An image related to the recreational consumption of opium extracted from an article from the magazine Collectors Weekly.
Pipe chinoise a opium Public domain image of Chinese history, opium war, China government, and politics, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description
"Interior of a Tartar Tent": the interior of a yurt, with woman churning butter and a man smoking an opium pipe.
"Chinese Money-changers": Various people milling around a money changer's in Hohhot, Inner Mongolia, c. 1840.
"Vagabond Lamas": wandering Tibetan Buddhist priests in their various garb during the late Qing Empire.
"Chinese and Tartar Costumes": various (mostly male) outfits from the Qing Empire. Inscribed "Philippoteaux Dei".
A little snooping in Chinatown will turn up the little opium dens stuck down an alley (not recommended without police escort). Actually, the smokers shown in this picture do it legally. Each den is licensed fo More