Working in a Hemp Field, 1905

‘Working in a Hemp Field’, men work to harvest a hemp field utilizing a hemp braking machine.  Kentucky 1905  

Extracting Hemp from the Retting Pit, 1615

‘Estrazione della canapa dal macero’ (Extracting Hemp from the Retting Pit) by Giovan Francesco Barbieri known as ‘Il Guercino’  1615  

Men Shocking Hemp, 1900

‘Men shocking, or standing and binding large bundles of hemp’ photographed by Rue B. Archibald.  Mercer county, Kentucky between 1900-04      

Workers Harvest Hemp with a Mongul, 1917

‘Workers harvest hemp with a Mogul 10-20 tractor and a hemp harvester’ Wisconsin 1917        

The Hemp Brakers, 1906

‘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 …

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!    

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 …

Early Reminiscences of the Hemp Giantesses, 1864

Early Reminiscences of the Hemp Giantesses   “In driving through a part of Bohemia from Vienna to Dresden we had occasionally long stages, and in the twilight often saw, what at the time amazed and not a little startled me, Read More …

Loire of Hemp, 1910

Hemp stacked and retting on the banks of the Loire River, postcard from Ingrandes, France 1910