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“Vendeur de journaux” by Het Leven.Paris, France 1929

I do a lot a digging around and reading so I come across interesting finds from time to time. These can be Newspaper clippings or articles, book sections, Magazine articles, paintings, pictures and all kinds of odds and ends. Hard to find a proper thread so thought I would give them a home.

I'll stick to mostly cannabis related stuff but will most likely veer off course now and then.

Fell free to post up your finds, tell your stories or just relax and read away.

First up a 1903 book with a reference a cannabis tincture curing cataracts in dogs.
"Dogs: How to care for them in health and treat them when ill"
by E. P. Anshutz, 1903

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Continued... Picture from same book. 1903

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"The Chatham Record"
April 10 1884
titled "Indian Hasheesh"


"I was, in my estimation, the Happiest man in the universe"

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1903 USDA Yearbook
Gridley, CA

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Magazine article from Berkley
"The Barb" 1978

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Robert Alexander, August 20, 1929

Why post this guys picture you ask? In 1929 this guy had an amazing job even by today's standards. His Job title? "Charas-Officer", Quality control if you will, for the charas ( hashish) imported to India from Badakhshan and Kashmir. Growing up I always thought the people tasting ice cream had the best jobs

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Gaetano Previati: Las Fumadoras De Hachis. (Women Smoking Hashish, 1887)

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"The Barb" Berkley newspaper
April 1974

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A story about tripping on mescaline buttons in the late 1800's, yup.

Manti Messenger, Utah newspaper
01-24-1896 titled "Joy for the Topers"

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Like to pull this one out when the "founded on" talk comes out

1914 $10 dollar bill / back
Harvesting Hemp