Peking Pipe, 1907
“Man smokes a pipe at the entrance to the tomb of Yung Lo” Peking Beijing, China – 1907 Photograph by Herbert Ponting
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The Prime Minister’s Cow, 1970
“I was in Turkey and these guys invited me into one of the coffee shops and passed the hookah around and I smoked it. What was in it, I don’t know, probably some hash. Same thing in India (and) China. Read More …
The First Stoned Selfie, 1843
The First Stoned Selfie Just a few short years after the American Robert Cornelius took the first selfie in Philadelphia in 1839, French painter Camille Dolard would take another photographic first for selfie’s… The first stoned selfie! In 1843 using Read More …
Heidelberg University Karzer, 1900
Students at the University of Heidelberg take a break from their studies while smoking opium. These students are housed/held in the university prison room known as the Karzer (c. 1900)
Thanksgiving’s Peace Pipe, 1621
“when they will not give a doit to relieve a lame beggar, they will lay out ten to see a dead Indian.” – William Shakespeare writes In The Tempest (Shakespeare would most likely have saw Epenow when he was kidnapped Read More …
Marijuana Display, 1951
Narcotic officers Marijuana display. Salt Lake City, Utah January 23, 1951
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 …
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 …
Display of Marijuana, 1971
‘Sgt. John Jensen of the Salt Lake Police Department displays marijuana in its various forms and paraphernalia connected with the drug. Jean Dean of the Ladies Petroleum Club looks on.’ Salt Lake City, Utah 1971