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Description
1991-0172 PHOTO: CHINESE: OPIUM DENS Two views, back to back showing Chinese opium dens. View 1 (1991-0172) Text below the image: "Opium den underground, by flash-light showing double row of smokers; some broke out through the door, others concealed their heads. The lights were blown out as the photographer entered. No 5. 5833." Shows row of bunks, table and chest. View 2 (1991-0173) Text below the image: "Opium den underground, by flash-light. Smoker caught lighting his pipe. The keeper in the door had extinguished the lights. No. 4. 5832." Shows one man standing holding a pipe, another lying on a bed with a pipe. $ Negative, no. 25,144 (4 x 5 in.) for accession no. 1991-0172; no. 26,659 (4 x 5 in.) for accession no. 1991-0173.
Type
image
Format
Photographs. Nonprojected graphic
Extent
2 photographic prints mounted on canvas ; 7 1/4 x 8 3/4 in.
Identifier
(C)001389211CSL01-Aleph (DRA)VVW-2523
Subject
Opium abuse Chinese--California--San Francisco Chinatown (San Francisco, Calif.)--Photographs San Francisco (Calif.)--Photographs Photographic prints
Place
California San Francisco Chinatown (San Francisco, Calif.) San Francisco (Calif.)
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