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
Category: Photographs
Pasha and his Harem, 1880
‘The Pasha and his Harem’ Port Said, Egypt 1880
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
Femme Fumant Le Narguile, 1860’s
‘Women smoking waterpipe in front of a tent’ (Femme fumant le narguilé devant une tente), single view of a stereograph taken in North Africa, 1860’s
Root of an Evil, 1954
‘Root of an Evil’ – Police officer Bernard Gallagher uproots a marijuana plant in Golden Gate Park. Tended by a gardener who said he didn’t know what it was, the plant was capable of producing about $100 worth of dope. Read More …
Maryjane, 1968
Jordan Bates (actor Kevin Coughlin) smokes a waterpipe in the 1968 movie ‘Maryjane’
Mueller Report, 1978
‘Robert S. Mueller III, then Assistant U.S. Attorney in San Francisco, and Daniel Addario, Special Agent in charge, DEA San Francisco, standing in front of a 547 pound hashish seizure’. Concord, California January 1978
Betty Blythe Arcade Card, 1920’s
Actress Betty Blythe with waterpipe, Arcade Card early 1920’s Betty Blythe in Chu Chin Chow 1923
Mercy 5.5 Tons of Marijuana, 1971
‘5.5 tons of marijuana in a Hertz truck, loaded off two vessels. The larger boat is the Andiamo, the smaller one the Mercy Wiggins AKA the Ruth Ann’. San Francisco, California May 5, 1971 Walter Pardaen with the life Read More …