Title supplied by cataloger. Lloyd Noakes looks over part of the Chinese snuff bottle display at Jin Hing Company, part of New Year's festivities in Chinatown. Snuff bottles are made from almost anything, rock, rock crystal, wood, tangerine rinds, etc. with the oldest being about 300 years old; they are still made. Some come from Red China, with sayings of Chairman Mao and scenes of the revolution painted on the insides of the bottles. The most expensive bottle has been $24,000, according to Robert Lee of the Jin Hing Co. Photograph dated February 3, 1973.
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1 photographic print :b&w ;25 x 17 cm. on sheet 26 x 21 cm. Photographic prints
Snuff boxes and bottles--California--Los Angeles Display of merchandise--California--Los Angeles Merchants--California--Los Angeles Bottles--California--Los Angeles Stores & shops--California--Chinatown (Los Angeles) Chinatown (Los Angeles, Calif.) Los Angeles Herald-Examiner photographs Herald-Examiner Collection photographs
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