Parisian Woman With Her Cat in Her Cannabis Garden, 1910s

Steampunk Tendencies — Thu, 16 Jan 2020 14:46:03 +0000

“This lovely young Parisian woman is enjoying a serene moment in her lush garden in the 1910s in France. Her companions are her fluffy faithful feline and her caged bird. Keeping songbirds as pets is a hobby as old as the ancient Sumerians, but small home aviaries became a status symbol in the 1800s and early 1900s. Likely, this young lady enjoyed the company of her birds as a way to connect with nature. Interestingly, her garden contains several cannabis plants. It could be that the unique leaves and vibrant foliage was sought after as a garden plant. Or it could be that the young woman or her family were utilizing the medicinal properties of the cannabis plant to treat any one of a number of ailments.”⁣

Caption via History Cool Kids.

Before publishing this photo, we did some investigation.
We noticed that the newspaper on the knee was Le Mirroir, a weekly photographic newspaper devoted to World War I. By enlarging on the newspaper we can see that this is the edition of Sunday August 15, 1915. We can therefore deduce that this photo was taken that day or after.

We found a photo of the cover of this edition.

H/T Messy Nessy Chic / The Mind Circle

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Manoir Colimaçon: An Abandoned Beauty, Near Paris, France.

Emporio Efikz — Wed, 15 Jan 2020 22:44:17 +0000

Built in 1882, this superb building was originally a house with about twenty windows and a carriage entrance. Around 1920, this house was enlarged and transformed into a castle with more than 80 windows and a carriage entrance. The work would have been carried out by the architect Marcel Odin.

Abandoned since the end of the 1970s by its last owner. He does not want to sell it but wants to keep it as it is. The castle is gradually deteriorating it seems irreversibly.

The last owner, an Iranian engineer living between France and the United States is said to have abandoned the castle following a quarrel with his neighbor who was none other than the former owner.

The site is potentially dangerous and access to it is prohibited. It is partly « guarded » by the inhabitants of the neighboring farm and the maintenance of the park (the lawns) is carried out by a flock of sheep from the same farm.

Credits Photos : SoulPhotography

Print : Manoir Colimaçon

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Parisian Woman With Her Cat in Her Cannabis Garden, 1910s

Manoir Colimaçon: An Abandoned Beauty, Near Paris, France.