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Point of no return, front gate Yuma Territory Prison Smuggling Mariguana Territory This small catch by a Yuma Territory prison guard in 1897 gets treated like the crime stop of the decade, with the tale getting reprinted for years Read More …
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 …
100 Year Old Pure Silver Persian Hookah/Nargile
Merrie Melodies, Cartoon September 30, 1933 Sultan smoking from his hookah, and is UN-entertained by a belly dancer
On the journey to Hajj, Saudi Arabia 1953 National Geographic, 1953
L’allumeuse de narghilé (The Nargilé Tease), Jean-Leon Gerome, 1898 – oil on canvas
“A Pygmy women smoking bhang. The pipe is so long that she had her kid light the bowl with a coal from the fire.” Epulu Pygmy village, Okapi Wildlife Reserve, Congo 1982
“The Barb” Berkley newspaper April 4, 1974 Article: Healthy Smoke
Woman smoking a water pipe – Qajar, Iran – Unknown Artist
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