Revolutionary Hemp: Part 1 – In Defense of our Liberty Tree, 1765

“The World should never forget the spot where once stood Liberty Tree”  – Marquis de Lafayette   ‘Liberty Tree’ by David Sears, 1775     Revolutionary Hemp: Part 1 – In Defense of our Liberty Tree In order to birth Read More …

Hand Heckled Hemp, 1920

Men hand heckle hemp at a processing plant in Versailles, Kentucky 1920      

Bear of a Peace Pipe, 1915

A Bear and Indian smoke a peace pipe by Charles Russell in 1915    

Hemp Santa

“he looked like a pedler just opening his pack. His eyes—how they twinkled! His dimples, how merry! His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry! His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow, And the beard Read More …

The American Dope Party, 1906

‘The American dope party’ “A lesson in practical patriotism taught by the Boston tea party.” Illustration shows many men dressed as Native Americans on board a ship labeled “The Good Ship Dope”, throwing cartons and boxes of adulterated and unhealthy Read More …

Visions of America, 3780 BC

“The root is of nearly medium size, sending forth no branches or leaves above the ground, but with a certain woolliness adhering to it on account of which it could not aptly be figured by me. Both men and women Read More …

Our Home Hasheesh Crop, 1926

Hemp plant workers, Mapleton, Minnesota 1943 Our Home Hasheesh Crop The hemp plant, the source of the drug hasheesh, is one of the commonest weeds of the country; but there is little danger that it will seriously promote the drug Read More …

Offering Pipe To Earth, 1910

“A Cheyenne woman offering pipe to earth during a sun dance ceremony”, by Edward S. Curtis.  1910