Earth Pipe

Native of Kashmir smoking primitive earth pipe, from Illustrated Archaeologist september 1894     Earth Pipe Utilizing a ancient technique our ancestors had no need for pipes to smoke their cannabis, instead they smoked the herb straight from the Earth! Read More …

The Spinner, 700-550BC

‘The Spinner’ Relief/Carving. Young woman spinning and servant holding a fan.  Found in Susa, present day Shush, Iran between 700-550 BC        

Coffee Seller, 1870

‘Coffee seller’ photographed by Abdullah Frères in Constantinople/Istanbul, Turkey 1870        

High School Cannabis Education, 1950

A teacher educates a group of 9th grade students of the 636th male high school about plants on the school’s experimental farm site.  A sign identifies the large Cannabis plant in the garden.  Russia  September 1950 конопля is Russian for Read More …

Turkish Delight, 19th Century

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

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 …

Wanted Us To Try Hashish, 1940

“Smoking a hookah or bubble pipe at El Kantara on Suez Canal. The Arabs wanted us to try hashish but we declined.”  Australian soldiers during WW2,  Egypt 1940