Indigenous smoking Cannabis, pre1919
‘Indigenes fumant le Liamba’ (Indigenous smoking Cannabis) Postcard from Congo, Africa pre1919
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The Giantess, 1857
The Giantess In those days when Nature’s overwhelming Lust Engendered infant-monsters day by day I’d love to have lived with a young giantess. Like a lazy cat at the foot of my queen I’d lay. I’d watch her grow into Read More …
Narcotics Bust, 1952
‘Narcotics bust’: Officer Douglas Ingram posing with plants and rolled marijuana. Van Nuys, California November 20,1952
Homemade Marijuana Pipe, 1974
“Homemade Marijuana Pipe” from a press release photo in Gulfport, Florida. 1974 Gulfport- What do a wine bottle, a piece of construction pipe and some aluminum foil have in common? They can all be used to make marijuana pipes. Read More …
Nautch: Dancers in Kashmir, 1928
Nautch: Dancers in Kashmir “The women of the Vale of Kashmir, one of the loveliest places in the world, have long been considered among the most beautiful in India. The languorous and exotic nautch dancers, with their jeweled headdresses and Read More …
San Francisco Warehouse Grow, 1988
“Marijuana farm in San Francisco. Two warehouse marijuana farms were busted by San Francisco undercover police on Bancroft Street and Napoleon Street. This was the main growing room where plants had already been pulled and a police officer was examining Read More …
Bedouin Women Smoking a Chibouk Pipe, 1900
Bedouin Women Smoking a Chibouk Pipe. Jordan, early 1900’s
The Immortal Cannabis Goddess
Immortal Magu, Qing Dynasty (18th century) ink and watercolor on silk Magu: The Immortal Cannabis Goddess In Chinese mythology, a immortal Taoist xian is the protector of women, the Goddess of longevity and is able to brew the Read More …
Long Arm of the Octopus, 1953
“Narcotics Hearing at Mayors office” Los Angeles, California February 17, 1953 Explaining drug policy with the long arm of the… Octopus? Mayor Fletcher Bowron and Dist. Supervisor of Narcotics Ernest M. Gentry Ellis A. Jarvis Asst. Supt. In charge of Read More …
Specimen of Marijuana, 1938
‘Specimen of marijuana growing on farm near Plano, Illinois.’ 1938