Luft hookah, WW2
Luft Officer smoking homemade hookah during WW2 in Africa
Tag: WW2
Without Love We are Nothing at All, 1943
“Every damn thing you do in this life, you have to pay for.” – Edith Piaf’s actual last words… Edith Piaf at French POW camp, January 1, 1943 Without Love we are nothing at all Edith Piaf lived Read More …
Bubbling over with Cannabis, 1951
“Look within. Within is the fountain of good, and it will ever bubble up, if thou wilt ever dig.” -Marcus Aurelius The Friendship of People Fountain or the Friendship of Nations Fountain in Moscow, Russia Bubbling over with Cannabis Read More …
Japan’s Beautiful Hemp Village, 1948
When asked how much hemp used to grow in this region one farmer responded by saying, “Do you see these rice fields?” pointing to the vast checkerboard of rice fields we’d been cutting and bundling, “before the war, we didn’t Read More …
It was Beauty that killed the beast, 1918
“…that crazy fella that’s a runnin’ it….They say he ain’t scared of nothing. If he wants a picture of a lion, he just goes up to him and tells him to look pleasant.” -dock watchman, King Kong 1933 Captain Read More …
Hemp for Victory, 1942
1943 hemp for victory poster Hemp for Victory In 1942 in prepreation for WW2 the United States Government decided to take drastic measures… To hire Hemp Farmers for Victory… Hemp for victory – Page 7 of the Read More …
In her Victory Garden, 1945
“In her Victory Garden, the seeds grow all around, She plants you dig, she’s flipped her wig, Sweet Marihuana Brown” -Barney Bigard Sextet victory garden, M. Rose Sweet Marihuana Brown Boy she’s really fancy, the wildest chick in town. Read More …
Blitzed Gardens, 1942
Blitzed Gardens During the beginning of WW2, German bombers went on a night time raid over London. Wave after wave of bombers unloaded their cargo over the populated city. One of these bombs was dropped right next to Westminster Cathedral, Read More …
Scottish Pipes of War
“During the worst of the bombardment, Piper Laidlaw, seeing that his company was badly shaken from the effects of gas, with absolute coolness and disregard of danger, mounted the parapet, marched up and down and played company out of the Read More …
B-24 “Little Flower”, WW2
B-24 “Little Flower” from the 308th Bomb Group, flew in WW2.