Party at Powder Ridge, 1970

“There will be no festival. I can assure you of that,” -State Sen. John Pickett of Middletown Crowds at Powder Ridge Rock Festival July 31, 1970 Party At Powder Ridge The Festival that was never to be quickly turned into Read More …

Ohhh That Smell, 1637

‘Smell’ by Jan Miense Molenaer in 1637   That stench of dogshit, the ammonia filled bliss of catpiss to the foulest of skunks,  I think we all have grown, smoked or smelled that oddly satisfying funky smelling bud you’ve grown Read More …

Satchmo’s Mule, 1958

“Louie smokes marijuana?” – Richard Nixon’s response when he was told he had smuggled cannabis through customs for Louis Armstrong by his aid Charles McWhorter Louis Armstrong talks with Richard Nixon   Satchmo’s Mule Louis Armstrong was considered a master Read More …

The Weed Card, 1910

‘Fredric Weed’, 2nd baseman for the Spokane Team (Pacific Coast League), 1910 Obak tobacco baseball card  

Yale Smoking Contest, 1959

‘Smoking Contest’ held at Yale University in 1959       Honorable mention to the guy in the middle who showed up with the homemade glass jug hookah!      

Demon Rum, 1919

‘Demon Rum Leads To Heroin “And the last state of that man is worst than the first”‘ – Editorial cartoon showing ‘Uncle Sam’ bothered by Demon Rum and the various monsters of drug addition which follow him (laudanum, opium, cocaine, Read More …

Hitting the Gas, 1926

When she says she smokes that gas!     Miss Vera Vance stands upon a gasoline pump for a Expo publicity photo August 1926

We Wanna Be Stoned, 1965

‘We Wanna Be Stoned Like You’, Rolling Stones fans hold sign’s at Oslo’s Fornebu airport as the band arrive for a concert.  Oslo, Norway July 23 1965    

Take the Weed Outta Your Mouth, Susy, 1940

“take that weed outta your mouth, Susy!”, from Smash Comics in 1940    

The Biddeford Dozen, 1982

City Hall in Downtown Biddeford, Maine The Biddeford Dozen On a brisk April Fools morning in 1982, locals in the picturesque town of Biddeford, Maine woke up to a stoner mystery that has been left unsolved to this day! The Read More …