Kentucky Hemp Farmer, 1920’s
Kentucky hemp farmer posing next to his field, 1920
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Every garden a munition plant, 1918
“Every garden a munition plant” 1918 -WW1, National War Garden Commission poster
In her Victory Garden, 1945
“In her Victory Garden, the seeds grow all around, She plants you dig, she’s flipped her wig, Sweet Marihuana Brown” -Barney Bigard Sextet victory garden, M. Rose Sweet Marihuana Brown Boy she’s really fancy, the wildest chick in town. Read More …
Blitzed Gardens, 1942
Blitzed Gardens During the beginning of WW2, German bombers went on a night time raid over London. Wave after wave of bombers unloaded their cargo over the populated city. One of these bombs was dropped right next to Westminster Cathedral, Read More …
The Sower, 1850
“They tried to bury us but they didn’t know we were seeds.” – Mexican proverb The Sower – Jean-François Millet – 1850
A hemp field harvest before and after Kentucky, 1905.
A hemp field harvest before and after in Auvergne, Kentucky 1905. Cutting hemp with a binder and four-mule team circa 1905 The “tented hemp fields” after harvest, 1905
The hemp press comes down, 1908
“When ancient opinions and rules of life are taken away, the loss cannot possibly be estimated. From that moment, we have no compass to govern us, nor can we know distinctly to what port to steer.” – Edmund Burke (1729-1797) Read More …
When the White House was Green
“It is necessary to cultivate our garden” – Voltaire White House conservatory earliest photo 1857 (photo taken right after construction, the green house had a wood frame which burnt in a fire in 1867) When the White House Read More …
Hemp field in Seney, Michigan 1920
Hemp field in Seney, Michigan 1920
Joy for the Toppers, 1892
“In a world of cares and unsatisfied longings it is natural that the soul should sometimes court oblivion and turn wearily from the realities of life to seek short surcease of sorrow in the illusive glories and dreamy imaginings of Read More …