Street Smokers, 1922
‘Street smokers’, India 1922
Tag: hookah
Cheap Way of Being Happy, 1885
“A cheap way of being happy”, The opium-joint of the Republican “irreconcilables” – Puck magazine, September 23, 1885
Garson, 1890
A Turkish coffee-boy with hookah in Selanik/Saloniki (nothern Greece). Postcard from the 1890’s
Hashish by Sigmar Polke, 1973
Smoking Hashish, by Artist Sigmar Polke in Quetta, Pakistan. 1973/1974
Smoke Session, 1881
“We smoke it and it reminds us of different things. We remember the miracles of the world. We remember those far and near. We remember” – Basotho Cannabis Smoking song, from C.J. Bourhill’s report from 1913 called ‘The smoking of Read More …
Fable of the Keyhole, 1870
Ancient Fable: Three men, one under the influence of alcohol, another steeped in opium, a third intoxicated by marihuana, arrived one night at the closed gates of a Persian city. “Let us break down the gates!” roared the drunkard. “Nay,” Read More …
Damghan Waterpipe, 1932
Woman Smoking a Water Pipe, from “Exploring Iran: The Photography of Erich F. Schmidt.” Damghan, Iran, 1932
The South African Smoker Games
Zulu’s smoking – South Africa by B W Caney – 1880 The South African Smoker Games Long before the Hunger Games would captivate the delight of many a sauced smoker, cannabis smokers in South Africa came up with their own Read More …
Luft hookah, WW2
Luft Officer smoking homemade hookah during WW2 in Africa
Gaddi Hookah, 1980
Gaddi village man smoking hookah, near Dharamsala, India 1980