Garson, 1890
A Turkish coffee-boy with hookah in Selanik/Saloniki (nothern Greece). Postcard from the 1890’s
Tag: postcard
We Are All Children, 1910
“We all are Children, Just grown up!” – Postal Envelope Art sent in 1910
Fumeur de Hachiche, 1900
“EGYPTE – fumeur de Hachiche” The Hashish Smoker, Egyptian postcard from around 1900
Geisha Enjoying a Morning Smoke, 1900
Geisha “Enjoying a Morning Smoke”, Japan. early 1900’s
Filant le Chanvre, 1900
“Filant le chanvre.” = “Spinning hemp.” Postcard from Brittany, France around 1900
Hemp is King of Cotton, 1861
Zouave with flag, c.1861 Civil War Postal Cover (printed picture on envelopes for decoration) “Jeff Davis boasts that “cotton’s king,” Upon his throne so rotten- But he’ll soon find, amid his swing, That Hemp is king of cotton.” Read More …
Kentucky hemp field by moonlight, 1900’s
“A dreamer is one who can only find his way by moonlight, and his punishment is that he sees the dawn before the rest of the world.” -Oscar Wilde Kentucky hemp field by moonlight – early 1900’s postcard
Cabaret des Assassins, 1869
Cabaret des Assassins pre1875 Cabaret des Assassins (Club of the Assassins) A house built on the upper part of Montmartre just on the outskirts of Paris would go down in history as a Hashish landmark… Built in 1795, the Read More …
Don’t you care, I’m only smokin rope, 1909
The Kendrick gazette March 19, 1909 Article: In Self Defence “Moderate smoking will be permitted subject ot restrictions as to the size of pipe and the quality of the material smoked. Onion leaves, cabbage leaves, hemp rope, horse blankets Read More …
Rolling, Algeria Postcard 1900
I’m not saying I know what this kid’s rolling, I’m just saying I know the smile… photo by Jean Geiser- Algeria around 1900 – postcard