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I'm not saying I know what this kid's rolling, I'm just saying I know I have had that same smile

photo by Jean Geiser- Algeria around 1900 - postcard

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Confederate POW's: in a Pennsylvania prison. (Cavalry Officers)
EDIT: General John Hunt Morgan's men. Google it

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Digging the vibe Pinball Wizard, dignity even in defeat. Thanks for sharing

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HOOKAH LOVE- C.Keelan 1967

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"When I was a child, my mother said to me, 'If you become a soldier, you'll be a general. if you become a monk you'll end up as the pope.' Instead I became a painter and wound up as Picasso." -Pablo Picasso


Pablo Picasso and Jean Cocteau at a bullfight in Vallauris, France, 1956


I talked about “Cabaret des Assassins” in Paris where the hashish was loved, but later on when the bar became "Lapin Agile" it was still frequented by the smokers, time travelers and outcast folk alike. Picasso loved the place so that he made it his home while in town.


Man with pipe and seated nude, 1969

This was so known that Steve Martin even wrote a broadway play, fictional but legs in real world, about Picasso meeting Einstein in the Lapin Agile circa 1905 called "Picasso at the Lapin Agile".


Picasso - Standing female nude and man with pipe- 1968

Although the meeting was fictional it still makes for a good play with one leg in reality. I'm guessing by Picasso's work and love of pipes that the original soul of the Cabaret des Assassins lived on long past its name...



Picasso - The Man with a Pipe- 1968


“I believe that pipe smoking contributes to a somewhat calm and objective judgement in all human affairs.” Albert Einstein


Einstein 1930

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A ass's tail...



Et le soleil se coucha sur l'Adriatique (Sunset over the Adriatic)- And a name for the artist? Joachim-Raphael Boronali aka Aliboron aka Lolo

March 1910 in Paris, what a time for some day drinking fun to be had...

So Roland Dorgelès (young art critic) and barkeep caretaker of the Lapin Agile Frédéric Gérard aka "Frede" after some good day drinks, hatch a plan with buddies writer André Warnod, and the illustrator Jules Deraquit.


Frede and Lolo at the Lapin agile 1901

Frede cares for the bar Mascot and local fixture, a Donkey named Aliboron aka Lolo. He grabs a canvas and paints 2 colors seperating the picture. Next he ties a paintbrush to Lolo's tail, and sets the painting under the brush after dipping it in paint. Feeding her carrots and tobacco leaves for her to wag her tail on the painting and to everyone's excitement it works... briefly as I'm sure the laughs continued on...


Lolo and the pranksters 1910

They then plan and throw a art show for the painting and the new mystery painter at the happening "Salon des Indépendants". Large crowds of people showed up at the event and ohhed and awwed at the paintings brilliance. The gag was only reveled when a paper published the whole story by the pranksters at the Lapin Agile and their Donkey Lolo...




Frede and Lolo

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Cheikh algérien – 1890 - photo-Jean Geiser

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Shenandoah herald, VA newspaper
June 23, 1893


James/ Younger gang 1876


There are a treasure trove of wild west tales to read through online, but some of my favorite's to read are the tiny blurbs at the end of the papers. Tales of stuff to be not so proud of quickly and quietly told in just sentences. Those sentences often speak volumes...


Shenandoah herald., June 23, 1893



The Wild Bunch. photo by John Swartz 1900, Texas.
From left to right, standing: William Carver, Harvey 'Kid Curry' Logan. Seated: Harry 'Sundance Kid' Langbaugh (1870 - 1909), Ben 'The Tall Texan' Kilpatrick, Robert LeRoy 'Butch Cassidy' Parker (1866 - 1909)


Harvey Alexander Logan, aka Kid Curry, referred to as "the wildest of the Wild Bunch"

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The Arizona sentinel,
September 11, 1897
Titled: Smuggled Mariguana


Point of no return, front gate Yuma Territory Prison

This small catch by a Yuma Territory prison guard gets treated like the crime stop of the decade getting reprinted for years to come. Whenever marijuana being smuggled into prison's pre 1910 is mentioned, this is the incident or article they always reference.

Funny Customs still uses the same dry humor tactic, contact us to claim your marijuana...

The Arizona sentinel, September 11, 1897



Cell walkway, Yuma Territory Prison


This article made such waves the federal government gets in on the action asking for samples for "Scientific determination"... i.e. let me try that...

The Arizona sentinel, November 13, 1897



The Dark Cell at Yuma Territory Prison is said to be still haunted with the poor souls who stayed for good.

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Transylvanian gypsy c1900