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‘Grains of Cannabis’ (Graines de Chanvre) in a corked bottle (18,5 x 8 x 8 cm, 475grams) seeds sourced from Morocco, originally obtained and held by the Colonial Museum of the City of Lyon (Musée colonial de la ville de Read More …
‘Old Spinner’ (vieille fileuse) postcard. Bourbonnais, France early 1900’s
Hemp trading card made by the French chocolate company ‘Chocolat Poulain’ from their series entitled Useful Plants (Les plantes utiles), France 1900 Industrial Useful Plants Hemp Plant of the family Ulmaceae, which is believed to be native to Read More …
‘The Cultivation of hemp’ (La Culture De Chanvre), photographed by F. Chapeau in Behuard, France photographed sometime between 1911-1955, postcard published late 50’s If you look real close you can just make out who I’m guessing to be his wife Read More …
‘La Corderie: Femme Mangeant du Chanvre’ (The Ropeworks: Woman Eating Hemp), by Jean Baptiste Huët (1745-1811) oil on canvas Watercolor with pen and ink “O, she’s warm! If this be magic, let it Read More …
‘Le Teilleur de Chanvre’ (The Hemp Scutcher) postcard. Bresse, France 1910’s
The Hemp Hemp with webbed leaf, Hemp is in bloom, In the air Pollen, like smoke, Corrugated above green strands, And, like a strong wine, his breath Gray heads in the plain. Hemp is ripe, Morning and evening We Read More …
‘Fumees de Chanvre’ (Fumes of Hemp) by Paul Darlix. Part of a short book series titled ‘Nos Secrets’ (Our Secrets) Brussels, Belgium 1949
‘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 …
La Corroirie estate near Loches, France (this Hemp oven also served as a prison for misbehaving monks when not in use) Getting Baked With Hemp Across France ruins of hemp history decay. These abandoned structures loom high over farm lands Read More …