The Ropemakers of Torre del Greco, 1883

‘The Ropemakers of Torre del Greco’ (I funari di Torre del Greco)  by Antonino Leto 1883  

Hand Heckled Hemp, 1920

Men hand heckle hemp at a processing plant in Versailles, Kentucky 1920      

Sizing up Marijuana Plants, 1951

Harold Rosenbaum, Assistant District Attorney, Frank Creta, and James Stevens size up some marijuana plants growing in a Brooklyn back yard.  Brooklyn, New York 1951    

Grape Seller, 1920

‘Grape seller with Kif smokers’ postcard, Tétouan, Morocco 1920    

Despised Weed Adds Value to Farm Land, 1931

    Despised Weed Adds Value to Farm Land Farmers of the Imperial Valley, in California, have found wild hemp, a familiar weed, will in two or three months replenish exhausted soil as thoroughly as alfalfa and do the job Read More …

Evening Cigar, 1958

Igorot woman smokes a evening cigar in a small village near Bontoc, Mountain Province in Northern Philippines 1958      

Marijuana Pickup, 1954

‘Detective Sgt. Melvin Fuller With Confiscated Marijuana Plants in the back of a pickup truck.’  Ann Arbor, Michigan  July 1954  

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 …