Distaff Spinning Contest, 1900s
‘Competing in a distaff spinning contest’ (concours de filage à la quenouille concurentes) postcard. Gourdon, France early 1900’s
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‘Competing in a distaff spinning contest’ (concours de filage à la quenouille concurentes) postcard. Gourdon, France early 1900’s
‘Cannabis plants in a garden’, early 1970’s
‘Lost in a Harem’ starring Abbott and Costello, 1944
Experimental field of Japanese hemp grown at the University of Kentucky Agricultural Experimental Station, photo by Louis Edward Nollau (glass plate negative). Lexington, Kentucky 1901
Zulu man playing Musical Bow, South Africa 1930 Rhythm of Life Coursing through the human soul, music has always been a part of the human experience from our earliest recorded history. While we created the sound it was Read More …
‘Workers harvest hemp with a Mogul 10-20 tractor and a hemp harvester’ Wisconsin 1917
‘Deputy Police Commissioner John Morris holds marijuana plants as piles of confiscated marijuana burn in the background.’ New York City 1942
The “Bargassado” (special title used locally for the day of breaking fiber) postcard. Massat, France pre1910
‘Fumees de Chanvre’ (Fumes of Hemp) by Paul Darlix. Part of a short book series titled ‘Nos Secrets’ (Our Secrets) Brussels, Belgium 1949
‘A Lot of Marijuana’ – Journal-American reporter Sid Livingston and NYC officials view an Astoria vacant lot overrun with marijuana plants that have been scheduled for spraying with insecticide. Queens, New York June 16, 1951