With Child, 1900
‘Young Woman Breaking Hemp’ with child (‘Jeune Femme broyant du Chanvre’), Pontivy, France. Postcard from around 1900
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Countryside Scenes of Breaking Hemp, 1900
‘Countryside scene of women breaking hemp on a dual hemp brake while a young girl spins hemp’ (la Corrèze illustrée types et scènes champêtres broyage du chanvre), postcard from Corrèze, France early 1900
Piperoom Eyes, 1968
Danish-French actress Anna Karina in 1968
Getting Baked With Hemp
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 …
Hemp Harvest in Ballon, 1907
‘La recolte du chanvre dans la Sarthe’, The harvest of hemp in Sarthe, postcard from Ballon in Sarthe, France 1907
Loire of Hemp, 1910
Hemp stacked and retting on the banks of the Loire River, postcard from Ingrandes, France 1910
Hemp Workers, 1860
‘Hemp workers’ engraving created by Lallemand and Levy, published in the ‘L’Illustration, journal universel’, Paris, France 1860
Bridge Over Troubled Waters, 500 AD
Sarthe River Bridge in Saint Céneri le Gérei, France Bridge Over Troubled Waters For thousands of years a ancient stone bridge crossing the Sarthe river in northern France has hidden a secret to immortality… Hemp! The picturesque French village of Saint Read More …
Hemp Comber
Hemp comber works hemp while his child watches sitting upon a pile of hemp. France early 1900’s Between scutching and spinning, the hemp fiber is cleaned and relaxed, it is the work of the combers.
Wild Man and Woman Hemp Textile, 1440
‘Wild man and woman in a garden’, Hemp textile with silk and wool thread. Basel (Rhine valley), France c.1440