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Plate 4 – Scutching ‘A Treatise on Hemp’, book by Robert Wissett in 1808 “Of the various productions of nature, which are alike conducive to the comforts, to the opulence, to the security, and to the independent existence Read More …
A man gathers long stalks of hemp into a bundle, the hemp was used to produce binder twine. Wisconsin 1912
‘Woman customer holding a handmade, copper and glass marijuana water pipe at a shop’ in Los Angeles, California 1967
‘The Devil’s Weed’ movie poster. The movie originally titled ‘Wild Weed’ was made to capitalize on Lila Leeds 1948 marijuana arrest with Robert Mitchum and was released with many names including ‘She Shoulda Said No!‘. 1949
Ancient Heavenly King Bust (One of four Buddhist gods who watch over each of the cardinal directions of the world) found in Japan: “This sculpture has been made by superimposing layers of soaked hemp lacquer: hemp can be woven ( lower Read More …
A young female worker operating a hemp carding machine at Craddocks Wire Rope Works during WW1. Wakefield, England August 23, 1916
A United States soldier swaps pipes with a local in Burma, 1945 The Photograph was published on the cover of the United States Military WW2 magazine ‘Yank’ in 1945 YANK – July 1, 1945
‘Superintendent Haney of International Harvester Company (left), South Dakota Senator Beebe, Professor Holden, and J.W. Parmley stand in a hemp field sown on May 19, 1917.’ Ipswitch, South Dakota – August 8, 1917
Bob Sorrell sitting in his unfinished Sorrell Custom Roadster Hemp in the Fast Lane Bob Sorrell turned the automotive world upside down in 1953 by unveiling his special new SR-100 sports car to a stunned crowd. It wasn’t under the Read More …
‘I Couldn’t Smoke the Grass on my Father’s Lawn’ by Michael Chaplin (Charlie Chaplin’s son) – 1966