Congo Marijuana Farm, 1964
“1964 Marijuana farm Plant Harvest Africa Congo” – negatives More questions then answers on these negatives…
Tag: war on drugs
Mr. Binns tries Hahseesh, 1884
Mr. Binns tries Hahseesh Funny article from the “Baltimore Sun, March 6, 1884” republished the next day by “The New York Times, March 7, 1884” Some poor chap in Baltimore in 1884 walks into the hospital high as hell… I Read More …
“Spinning Machine”, 1905
Spinning Machine If you follow my blog, you will find I am in love with the beauty of early photographs of spinning wheels. Something about the sophisticated elegance of simplicity, Love. Woman Spinning Hemp on “Spinning Machine” in Kentucky Read More …
Bubbling over with Cannabis, 1951
“Look within. Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if thou wilt ever dig.” -Marcus Aurelius The Friendship of People Fountain or the Friendship of Nations Fountain in Moscow, Russia Bubbling over with Cannabis Read More …
Hemp: The Prison Pounding, 1798
“Poor pilgrims blithe and jolly, in penance for past folly.” -Seceders in limbo -Vagabonds made useful. 1798 etching Hemp: The Prison Pounding As I’ve discussed in my earlier story ‘The Poor House’ (link to the story here ), many institutions Read More …
Huge Hookah, 1880
It was common for themed photo shoots at the advent of photography. The size of this hookah however is not… Orientalist cabinet card from AKRON, OHIO c.1880
A Smugglers Tale, 1736
“The ship was moor’d—the oars were plied— The boats moved on athwart the tide, And steered their course direct to land, Well fraught with goods, though contraband. The landsmen gathered there in swarms, Receiv’d the same with open arms; And, Read More …
Love is as a Fever, 1905
“My love is as a fever, longing still For that which longer nurseth the disease, Feeding on that which doth preserve the ill, Th’ uncertain sickly appetite to please.” – William Shakespeare, sonnet 147 Lehnert & Landrock – Tunisian Read More …
I’m a Reefer Man, 1939
Franklin D. Roosevelt 1905 I’m a Reefer Man As part of New Deal under the Emergency Relief Appropriation Act of 1935, the Federal writers project was funded. This move by the government was to jump start the arts in Read More …
Spontaneous Growth of Bhang, 1894
‘The spontaneous growth of bhang in the public gardens’, Amritsar, India April 23, 1894 Photograph from the British ‘Report of the Indian Hemp Drugs Commission, 1894-1895’