug is popular with Cambodian troops, who usually smoke Read More …

The Syrian Horse, 1851

Turkish figures smoking a pipe standing beside a horse’ sketch by Sir Edwin Henry Landseer (1802-1873)     The Syrian Horse In 1851, a western author traveling through the middle east witnessed a peculiar surgery performed on a horse.  While Read More …

Hemp Wick Lighter, 1658

‘Still Life with a Glass of Beer, a Pipe, Tobacco and Other Requisites of Smoking’  (including hemp wick lighter) by Jan Jansz. van de Velde in 1658  

Civil War Smoke Break, 1865

‘Tintype portrait of a group of Union officers of the the 45th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment smoking pipes and cigars and drinking wine during the Civil War’      

A Cafe for Hashish, 1905

‘A Cafe for Hashish’, H.K. Droit Reserve Postcard.  Egypt 1905-1911    

Hualin Temple Monks, 1869

Monks relax while playing a game, water pipes can be seen sitting on the table.  Hualin Temple, Canton(Guangzhou), China. 1869    

Men Relax in a Persian Garden, 1910

Men relax in a Bustine Garden, Persia (present day Iran) 1910   “Messrs. Gunning, Thornton, Wood and Garden relaxing in Bustine, Persia. Mr. Wood is smoking a hookah pipe.”  

Honorary Hopi, 1931

Honorary Hopi:  Albert Einstein with his wife after his induction as an honorary member of the Hopi Indian tribe.  Einstein holds a ceremonial pipe while intricate beaded pipe bags hang from the Hopi men’s waist.   Ceremony took place in the Read More …

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