Pigs are Spinning, 1673

‘Varkens die spinnen’ (Pigs are Spinning), woodblock protest print with the message “The Great Mortality among the Westphalian Wives / how that the Pigs should spin / to win a living for the men”. The print is a animal allegory Read More …

A Hindu Nautch, pre1910

‘A Hindu Nautch’  Postcard.  Two Nautch women smoking hookah.  Calcutta, India  pre1910       A hand painted version this time labeled ‘A Hindu Lady’  

Predawn Raids, 1936

‘Charged with the sale of marijuana Wednesday after pre-dawn raids was Virgil ‘Smiley’ Smith, 48, of 411 N Eastern.’ Oklahoma City, Oklahoma  March 6, 1936      

Catching up on some reading, breaks over

Hope everyone had a chance to catch up on some reading during my time off.  Roll one up and get that pipe packed, we’re just getting started, breaks over   ‘Flapper reading newspaper’, one in a collection of erotic indoor Read More …