Chicago World’s Fair, 1893
“If it comes to please then it will be through the process similar to the taste for opium or hashish.” – observations of a Worlds Fair visitor in 1893 Crowd waiting for the opening of the gates at the Read More …
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Garson, 1890
A Turkish coffee-boy with hookah in Selanik/Saloniki (nothern Greece). Postcard from the 1890’s
The Sultan’s Favorite Dream
“Part of the secret of a success in life is to eat what you like and let the food fight it out inside.” – Mark Twain The Sultan’s Favorite Dream In Turkey exist a dish so perfect that Read More …
Turkish Submarine Hashish Smoking Sneak-a-Toke, 1908
The Nordenfelt-class Ottoman submarine Abdül Hamid (1886) was the first submarine in history to fire a torpedo while submerged. Turkish Submarine Hashish Smoking Sneak-a-Toke circa 1908 “Turkish submariners tradition were allowed to smoke hashish off duty. However officers on duty Read More …
Rembetiko: The Music of Hashish
“to revoke, carried away, the love a woman, to stave off the suffering, to weep in secret for the injustices of society. They were people that had to live out of the boundaries of society; because they wanted to live Read More …
Turkish farmer, 1890
“The Foolish Man Seeks Happiness in the Distance, The Wise Man Grows it Under his Feet.” -Proverb Turkish farmer with hookah – Sebah and Joaillier 1890-1900