Cannabis Camouflage, 1916

‘Australian fighters pose with a captured Turkish sniper disguised as a cannabis bush’.  The Turkish sniper was photographed immediately after capture while he was being brought in under guard. He was camouflaged by a Jack-in-the-Green arrangement of cannabis foliage attached Read More …

Rolling with the Circus

‘m. dario artiste sans bras, cirque veuve ricono’ postcard 1890’s Rolling with the Circus No other act in history has embodied the spirit of the old circus saying ‘The show must go on’ more then one small man with no Read More …

Italian POW Cannabis Garden, 1915

Cannabis garden curated by Italian prisoners of war under the control of the Austro-Hungarian Empire at Ljubljana Castle, Austria (present day Slovenia) during WW1 between 1915-1919    

Workers Harvest Hemp with a Mongul, 1917

‘Workers harvest hemp with a Mogul 10-20 tractor and a hemp harvester’ Wisconsin 1917        

Hindu Smoking a Pipe, 1914

‘Hindu smoking a pipe’ (Hindou fumant a la pipe), WW1 postcard.  Marseille, France 1914        

European War Kif Break, 1914

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

Craddocks Hemp Carding, 1916

A young female worker operating a hemp carding machine at Craddocks Wire Rope Works during WW1.   Wakefield, England  August 23, 1916    

Jam Jar Hookah, 1915

Jam Jar Hookah:  “Wounded Indian smoking through a jam jar”.  During WW1 at a hospital in Brighton, England August 1915