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‘The Big Grass Fire’ U.S. Customs use San Francisco Mint incinerator to burn 1,800 pounds of marijuana, 46 pounds of hashish and a few ounces of cocaine and heroin, all seized over a 2 year period. A U.S. Customs spokesperson Read More …
“Give me a spark o’ Nature’s fire, That’s a’ the learning I desire.” – by Robert Burns from ‘Epistle To J. Lapraik’ (An Old Scottish Bard) 1785 Woman smokes from a water pipe, photographed by John Gutmann – India Read More …
‘Marihuana Patch’ discovered and burned in Michigan. Undated (guessing 1930’s based off knickerbocker pants and the pork pie hat)
“The Fifth of November is Guy Fawkes’ Day in England. In peacetime it is celebrated with bonfires on the greens, fireworks in the parks and the carrying of “guys” through the streets. “Guys” are stuffed, straw figures of unpopular persons; Read More …
“The root is of nearly medium size, sending forth no branches or leaves above the ground, but with a certain woolliness adhering to it on account of which it could not aptly be figured by me. Both men and women Read More …
In 1945 we find one of the greatest names for a piece of machinery ever conceived… The ‘Midget Octopus Weed Burner’ The ‘Midget Octopus Weed Burner’ made by Woolery Co. 1945
Bonfire of Hashish bricks being destroyed, Ghazni, Afghanistan
Rattle and Smoke Dance In 1564 the French sent a party in a attempt to colonize Florida. Under the direction of explorers Jean Ribault and René Laudonnière, a group ventured deep into northern Florida. Jacques le Moyne de Morgues was Read More …
‘Farm interior’ by David Rijckaert III – 1647
“The poets say some moths will do anything out of love for a flame… The moth takes off again, and we both step back, because he’s circling at eye level now and seems to have lost rudder control, smacking into Read More …