Opium did not come in bottles.  In came in cans.  The small bottles that
folks - particularly collectors - call opium bottles actually contained tiny
pills.  Opium is like tar.  Check out the Asian American Comparative
Collection website at: http://www.uidaho.edu/LS/AACC/

Smoke.




On 2/11/08, Levy, Philip <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
>
> Hello all,
> This query is from a friend of mine researching opium use in 19th America.
> I offered her some leads, but I thought the list would be a great resource.
> Here below is her inquiry, and thanks in advance for your input.
>
> Phil Levy
>
> "I am researching opium and laudanum use in early America -- who was using
> it, how much they used, etc. For this reason, I am interested in relevant
> sites, site reports, scholarship, and artifact assemblages, such as (but
> certainly not limited to) sites with discarded opium bottles. I am
> especially interested in the era before 1861. All information and
> suggestions are welcome. If you have any suggestions, please contact me
> offlist at [log in to unmask] Thank you very much!     -- Kelly Gray,
> Towson University"
>



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