Alsatian at the Wheel, 1910

‘Alsatian at the Wheel’ (Alsacienne au Rouet) postcard,  Alsace, France   before 1910    

Hindu Smoking a Pipe, 1914

‘Hindu smoking a pipe’ (Hindou fumant a la pipe), WW1 postcard.  Marseille, France 1914        

Dumbo Marijuana, 1940’s

‘A detective examines marijuana and paraphernalia found at 17 Concord Street in Dumbo.’  Brooklyn, New York  undated (late 30’s/early 40’s)       The Big Bambu rolling papers on the table are still produced today.  The company made cannabis history Read More …

Love Song

  ‘Vigil Bressane’ (Veillée Bressane) postcard.   Bourg-en-Bresse, France 1905   Love Song ‘Konopa konopa Koho rada vidímn’ (Hemp Hemp – To One Who I Like To See) is an ancient Slovak song steeped in the culture of hemp.  It Read More …

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 …

Liamba Leaf, 1890

Illustration of a ‘Liamba Leaf’ aka Wild Hemp (cannabis) from the book  ‘Adventures in the great forest of equatorial Africa and the country of the dwarfs’ by Du Chaillu & Paul Belloni in 1890     Liamba Leaf “I found Read More …

Catching Square Grouper, 1987

‘Marijuana Confiscation’,  Miami, Florida 1987        

Effects of Sulfate of Ammonia on Hemp, 1890’s

‘Effects of sulfate of ammonia on hemp’ postcard,   Haut Éclair, France 1890’s     Hemp plants without ammonia sulfate on the left, yield 12 hundredweight per hectare, with ammonia sulfate on the right, yield 15 hundredweight per hectare.   Read More …