Pipe Shop, 19th century
‘Tobacco and Pipe Shop’ (Marchand de Tumbeki à des Narghilehs), photographed by Pascal Sebah. Cairo, Egypt 1860-1880
Month: October 2019
Digging Cozine Avenue, 1951
Inspector Frank Creta watches as the ‘White Wing Squad’ digs up marijuana plants from an empty lot on Cozine Avenue. Brooklyn, New York 1951
Old Spinner, 1900’s
‘Old Spinner’ (vieille fileuse) postcard. Bourbonnais, France early 1900’s
Fumerie de Kif, 20th century
‘Fumerie de Kif’ (Smoking Kief/hash) by Gustave Flasschoen (1868–1940)
The Worlds First Blunts… Mbade
A ‘mbade’ (cigar/blunt)made by the Wahehe People from Tanzania 1922 The Worlds First Blunts… Mbade Long before New York crews started cracking Phillies, one tribe in Tanzania had already mastered the art of rolling the perfect blunt. The practice Read More …
Reefer Party, 1948
‘Reefer Party’ photographed by Wayne Miller. South Side Chicago, Illinois 1948
Tall Weeds, 1972
‘Tall weeds thought to be marijuana examined by Vice Detectives at police headquarters’, Oklahoma July 15, 1972
Hemp Trading Card, 1900
Hemp trading card made by the French chocolate company ‘Chocolat Poulain’ from their series entitled Useful Plants (Les plantes utiles), France 1900 Industrial Useful Plants Hemp Plant of the family Ulmaceae, which is believed to be native to Read More …
The Returning Palanquin, 1870’s
‘Woman seated on the left is Era Kayo, who was a popular geiko in the Gion district of Kyoto during the 1870s, with geiko Chiyo standing on the right.’ They are dressed as kago-ya (palanquin bearers). Japan 1870’s ‘This carte Read More …
Weedhead Tramp, 1944
‘Weedhead, Tramp’, Phyllis Stalnaker mugshot from the old San Diego police headquarters museum at Seaport. San Diego, California 1944