Log Cabin Hemp Brake, 1900
‘Older man in a felt hat operating a hemp brake. He is standing in front of a log cabin, with a tall split-rail fence in the background.’ Mercer County, Kentucky 1900-1904
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Selection of Hemp for Seed, preWW2
‘Selection of hemp for seed’ (Selezione canaponi per semi). Bentivoglio, Italy pre WW2 (1930/40’s)
Pipe Shop, 19th century
‘Tobacco and Pipe Shop’ (Marchand de Tumbeki à des Narghilehs), photographed by Pascal Sebah. Cairo, Egypt 1860-1880
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
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
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
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