A Reclining Turk, 1844
‘A Reclining Turk’ by Henri Charles Antoine Baron 1844
Month: April 2019
Femme Fumant Le Narguile, 1860’s
‘Women smoking waterpipe in front of a tent’ (Femme fumant le narguilé devant une tente), single view of a stereograph taken in North Africa, 1860’s
Root of an Evil, 1954
‘Root of an Evil’ – Police officer Bernard Gallagher uproots a marijuana plant in Golden Gate Park. Tended by a gardener who said he didn’t know what it was, the plant was capable of producing about $100 worth of dope. Read More …
Maryjane, 1968
Jordan Bates (actor Kevin Coughlin) smokes a waterpipe in the 1968 movie ‘Maryjane’
The Weed Men, 1936
‘The Weed Men’ another adventure of Captain Justice & Co., book from the Boy’s Friend Library Series #541 by Murray Roberts, 1936
Mueller Report, 1978
‘Robert S. Mueller III, then Assistant U.S. Attorney in San Francisco, and Daniel Addario, Special Agent in charge, DEA San Francisco, standing in front of a 547 pound hashish seizure’. Concord, California January 1978
Betty Blythe Arcade Card, 1920’s
Actress Betty Blythe with waterpipe, Arcade Card early 1920’s Betty Blythe in Chu Chin Chow 1923
The Hemp, 1889
The Hemp Hemp with webbed leaf, Hemp is in bloom, In the air Pollen, like smoke, Corrugated above green strands, And, like a strong wine, his breath Gray heads in the plain. Hemp is ripe, Morning and evening We Read More …
Mercy 5.5 Tons of Marijuana, 1971
‘5.5 tons of marijuana in a Hertz truck, loaded off two vessels. The larger boat is the Andiamo, the smaller one the Mercy Wiggins AKA the Ruth Ann’. San Francisco, California May 5, 1971 Walter Pardaen with the life Read More …
Love Puff, 1968
Love Puff, San Francisco, California 1968