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‘Adam Tilling the Ground and Eve Spinning’ stained glass panel dating to the 14th Century, originally displayed in the Marienkirche (St. Mary’s) church in Frankfurt (Oder), Germany. Following WW2 the panel was seized from Potsdam by the Soviet Military Administration Read More …
‘Lost in a Harem’ starring Abbott and Costello, 1944
‘Little girl turning the handle on a wheel that twists hemp into yarn’, photographed by George Silk. Italy, May 1944
‘A young village girl twisting hemp into yarn’, Photographed by George Silk. Italy May 1944
“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
A United States soldier swaps pipes with a local in Burma, 1945 The Photograph was published on the cover of the United States Military WW2 magazine ‘Yank’ in 1945 YANK – July 1, 1945
Sarthe River Bridge in Saint Céneri le Gérei, France Bridge Over Troubled Waters For thousands of years a ancient stone bridge crossing the Sarthe river in northern France has hidden a secret to immortality… Hemp! The picturesque French village of Saint Read More …
“Gather ye rose-buds while ye may, Old Time is still a-flying; And this same flower that smiles today Tomorrow will be dying.” – Robert Herrick (1591 – 1674) Cutting hemp stalks, Naples, 1944
“Who grows hemp today with a busy hand, Helps themselves and the country!” -Die lustige Hanffibel, 1943 Die lustige Hanffibel, front cover – “The Funny Hemp Booklet” The Funny Hemp Booklet In 1942 preparing for WWII, The German Reich Read More …
Hemp is Seeded “Stover Dameron and B. L. Stover, north of Towanda, finished seeding their new war crop, hemp, this week. A good share of the 4,000 acres contracted in the Lexington District has been seeded. An ideal seedbed was Read More …