A Hindu Nautch, pre1910

‘A Hindu Nautch’  Postcard.  Two Nautch women smoking hookah.  Calcutta, India  pre1910       A hand painted version this time labeled ‘A Hindu Lady’  

Predawn Raids, 1936

‘Charged with the sale of marijuana Wednesday after pre-dawn raids was Virgil ‘Smiley’ Smith, 48, of 411 N Eastern.’ Oklahoma City, Oklahoma  March 6, 1936      

Catching up on some reading, breaks over

Hope everyone had a chance to catch up on some reading during my time off.  Roll one up and get that pipe packed, we’re just getting started, breaks over   ‘Flapper reading newspaper’, one in a collection of erotic indoor Read More …

Italian POW Cannabis Garden, 1915

Cannabis garden curated by Italian prisoners of war under the control of the Austro-Hungarian Empire at Ljubljana Castle, Austria (present day Slovenia) during WW1 between 1915-1919    

Le Teilleur de Chanvre, 1910s

‘Le Teilleur de Chanvre’  (The Hemp Scutcher) postcard.  Bresse, France 1910’s        

Smoking in Saigon, 1971

‘American GI’s smoke marijuana at an off-base apartment in Saigon’, Vietnam 1971              

The Treatment of Hemp, 1925

‘The Treatment of Hemp’ photographed by Karel Plicka.   Prislop, Slovakia 1925    

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