The Sleeping Girls, 1890
‘The Sleeping Girls in Japanese Bed’, a popular geisha pose with kiseru pipe. Japan 1890
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Love Song
‘Vigil Bressane’ (Veillée Bressane) postcard. Bourg-en-Bresse, France 1905 Love Song ‘Konopa konopa Koho rada vidímn’ (Hemp Hemp – To One Who I Like To See) is an ancient Slovak song steeped in the culture of hemp. It Read More …
Ouled Nail Couple, 1905
A young Ouled Nail couple, photographed by Rudolf Franz Lehnert. Tunisia / Algeria 1905
Teasing, 19th century
‘Teasing the maid in the kitchen’ by Adrianus van Doorn 19th century
Fernande, 1917
Fernande Barrey, french postcard labeled ‘JA Serie 67’ photographed by Jean Agélou. France between 1910-17
The Hemp Brakers, 1906
‘The Hemp Brakers’ (les Broyeuses de Chanvre) postcard. Argent-sur-Sauldre, France taken sometime before 1906 In a reproduction of the original postcard and photograph produced in 1910, the image is the same except for the Read More …
Liamba Leaf, 1890
Illustration of a ‘Liamba Leaf’ aka Wild Hemp (cannabis) from the book ‘Adventures in the great forest of equatorial Africa and the country of the dwarfs’ by Du Chaillu & Paul Belloni in 1890 Liamba Leaf “I found Read More …
Family of Kahlil Sarkees, 1893
‘Family of Kahlil sarkees’ enjoy a water pipe at Midway. Chicago World’s Columbian Exposition, Illinois 1893
L ‘odalisque, 1871
‘L ‘odalisque’ by Jean Baptiste Camille Corot 1871/1873
Effects of Sulfate of Ammonia on Hemp, 1890’s
‘Effects of sulfate of ammonia on hemp’ postcard, Haut Éclair, France 1890’s Hemp plants without ammonia sulfate on the left, yield 12 hundredweight per hectare, with ammonia sulfate on the right, yield 15 hundredweight per hectare. Read More …