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China: A posed photograph of a group of opium smokers, probably Hong Kong or Shanghai (but possibly San Francisco), late 19th or early 20th century

China: A posed photograph of a group of opium smokers, probably Hong Kong or Shanghai (but possibly San Francisco), late 19th or early 20th century

A studio image typfying a contemporaneous Occidental view of China, including opium smoking and and Qing Dynasty queues. Dated to the end of the Qing era, probably c. 1900.

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