No matter how zooted you may be, there will always be someone more zooted than you.
Case in point? Just take a look at these all-too-hazy photos of opium dens from the 19th and early 20th centuries, featuring what may well be some of the most blitzed folks in all of human history.
From Parisian trap houses to truly nightmarish smoke rotations, here are 23 vintage photos of people getting high as a kite in old-school opium dens.
1
“1873, Chinese opium den.”
2
“Opium Den, Paris 1931 by Brassai.”
3
“Two women in an opium den. New York City, USA. 1902.”
4
“Opium Den, San Francisco, 1900.”
5
“An opium den in Calcutta in 19th c.. The city became one of the major producers and exporters of opium from India in the 18th century.”
6
“Inside of a Chinese opium den. Chinatown, San Francisco, c. 1885-1886.”
7
“Opium den in San Francisco during the 1800s gold rush.”
8
“Opium den in Singapore, 1941.”
9
“Opium den in a Chinese lodging house. San Francisco, California, United States. Circa 1890.”
10
“My great aunt smoking Opium in Iran 1950s.”
11
“Two elderly men smoking pipes. Photo by Mary Knoll. China, 1936.”
12
“A French opium party, 1918.”
13
Smokers in Melbourne, Australia, light up in an opium den, 1896.
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Folks getting high at an Opium den in China, 1901.
16
New Yorkers and their pipes in Chinatown, 1926.
17
“Opium smokers, China 1880s”
18
Two people in China enjoy their tokes, 1900.
19
“A Chinese opium den, circa 1900.”
20
An elderly man inhales smoke at a Parisian opium den, 1930.
21
Hong Kongers get hjgh in 1900.
22
New Yorkers at an Opium den in the city's downtown neighborhood, 1900.
23
A smoker lounges between hits, date unknown.
