Gourd Waterpipe, 1880
‘Men outside a hut’ smoking a water pipe made from a gourd, taken by Antoin Sevruguin, Qajar, Iran 1880-1900 Tis the season, have you picked out that perfect gourd yet? The look when you don’t Read More …
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‘Men outside a hut’ smoking a water pipe made from a gourd, taken by Antoin Sevruguin, Qajar, Iran 1880-1900 Tis the season, have you picked out that perfect gourd yet? The look when you don’t Read More …
Boy smoking water pipe postcard, Tripoli, Libya 1930
‘Dervishes in the Garden’ smoking pipes and playing music photographed by Dmitri Ivanovich Yermakov in Tehran, Iran ( Persia ) 1870’s
‘Moorish Court Reception’, Ladies smoking & drinking tea, Algiers, Africa 1910
This is translated from a interview of a Russian special forces officer named Sergei Dubko (Intelligence, 56 DSB, Logar Province) talking about the War against Afghanistan. He was stationed inside Afghanistan between 1984-1985. In the discussion he was talking about Read More …
An unidentified chemist holds a container of marijuana plants found by police in an apartment in Northwest Washington D.C. in 1973.
Hash Dealer, Pakistan 1980
‘Young girl with cannabis on her back’, possibly making charas as she walks. Himalayas, India
“A Ganja Field” Khandesh, India – 1894 (Photo from the British ‘Report of the Indian Hemp Drugs Commission, 1894-1895′) Plate 70
“Liberty, when it begins to take root, is a plant of rapid growth. The checks he endeavors to give it, however warrantable by ancient usage, will, more than probably, kindle a flame, which may not be easily extinguished; tho’ for Read More …