Woman Eating Hemp, 18th Century
‘La Corderie: Femme Mangeant du Chanvre’ (The Ropeworks: Woman Eating Hemp), by Jean Baptiste Huët (1745-1811) oil on canvas Watercolor with pen and ink “O, she’s warm! If this be magic, let it Read More …
Month: August 2019
Dusted Grow, 1993
‘500 marijuana plants were seized in the basement of an empty warehouse on 3rd Street. SFPD Crime Lab Investigator Bob Fitzer dusted the indoor grow lights for finger prints just before the SFPD and members of the DEA began to Read More …
Hippie Hero, 1967
‘Hippie Hero Dana Beal, 21, is carried on the shoulders of friends after he was released on $3,000 bail on charges of selling LSD, his arrest touched off an all night vigil by some 25 hippie friends outside the Federal Read More …
Water Pipe Yak, 1775
Base for a Water Pipe (huqqa) made from a Yak’s Horn with decorative iron & brass mounts. Skardu, Gilgit-Baltistan (modern day Pakistan) made between 1775-1800
After the Plow, 1920’s
After the plow, the farmer took a break for a pipe. ‘Farm animals in North China’ photographed by J.C. Carter published in ‘Familiar Chinese Faces’. Northern China early 1920’s
Women Breaking Hemp, 1893
‘Women Breaking Hemp’ photographed by Félix Arnaudin, print from a gelatin silver bromide negative. Commensacq, France 1893
Rockies 30 Pound Colombian, 1980
’30 pounds of what police believe to be ‘Colombian’ marijuana displayed by Rockie J. Yardley an officer in the technical investigation division.’ Edmond, Oklahoma August 13, 1980
The Chibouk Smoker, 19th Century
‘Le Fumeur De Chibouk’ (The Chibouk Smoker) by Alexandre Gabriel Decamps, dated between 1820-1860
Cannabis Camouflage, 1916
‘Australian fighters pose with a captured Turkish sniper disguised as a cannabis bush’. The Turkish sniper was photographed immediately after capture while he was being brought in under guard. He was camouflaged by a Jack-in-the-Green arrangement of cannabis foliage attached Read More …
Russian Drug Raid, 1957
‘Russian drug raid’ Kazakh, Russia 1957