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    

System for Drinking, 1928

‘System for Drinking’ (Système de Boire) postcard.  Syria  1928  

Mississippi Stem Rub, 1970’s

Research associate and later director Carlton Turner (former Drug Czar under Ronald Reagan) examining cannabis grown at the University of Mississippi’s Research Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences Medical Gardens, Mississippi  late 1970’s    

La Culture De Chanvre, early 20th century

‘The Cultivation of hemp’ (La Culture De Chanvre), photographed by F. Chapeau in  Behuard, France  photographed sometime between 1911-1955, postcard published late 50’s If you look real close you can just make out who I’m guessing to be his wife Read More …

Sister Sara, 1970s

‘Sister Sara’, headshop poster made by the Lagnaf Poster Co.  late 60’s/ early 70’s        

Working in a Hemp Field, 1905

‘Working in a Hemp Field’, men work to harvest a hemp field utilizing a hemp braking machine.  Kentucky 1905