Handmade Waterpipe, 1967

‘Woman customer holding a handmade, copper and glass marijuana water pipe at a shop’ in Los Angeles, California 1967      

Turkish family with Sheikh, 1870

‘Turkish family with Sheikh‘ smoke a waterpipe, Albumen print by the Abdullah Brothers in Istanbul, Turkey 1870    

Vintage Headshop, 1903

‘Roy Smythe in his ‘pool hall and tobacco store’ selling hookahs and pipes on the counter with opium pipes under the counters glass.’  Revelstoke, British Columbia, Canada opened in 1903    

Reclining Woman with Waterpipe, 1891

Reclining woman with waterpipe photographed by Sébah & Joaillier in Constantinople, Turkey 1891    

Gypsy Sideshow Smoker, 1896

Gypsy dancer seated in a side-show theater with her water pipe at Coney Island, by Byron and Company.  Coney Island, New York 1896        

The Syrian Horse, 1851

Turkish figures smoking a pipe standing beside a horse’ sketch by Sir Edwin Henry Landseer (1802-1873)     The Syrian Horse In 1851, a western author traveling through the middle east witnessed a peculiar surgery performed on a horse.  While Read More …

Narcotics meeting with Chief of Police, 1951

Narcotics meeting with Chief of Police:  “Council members (young Mexican Americans), planning fight on narcotics (marihuana), to be launched at conference.” They all look at a framed ‘assassins of youth’ propaganda flyer.  Los Angeles, California – August 26, 1951 L. Read More …