Silence of the Cans, 1987
Policeman with a can of marijuana seized on Leblon beach, south of Rio, Brazil October 10, 1987 Silence of the Cans During the Summer of ’87, the buzz around Rio de Janeiro didn’t come from its streets or around Read More …
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Catching Square Grouper, 1987
‘Marijuana Confiscation’, Miami, Florida 1987
Grapes of Wrath
Capt. Rufus D. Pettit’s Battery B, 1st New York Light Artillery, taken during McClellan’s Peninsula Campaign in Fort Richardson, Fair Oaks, Virginia 1862 Grapes of Wrath At the height of battle when all seemed lost facing an overwhelming advancing force, Read More …
Marijuana Flambeau, 1978
United States Customs Agent sits on confiscated bales of Marijuana found on the ship the ‘Flambeau’ in the Florida Keys, 1978
The Water Poet Gushes, 1620
“Here is Labor, Profit, Clothing, Pleasure, Food, Navigation: Divinity, Poetry, the liberal Arts, Arm’s, Virtues defense, Vices offense, a true mans protection, a Thief’s execution. Here is mirth and matter all beaten out of this small Seed.” -John Taylor, 1620 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 …
Something from Nothing
Old Hemp Rope at shipyard Something from Nothing So superior is hemp, that even the discarded old beaten ropes are worth saving… When a Hemp rope has lived its life and is in desperate need of replacement, they are Read More …