Title
Picture of Malay opium smokers
Year/Period
19th century
Region
Singapore
Dimension
Image size: L:18.7 x W:25.5
Accession No.
2000-06698
Collection of
Opium trade was an extremely profitable business and contributed greatly to Singapore’s revenue throughout the 19th century. The colonial government took over the production of opium in 1910 and produced the substance in a factory at Pepys Road. Opium was eventually banned in the 1940s.
