Humane Hemp
“He who binds to himself a joy Does the winged life destroy; But he who kisses the joy as it flies Lives in eternity’s sun rise.” -William Blake 1920 ‘Buddhist Flapper’ in themed photoshoot Humane Hemp In Japan, hemp Read More …
Tag: war on drugs
Clothes for Brown Leaves, 1927
“Albert and Baltazar Negrite, aged 9 and 10, are shown with George Contreras, Detective Chief of the District Attorney’s Office. Boys are wearing new clothes purchase for them after Contreras had found them in destitute circumstance upon investigating charges that Read More …
The Monkey’s Pipe, 1891
“Organic life beneath the shoreless waves Was born and nurs’d in ocean’s pearly caves; First forms minute, unseen by spheric glass, Move on the mud, or pierce the watery mass; These, as successive generations bloom, New powers acquire and larger Read More …
Snakes in the Grass, 1971
Snakes in the grass by John Knudsen – 1971
Threshing Hemp, 1929
Lyster H. Dewey, with a scoop devised for taking up /”threshing” hemp seed from individual selections beaten out on canvas, Office, November 1929 Picture of Lyster Dewey and his threshing hemp technique from his personal journal found at a Read More …
Japan’s Beautiful Hemp Village, 1948
When asked how much hemp used to grow in this region one farmer responded by saying, “Do you see these rice fields?” pointing to the vast checkerboard of rice fields we’d been cutting and bundling, “before the war, we didn’t Read More …
Weed of Doom, 1942
Weed of Doom When reefer madness and comics team up against cannabis you get, Weed of Doom… The ‘good guys’ – The Deacon & Mickey The ‘bad guys’ – Loco Gila & Pancho Montez Poor poor Jack Winters stuck in Read More …
Cannabis Playdate, 1936
Cannabis Playdate In 1936, this innocent image was as American as it gets, Apple Pie. A little girl with her bow and arrow playing in front of the families cannabis plants… In less then 2 years, descending federal Read More …
If Your a Viper, 1943
Whats a Viper?… Roll yourself up a nice joint… Light that nice Joint… Hold that nice Joint to your mouth and suck… Hear that hissing sound?… You’re a Viper Baby! Fats Waller If you’re a viper Think about a reptile, Read More …
Furthur Down the Magic Trip, 1964
“It isn’t by getting out of the world that we become enlightened, but by getting into the world…by getting so tuned in that we can ride the waves of our existence and never get tossed because we become the waves.” Read More …