Hookah Girl Painting, 18th century
A girl smokes a hookah -unknown, India – dated “last quarter of 18th century”
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Fishing Blind with Hemp, 1930
“Lucy, the girl in the door way is making thread out of hemp. Clara and Anna are making it into fish nets. The three girls are blind.” Yeung Kong, China, 1930 Blind girls with fish nets, Yeung Kong, China, ca. 1930
The Great Panty Caper, 1949
“we’d prefer to look on the panty raid as a rather harmless bit of frivolity that college kids should engage in once in a while. It’s a better escape from this meaningless world than marijuana and LSD. And we’d prefer Read More …
Sower of the Hemp, 1900
“…before the red of apple buds become a sign in the low orchards, or the high song of the thrush is pouring forth far away at wet pale-green sunsets, the sower, the earliest sower of the hemp, goes forth into Read More …
Hollyweed, 1976
“I want people to be able to see it from Wilshire.” -Harry Chandler, describing his vision of the Hollywoodland sign A publicity photo for the Hollywoodland subdivision’s groundbreaking includes a plow, mule and surveyors. 1923 Hollyweed In 1923, wanting Read More …
Moonshine Cover
“A still to cover our marijuana growing” Charles R. Daniel
Rembetiko: The Music of Hashish
“to revoke, carried away, the love a woman, to stave off the suffering, to weep in secret for the injustices of society. They were people that had to live out of the boundaries of society; because they wanted to live Read More …
Operation Burn Out, 1957
United States Marines use flamethrowers to burn cannabis field in Illinois. 1957 Operation Burn out In the 50’s, the United States was left with a stockpile of weapons of war left over from WW2. With the war won, Read More …
Queen of Blunts, 1875
Burmese woman with cigar in Mandalay, Burma c.1875
Keep Washington Green, 1970
“Take care; Cannabis Sativa can be a fire hazard! Thus the leaves (starting from the bottom of your plant) should be harvested, dried and incinerated in small quantities in the form of cigarettes or pipes, providing a sweet and aromatic Read More …