Yank Swaps Pipes, 1945

A United States soldier swaps pipes with a local in Burma, 1945 The Photograph was published on the cover of the United States Military WW2 magazine ‘Yank’ in 1945 YANK – July 1, 1945

Hemp in the Fast Lane, 1954

Bob Sorrell sitting in his unfinished Sorrell Custom Roadster Hemp in the Fast Lane Bob Sorrell turned the automotive world upside down in 1953 by unveiling his special new SR-100 sports car to a stunned crowd.  It wasn’t under the Read More …

Victorian’s High Fashion, 1864

Victorian’s High Fashion At the height of Victorian fashion one designer took the uptight proper style a bit higher…   Godey’s Lady’s Book, April 1864     The prim and proper Victorian style dominated women fashion for much of the Read More …

Sun, Soil, Seeds & Soul, 1979

Sun, Soil, Seeds & Soul This is a article that was published in Blotter Magazine issue #4 in 1979 titled ‘Sun, Soil, Seeds & Soul’.  An amazingly insightful article for its time, the otherwise anonymous author simply signed the story Read More …

Smoke Dope Everywhere, 1972

Smoke Dope Everywhere   “Fuck the games. No more games, no more hiding the dope in the coffee can, or in the drawer under the underwear. No more putting your dope in your crotch to go over to your girl’s Read More …

The Bedouin Cameleer’s Kief, 1922

A Rest Among the Sand-Dunes south of El Wad, Algeria The Bedouin cameleer must have his tea and a pipe of kief, the desert man’s opiate. This Arab carries with him enough food and equipment for 90 days of desert Read More …

Hemp Santa

“he looked like a pedler just opening his pack. His eyes—how they twinkled! His dimples, how merry! His cheeks were like roses, his nose like a cherry! His droll little mouth was drawn up like a bow, And the beard Read More …

Cohoon’s Broadcast Seed Sower, 1862

  Cohoon’s Broadcast Seed Sower For Sowing Wheat, Hemp, Grass, Oats, Barley, Seeds & More “It saves four – Fifths of the labor and time – enables anyone, with a little experience, to sow with perfect regularity… This Machine is Read More …

The American Dope Party, 1906

‘The American dope party’ “A lesson in practical patriotism taught by the Boston tea party.” Illustration shows many men dressed as Native Americans on board a ship labeled “The Good Ship Dope”, throwing cartons and boxes of adulterated and unhealthy Read More …