Betty Blythe Arcade Card, 1920’s

Actress Betty Blythe with waterpipe,  Arcade Card  early 1920’s Betty Blythe in Chu Chin Chow 1923

Mercy 5.5 Tons of Marijuana, 1971

‘5.5 tons of marijuana in a Hertz truck, loaded off two vessels. The larger boat is the Andiamo, the smaller one the Mercy Wiggins AKA the Ruth Ann’.  San Francisco, California  May 5, 1971   Walter Pardaen with the life Read More …

Love Puff, 1968

Love Puff,   San Francisco, California 1968      

Extracting Hemp from the Retting Pit, 1615

‘Estrazione della canapa dal macero’ (Extracting Hemp from the Retting Pit) by Giovan Francesco Barbieri known as ‘Il Guercino’  1615  

English Women in Constantinople, 1873

‘English women in Constantinople’ cabinet card photographed by Pascal Sébah.  Istanbul, Turkey 1873      

Two Harvard Students, 1888

‘Two Harvard students, one seated behind a desk and one lying in a hammock’,  Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts between 1888-90       The ‘one seated behind a desk’ puffing his pipe     Of course no proper stoner Read More …

Men Shocking Hemp, 1900

‘Men shocking, or standing and binding large bundles of hemp’ photographed by Rue B. Archibald.  Mercer county, Kentucky between 1900-04      

Cordai, 1930

‘Cordai’ (Rope Maker) women prepare hemp in the field using hand tools,  Cremona, Italy 1930