Sweet Idleness, 1908

‘Dolce far niente’ / Sweet Idleness, postcard of a Baluba Man smoking from a water pipe.  Belgian Congo, Africa  around 1908          

Barrack Bag Deposit, 1958

‘Marijuana is weighed and checked by Jim Farris, left, Sheriff Bob Turner and O.E. Higginbotham. Recovered after local farmer called deputies to investigate a army barracks bag deposited by two men in his fields four miles north of Oklahoma City.’  Read More …

Nénoucha and her Musician, 1900’s

‘Nénoucha and her Musician’, scenes et types de l’afrique du nord postcard.  Taourirt, Morocco early 20th century    

Hemp Follows the Needle

Cover of ‘Games and songs of American children’ by William Newell in 1884 Hemp Follows the Needle Our culture with hemp is so intertwined within the human experience that to this day, we still teach hemp culture to our children Read More …

Job Papier, 1894

‘Papier à cigarettes’ advertisement for Job rolling papers by Georges Meunier in 1894    

Hemp Processing Machine, 1920/30’s

‘Men watch over a hemp breaking machine, in the background women finish the processed hemp with a whipping motion before placing the finished hemp bundles onto a table(cart?)’  Bologna, Italy 1920/30s  

Longtan Cannabis, 1984

‘Ying Tsun-shen of the Institute of Botany in Beijing beside a large crop of Cannabis sativa L.’ in the vicinity of Longtan, China  July 1984    

Woman Sitting at Spinning Wheel, 1890

‘Woman sitting at spinning wheel inside Curman Villa’ cyanotype.   Lysekil, Sweden 1890        

A Reclining Turk, 1844

‘A Reclining Turk’ by Henri Charles Antoine Baron  1844