Playing Knucklebones, 1898

‘Playing Knucklebones’, painting by Paul Alexander Alfred Leroy  1898        

Suitcase Full of Smuggled Marijuana, 1940’s

‘Detective Lieutenants R.S. Hamilton, E.J. Henry, and E.C. Biffle with suspect Adolfo Campos and a suitcase full of smuggled marijuana’, Los Angeles, California – Early 1940’s      

Dervishes in the Garden, 1870

‘Dervishes in the Garden’ smoking pipes and playing music photographed by Dmitri Ivanovich Yermakov in Tehran, Iran ( Persia )   1870’s    

Narcotic Arsenal, 1957

‘Deputy Sheriff Earl Talbot and Deputy Sheriff Woody Caruth posing with arsenal taken from home in a narcotic raid.’  Los Angeles, California May 13, 1957    

Waterpipe Craftsman, 1944

‘Craftsman works on water pipe’ near Nakhoda Mosque, Kolkata, India 1944    

The Education of the Chieftain’s Daughter, 16th Century

Erotic sculptures on wall of Chinniyan tank 16th-17th centuries by local chieftain near Thiruvannamalai, Tamil Nadu, India The Education of the Chieftain’s Daughter In the late 16th Century a Chieftain in India who ruled over the area known as Chinniyan Read More …

European War Kif Break, 1914

‘Indian troops enjoy a pipe of kif during the European War’, World War One postcard  1914    

The Effect of Hashish, 1875

‘L’effetto dell’hashish’ (The Effect of Hashish) by Pasquale Liotta  1875