Name/Title
Chinese Opium DenEntry/Object ID
CHSA-04431Scope and Content
Color. Photo. SF; Opium Smoker: A man in a green shirt is lying on his side with a large pipe in his mouth inhaling from a tray next to him, his other hand is holding onto a white cat.
Front: Caption: "Chinese Opium Den, 644 Jackson Street, California, San Francisco; the cat has become addicted to the fumes of the drug." Message: "I have been through Chinatown + on our observation car last Sunday rode 26 miles for 50 cents + what I did [illegible] was a caution." Back: Postmark: Petaluma, Cal., April 8 8--AM. Address: "Mrs. F. Milhausen, #2828 Ave, Q Galvestin Tepas." Message: "Put a [illegible] 8/10. This is a lovely spot and as for [illegible] I could give you an idea how many--its said there are 4,000 ranches. Some have as high as 6,000 [illegible] We are going tomorrow to [illegible]."