Ipswitch Hemp Field, 1917
‘Superintendent Haney of International Harvester Company (left), South Dakota Senator Beebe, Professor Holden, and J.W. Parmley stand in a hemp field sown on May 19, 1917.’ Ipswitch, South Dakota – August 8, 1917
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Reagan’s Symbolic Raid, 1966
Newly elected California Governor Ronald Reagan ordered a symbolic raid on the ‘Psychedelic Shop’ on Haight-Ashbury in San Francisco to make good on his campaign promise to crack down on the ‘hippie movement’. Hoping to find drugs none were found Read More …
The American Dope Party, 1906
‘The American dope party’ “A lesson in practical patriotism taught by the Boston tea party.” Illustration shows many men dressed as Native Americans on board a ship labeled “The Good Ship Dope”, throwing cartons and boxes of adulterated and unhealthy Read More …
Cheap Way of Being Happy, 1885
“A cheap way of being happy”, The opium-joint of the Republican “irreconcilables” – Puck magazine, September 23, 1885
Reagan’s Drug War Comic, 1986
“I don’t know what hes on, but its a lot more powerful than that stuff from Latin America” People look up at the sky at Reagan flying off with a drug bag and behind him leaving a smoke trail. The Read More …
420 Brush Strokes in the Art of War, 1915
“Carnival of 1915” ‘Danza Macabra Europea’ – WW1 Propaganda lithographs by Alberto Martini, 1915 420 Brush Strokes in the Art of War While looking through the stunning work of Alberto Martini’s ‘Danza Macabra Europea’, WW1 series of propaganda lithographs, Read More …
The Marijuana Smoker, 1940
“The Marijuana Smoker” The Vidette Messenger, Indiana newspaper – July 19, 1940 Sign says “Pan-American Continence”, hat of smoker says Latin America and his bubble reads “Nazi Propaganda”…
American Bad Ass, 1912
“I don’t know whether you fully understand that I have just been shot, but it takes more than that to kill a Bull Moose.” -Theodore Roosevelt, first words in a campaign speech minutes after being shot, 1912 A 19-year-old Theodore Read More …