Maryjane, 1968

Jordan Bates (actor Kevin Coughlin) smokes a waterpipe in the 1968 movie ‘Maryjane’      

The Weed Men, 1936

‘The Weed Men’ another adventure of Captain Justice & Co.,  book from the Boy’s Friend Library Series #541 by Murray Roberts, 1936    

Betty Blythe Arcade Card, 1920’s

Actress Betty Blythe with waterpipe,  Arcade Card  early 1920’s Betty Blythe in Chu Chin Chow 1923

Love Puff, 1968

Love Puff,   San Francisco, California 1968      

English Women in Constantinople, 1873

‘English women in Constantinople’ cabinet card photographed by Pascal Sébah.  Istanbul, Turkey 1873      

Two Harvard Students, 1888

‘Two Harvard students, one seated behind a desk and one lying in a hammock’,  Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts between 1888-90       The ‘one seated behind a desk’ puffing his pipe     Of course no proper stoner Read More …

Noon at Hamburg Place, 1900’s

‘Noon at Hamburg Place’ postcard, Lexington, Kentucky  early 1900’s    

RIP Nevil Schoenmakers

“Taken too soon on March 30, 2019. You fought bravely but lost the battle. Know that your dream will live on Nevil and the world will be a better place because of it.” – Obituary from his family in The Read More …

Zig-Zag, 1901

‘The world’s best branded cigarette paper’ (Le meilleur papier à cigarettes premiere marque du monde)  advertisement for Zig-Zag by Gaspar Camps  1901