Horse Drawn Reaper Harvest, 1912
Men use a horse-drawn reaper or hemp harvester to harvest hemp in a field. The hemp was used to produce binder twine. Wisconsin 1912
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Gypsy Sideshow Smoker, 1896
Gypsy dancer seated in a side-show theater with her water pipe at Coney Island, by Byron and Company. Coney Island, New York 1896
Custom Transport, 1969
U.S. Customs agents transport a car filled with seized marijuana during ‘Operation Intercept’. San Diego, California 1969 U.S. Customs agents unload seized marijuana in a storage vault during ‘Operation Intercept’, San Diego, California 1969 ‘cache of confiscated marijuana is removed Read More …
Hemp Comber
Hemp comber works hemp while his child watches sitting upon a pile of hemp. France early 1900’s Between scutching and spinning, the hemp fiber is cleaned and relaxed, it is the work of the combers.
Turkish Women, 1893
‘Türkische Frauen’ (Turkish Women) by Ferdinand Max Bredt 1893
Wartime Puffs, 1914
Indian Army soldier smoking a hookah at a WW1 camp in New Forest, England 1914
The Biddeford Dozen, 1982
City Hall in Downtown Biddeford, Maine The Biddeford Dozen On a brisk April Fools morning in 1982, locals in the picturesque town of Biddeford, Maine woke up to a stoner mystery that has been left unsolved to this day! The Read More …
Crimean Smoke Break, 1855
British officers relax while smoking chibouk (Ottoman) smoking pipes during the Crimean War. Crimea, 1855-1856
French Foreign Legion Hash Pipe, 1943
“Metal hashish pipe wrapped in leather with a metal tong and reamer set that has been decorated with incised lines. Given to Lester B. McAllister by a French Foreign Legion officer in Tindouf, Algeria, in February, 1943.”
Dr Poppy’s Wonder Elixir, 1946
‘Dr Poppy’s Wonder Elixir’, the sale of Dr Poppy’s started in the late 1800’s and sold in Australia up until the end of WW2, this sign dates to 1946 and was found in Alice Springs, Northern Territory, Australia “A Read More …