The Spinner, 700-550BC

‘The Spinner’ Relief/Carving. Young woman spinning and servant holding a fan.  Found in Susa, present day Shush, Iran between 700-550 BC        

Coffee Seller, 1870

‘Coffee seller’ photographed by Abdullah Frères in Constantinople/Istanbul, Turkey 1870        

High School Cannabis Education, 1950

A teacher educates a group of 9th grade students of the 636th male high school about plants on the school’s experimental farm site.  A sign identifies the large Cannabis plant in the garden.  Russia  September 1950 конопля is Russian for Read More …

Turkish Delight, 19th Century

A Turkish threesome enjoying a smoke,  cdv (carte de visite) Studio portrait.  Constantinople,Turkey  1860-80    

Getting Baked With Hemp

La Corroirie estate near Loches, France (this Hemp oven also served as a prison for misbehaving monks when not in use) Getting Baked With Hemp Across France ruins of hemp history decay. These abandoned structures loom high over farm lands Read More …

Wanted Us To Try Hashish, 1940

“Smoking a hookah or bubble pipe at El Kantara on Suez Canal. The Arabs wanted us to try hashish but we declined.”  Australian soldiers during WW2,  Egypt 1940        

Haschisch Jugend, 1901

‘Haschisch’ by Alfred Zimmermann, printed in Jugend magazine.  Germany 1901      

Hemp Harvest in Ballon, 1907

‘La recolte du chanvre dans la Sarthe’, The harvest of hemp in Sarthe, postcard from Ballon in Sarthe, France 1907    

Satchmo’s Mule, 1958

“Louie smokes marijuana?” – Richard Nixon’s response when he was told he had smuggled cannabis through customs for Louis Armstrong by his aid Charles McWhorter Louis Armstrong talks with Richard Nixon   Satchmo’s Mule Louis Armstrong was considered a master Read More …

As the Old Sing, so Pipe the Young, 1664

‘As the Old Sing, so Pipe the Young’ by Jan Steen in 1664 The painting is used as a proverb by the artist portraying the message that ‘children copy adults’.  Artist Jan Steen decided to use his actual family in Read More …