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Lieutenant F. W. Holmes photograph of the Indian rope trick in May, 1917. Up From an ancient trick marveled for centuries to be ‘the world’s greatest illusion’, comes a tale so high it could only have come from hemp! Read More …
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Grape Seller, 1920
‘Grape seller with Kif smokers’ postcard, Tétouan, Morocco 1920
Parable of the Sower, 1552
Parable of the Sower Hearken; Behold, there went out a sower to sow: And it came to pass, as he sowed, some fell by the way side, and the fowls of the air came and devoured it up. And some Read More …
With Child, 1900
‘Young Woman Breaking Hemp’ with child (‘Jeune Femme broyant du Chanvre’), Pontivy, France. Postcard from around 1900
Hemp: A Practical Treatise, 1900
“There should be no necessity for an apology or an excuse for preparing a work upon hemp culture at this time… It was among the first introduced into America, and one of the most extensive in cultivation among the colonists; Read More …
The Farm Bill, 2018
The 2018 Agriculture Improvement Act aka the Farm Bill was just signed into order officially opening the door for legal (regulated) hemp production in the United States nationwide! Seeing is believing so here is the full approved Read More …
Card Game, 1650
‘Card Game’ by Dingeman van der Hagen 1650
Girl Twists Hemp, 1944
‘Little girl turning the handle on a wheel that twists hemp into yarn’, photographed by George Silk. Italy, May 1944
Spark of Nature’s Fire, 1944
“Give me a spark o’ Nature’s fire, That’s a’ the learning I desire.” – by Robert Burns from ‘Epistle To J. Lapraik’ (An Old Scottish Bard) 1785 Woman smokes from a water pipe, photographed by John Gutmann – India Read More …
Smoking Table, 1890
Cabinet Card by J. Greenfield, London, England 1890