Earth Pipe

Native of Kashmir smoking primitive earth pipe, from Illustrated Archaeologist september 1894     Earth Pipe Utilizing a ancient technique our ancestors had no need for pipes to smoke their cannabis, instead they smoked the herb straight from the Earth! Read More …

Coffee Seller, 1870

‘Coffee seller’ photographed by Abdullah Frères in Constantinople/Istanbul, Turkey 1870        

Turkish Delight, 19th Century

A Turkish threesome enjoying a smoke,  cdv (carte de visite) Studio portrait.  Constantinople,Turkey  1860-80    

Wanted Us To Try Hashish, 1940

“Smoking a hookah or bubble pipe at El Kantara on Suez Canal. The Arabs wanted us to try hashish but we declined.”  Australian soldiers during WW2,  Egypt 1940        

Haschisch Jugend, 1901

‘Haschisch’ by Alfred Zimmermann, printed in Jugend magazine.  Germany 1901      

Satchmo’s Mule, 1958

“Louie smokes marijuana?” – Richard Nixon’s response when he was told he had smuggled cannabis through customs for Louis Armstrong by his aid Charles McWhorter Louis Armstrong talks with Richard Nixon   Satchmo’s Mule Louis Armstrong was considered a master Read More …

As the Old Sing, so Pipe the Young, 1664

‘As the Old Sing, so Pipe the Young’ by Jan Steen in 1664 The painting is used as a proverb by the artist portraying the message that ‘children copy adults’.  Artist Jan Steen decided to use his actual family in Read More …

Ox Cart Smoke Thru, 1908

‘A poor cripple’s ox-cart’, stereograph by Stereo Travel Co. In Calcutta, India 1908  

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