The Midget Octopus Weed Burner, 1945
In 1945 we find one of the greatest names for a piece of machinery ever conceived… The ‘Midget Octopus Weed Burner’ The ‘Midget Octopus Weed Burner’ made by Woolery Co. 1945
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First Prize, 1973
“In youth, it was a way I had, To do my best to please. And change, with every passing lad To suit his theories. But now I know the things I know And do the things I do, And if Read More …
Something Going On, 1930
In the Clutches of the Gang (1914) Movie Something In Brooklyn, a vague person telephoned police headquarters. “There is something going on here,” he said. Six plain-clothes detectives and four patrolmen went to investigate. Presently the vague person again Read More …
Drug Sniffing Dog Trading Cards, 1994
1994 U.S. Customs Service/ Treasury Department issued Drug Sniffing Dogs trading cards… The Drug War, some of us are made to be Criminals and some are made hero’s for making it so…
After Eating Hasheesh, 1895
After Eating Hasheesh During quite a good half hour I felt nothing in any way abnormal, but when the meal was drawing to its close a subtle warmth, which came, as it were, in gusts to my head and seemed Read More …
Mouthful, 1971
Photograph from Jerry Rubin’s Cook County Prison Journal ‘We Are Everywhere’ – 1971
It’s a Hot Summer, 1953
“Lay low, boys, Its a hot summer!”, ‘Heat Wave In St. Louis County’s Rat Alley’ from The St. Louis Post, 7-21-1953. (Included in the businesses ‘Marijuana Shoppe’)
Actuel Furry Freak Brothers, 1972
‘La Drogue’ cover of the French Magazine ‘Actuel’, May 1972
The Swallow and the Other Birds, 6th Century B.C.
Swallow – Salvador Dali, 1957 The Swallow and the Other Birds It happened that a Countryman was sowing some hemp seeds in a field where a Swallow and some other birds were hopping about picking up their food. “Beware of Read More …
Revenge of the Hashishin’s, 1910
Et le soleil se coucha sur l’Adriatique (Sunset over the Adriatic)- And a name for the artist? Joachim-Raphael Boronali aka Aliboron aka Lolo the Donkey Revenge of the Hashishin’s Although the original Hashishin hangout the ‘Cabaret des Assassins’ in Read More …