The Comical Dreams of Pantagruel, 1973

‘Smoke billows from a pipe-smoking dream character as he walks on a ferocious crocodile which is a symbol of the earth’, one of 23 Untitled drawings from ‘Les Songes Drolatiques de Pantagruel’ (The comical Dreams of Pantagruel) by Salvador Dali  Read More …

Pipe Shop, 19th century

‘Tobacco and Pipe Shop’ (Marchand de Tumbeki à des Narghilehs), photographed by Pascal Sebah.  Cairo, Egypt  1860-1880        

Fumerie de Kif, 20th century

‘Fumerie de Kif’ (Smoking Kief/hash) by Gustave Flasschoen (1868–1940)        

The Worlds First Blunts… Mbade

A ‘mbade’ (cigar/blunt)made by the Wahehe People from Tanzania 1922   The Worlds First Blunts… Mbade Long before New York crews started cracking Phillies, one tribe in Tanzania had already mastered the art of rolling the perfect blunt. The practice Read More …

Hemp Trading Card, 1900

Hemp trading card made by the French chocolate company ‘Chocolat Poulain’ from their series entitled Useful Plants (Les plantes utiles),  France 1900     Industrial Useful Plants Hemp Plant of the family Ulmaceae, which is believed to be native to Read More …

The Returning Palanquin, 1870’s

‘Woman seated on the left is Era Kayo, who was a popular geiko in the Gion district of Kyoto during the 1870s, with geiko Chiyo standing on the right.’ They are dressed as kago-ya (palanquin bearers).   Japan 1870’s ‘This carte Read More …

System for Drinking, 1928

‘System for Drinking’ (Système de Boire) postcard.  Syria  1928