Jump into the New Year, 1100
Chinese boys jump rope, Song Dynasty, ca. 1100 AD Jump into the New Year In ancient China, the only way to celebrate the passing of the old Year was to jump into the new… For this traditional Read More …
Month: December 2017
Woman Holding Pipe
Woman holding pipe, late 1910’s/early 20’s
Boy Selling Marijuana Bundles, 1930
Boy selling marijuana bundles Mexico City, 1930
Twas the night before Christmas, 1823
“Merry Old Santa Claus” by Thomas Nast Harper’s Weekly in January 1, 1881 A Visit from St. Nicholas ‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse; The stockings Read More …
Hanna Barbera PSA, 1970
Hanna Barbera Drug PSA animated by Art Babbitt in 1970
Hemp Santa
“he looked like a pedler just opening his pack. His eyes—how they twinkled! His dimples, how merry! His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry! His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow, And the beard Read More …
Quetta Session, 1973
Photograph/Artwork by Artist Sigmar Polke in Quetta, Pakistan. 1973/1974
Taylor Camp Smoke Session, 1969
‘Smoke Session’ at Taylor Camp, Kauai, Hawaii 1969
The Dirtbags of Dope Lake, 1976
“We underestimated the entrepreneurial spirit of certain members of the community” – Park Ranger Tim Setnicka Westbay, Briwell and Long after the first one-day ascent of the Nose, El Cap, Yosemite, CA 1975 The Dirtbags of Dope Lake An outlaw Read More …
Behold the Time of the Assassins, 1872
Morning of Drunkenness O my good! O my beautiful! Atrocious fanfare where I won’t stumble! Enchanted rack whereon I am stretched! Hurrah for the amazing work and the marvelous body, for the first time! It began amid the laughter of Read More …