Postcard, 40,000 Opium Utensils Burned

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Chinese Historical Society of America

CHSA-04891 (front)

CHSA-04891 (front)

Name/Title

Postcard, 40,000 Opium Utensils Burned

Entry/Object ID

CHSA-04891

Scope and Content

B&W. Photo. Opium Burning: There are opium pipes and opium stacked up on a platform ready to be burned, there are crowds of people surrounding the stack. Front: Message: "40,000 Opium Utensils burned May - 10 - 1912 - Rossy Alley - Mr. and Mrs. Wong Sun Yue Clemens Mrs Howard Gould's Sister.", handwritten in blue. Back: Old Accession #: DETX

Dimensions

Width

5-1/2 in