Low-caste Bengalees, 1878
“Low-caste Bengalees,” from ‘India and its Native Princes’ by Louis Rousselet, 1878 “Low caste inhabitants of Cawnpore”, India 1881 engraving print
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Indigenous smoking Cannabis, pre1919
‘Indigenes fumant le Liamba’ (Indigenous smoking Cannabis) Postcard from Congo, Africa pre1919
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 …
Women of Algiers, 1834
The Women of Algiers by Eugène Delacroix in 1834
Man with Water Pipe, Iran 1890
‘Man with water pipe’, Iran 1880-1890. Photo by Antoin Sevruguin
Persian Smoke Break, 1890’s
Two Persian girls smoking a hookah by Antoin Sevruguin in Iran, 1890’s
Oregon Narcissus, 1850
Miner Toi Kee displays narcissus grown for the Chinese New Year celebration holding a water pipe and incense in Jacksonville, Oregon 1850’s “A genus that is very complex and burdened with numerous uncertainties” — Schultes & Schultes description of Read More …
Musical Nautch, 1870’s
‘Group of Nautch Girls with Musicians’ Kashmir, India 1870’s
Smoking Contest, 1959
‘Smoking Contest’ held at Yale University in 1959 Honorable mention to the guy who showed up with the homemade jug hookah!