Whether you’re a Victorian history nerd or just captivated by the period setting of Miss Scarlet and The Duke, you’ll want to take a deeper look at everyday life in 1882 London—when dubious ...

In Victorian literature ... They would take a carriage to the bad part of town and enter an opium den. There they would stay for days at a time, in a dark haze, lounging on Turkish pillows ...

ROCK CREEK — The old Victorian mansion at Stricker Ranch isn ... near the rock foundation of the “China House” — an opium den Herman Stricker built for Chinese miners.

for it is in them that so many of our Victorian girls are brought to ruin.” And girls were indeed being brought to ruin. An early Twentieth Century opium den in Melbourne. Picture: State Library ...

opium dens were largely operated by Chinese immigrants. By 1861 the Chinese community made up nearly 7 per cent of the Victorian population, boosted by those coming to seek fortune in the state's ...

Is the skull a reminder of the transitory nature of life? I also think of the Victorian Opium dens in London and the influence of and trade with the Chinese people who ran the dens. It makes me ...

for it is in them that so many of our Victorian girls are brought to ruin.” And girls were indeed being brought to ruin. An early Twentieth Century opium den in Melbourne. Picture: State Library ...