Job Papier, 1894

‘Papier à cigarettes’ advertisement for Job rolling papers by Georges Meunier in 1894    

Hemp Processing Machine, 1920/30’s

‘Men watch over a hemp breaking machine, in the background women finish the processed hemp with a whipping motion before placing the finished hemp bundles onto a table(cart?)’  Bologna, Italy 1920/30s  

Longtan Cannabis, 1984

‘Ying Tsun-shen of the Institute of Botany in Beijing beside a large crop of Cannabis sativa L.’ in the vicinity of Longtan, China  July 1984    

Woman Sitting at Spinning Wheel, 1890

‘Woman sitting at spinning wheel inside Curman Villa’ cyanotype.   Lysekil, Sweden 1890        

A Reclining Turk, 1844

‘A Reclining Turk’ by Henri Charles Antoine Baron  1844      

Femme Fumant Le Narguile, 1860’s

‘Women smoking waterpipe in front of a tent’ (Femme fumant le narguilé devant une tente),  single view of a stereograph taken in North Africa, 1860’s  

Root of an Evil, 1954

‘Root of an Evil’  – Police officer Bernard Gallagher uproots a marijuana plant in Golden Gate Park. Tended by a gardener who said he didn’t know what it was, the plant was capable of producing about $100 worth of dope.  Read More …

Maryjane, 1968

Jordan Bates (actor Kevin Coughlin) smokes a waterpipe in the 1968 movie ‘Maryjane’      

The Weed Men, 1936

‘The Weed Men’ another adventure of Captain Justice & Co.,  book from the Boy’s Friend Library Series #541 by Murray Roberts, 1936    

Mueller Report, 1978

‘Robert S. Mueller III, then Assistant U.S. Attorney in San Francisco, and Daniel Addario, Special Agent in charge, DEA San Francisco, standing in front of a 547 pound hashish seizure’.  Concord, California  January 1978