Women Breaking Hemp, 1893

‘Women Breaking Hemp’ photographed by Félix Arnaudin, print from a gelatin silver bromide negative.  Commensacq, France 1893  

The Sleeping Girls, 1890

‘The Sleeping Girls in Japanese Bed’,  a popular geisha pose with kiseru pipe.  Japan 1890      

After the Bath, 19th Century

‘After the Bath’ by Jean-Léon Gérôme (1824-1904)  19th century      

It Takes a Village, 1940’s

Hemp Harvest, Italy  1940’s   Notice that men, women and children were all involved in the hemp harvest… Family!    

Greek Party Girls, 1910

Three nude women smoke a waterpipe while dancing and playing music, Greek postcard, around 1910        

Turkish Delight, 19th Century

A Turkish threesome enjoying a smoke,  cdv (carte de visite) Studio portrait.  Constantinople,Turkey  1860-80    

Turkish Women, 1893

‘Türkische Frauen’ (Turkish Women) by Ferdinand Max Bredt 1893    

Happy 420, 1885

4:19       4:20       Happy 420 everyone!   Photographs – Girls pose in Turkish studio, Istanbul 1885