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Title
D32757-2
Date(s)
- 1948-04-07 (Creation)
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(1919-1980)
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Ray G. Young, deputy collector at the U.S. Customs Office in Tacoma holds a confiscated cigarette case made in China. Behind him is a display of opium smoking gear that also had been confiscated by Customs officials. Items include 5-tale opium tins, opium "decks", pipes, lamp and yen hok and yen skee gow, and scraper tools used by addicts. The U.S. Customs Office is located in the Federal Building. (T.Times, 4/19/1948, p.1)
Young, Ray; Customhouses--Tacoma; Customs inspections--Tacoma--1940-1950; Government officials--Tacoma--1940-1950; Opium; Opium pipes; Drug seizures--Tacoma--1940-1950; Narcotics; Government facilities--Tacoma;