Noon at Hamburg Place, 1900’s

‘Noon at Hamburg Place’ postcard, Lexington, Kentucky  early 1900’s    

Kago Bearers Light Up, 1860

Kago Bearers light up kiseru pipes on a break from carrying a woman traveling in a Kago or hanging chair.  Hand Colored Albumen Photograph,  Japan  1860  

Scene of the Desert Life, 1901

‘Scene of the Desert Life: Bedouin smoking a chibouk pipe resting beside his camel’, Postcard.  Egypt 1901  

Cambodian Officer Smoke Out, 1973

A Cambodian Army officer, left, exhales marijuana smoke after using a homemade waterpipe as another soldier plays guitar in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, 1973    

Crimean Smoke Break, 1855

British officers relax while smoking chibouk (Ottoman) smoking pipes during the Crimean War.  Crimea, 1855-1856    

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 …