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Web2 Antique Chinese Porcelain Blue, white, red Snuff Bottles, old silver opium. C $337.29. Top Rated Seller. or Best Offer. +C $23.65 shipping estimate. from United States. Sponsored. WebIn the western U.S. the Chinese were particularly drawn to the "Chinatown" sections of big cities (notably San Francisco and Portland in the 19th century), mining camps virtually everywhere in the West (the author found an "opium" bottle [discussed later] next to his BLM office in Ely, Nevada - a long time mining area), along the railways (the ... biweekly pop culture magazine
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