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Image Not Available for Even today, powders are ground in mortars with a pestle. This mortar is inscribed with the number 1761.
Even today, powders are ground in mortars with a pestle. This mortar is inscribed with the number 1761.
Image Not Available for Even today, powders are ground in mortars with a pestle. This mortar is inscribed with the number 1761.

Even today, powders are ground in mortars with a pestle. This mortar is inscribed with the number 1761.

Creator Walter/Lueders Süssmann (German, 1918 - 2001)
Date1930s
Mediumgelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall: 24.3 x 17.5 cm (9 9/16 x 6 7/8 in.)
Credit LineAnonymous Gift, 2002
Object number2002/9166
Category
PortfolioRococo Dispensary Series 3/7
LocationNot currently on display

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Image Not Available for The dispensary with its richly curved and decorated medicine cabinets and old mortars and artistic grid.
The dispensary with its richly curved and decorated medicine cabinets and old mortars and artistic grid.
Walter/Lueders Süssmann
1930s
Photograph
Image Not Available for Even in the cloister, the traditional goosequill is replaced by the modern typewriter.
Even in the cloister, the traditional goosequill is replaced by the modern typewriter.
Walter/Lueders Süssmann
1930s
Photograph
Image Not Available for Today, as 1000 years ago, the monks stroll in ecclesiastical disputation in the garden of the cloister school.
Today, as 1000 years ago, the monks stroll in ecclesiastical disputation in the garden of the cloister school.
Walter/Lueders Süssmann
1930s
Photograph
Image Not Available for The Cathedral of Salamanca in Salamanca, Spain. The new cathedral was started in 1512 to help stabilize the deteriorating old cathedral (1200 - 1300 AD). Today the new cathedral is the only entrance into the connecting old Romanesque Catedral Vieja
The Cathedral of Salamanca in Salamanca, Spain. The new cathedral was started in 1512 to help stabilize the deteriorating old cathedral (1200 - 1300 AD). Today the new cathedral is the only entrance into the connecting old Romanesque Catedral Vieja
Walter/Lueders Süssmann
1930s
Photograph
Image Not Available for The dome-shaped passage-ways and grottos run many hundreds of metres under the ground.
The dome-shaped passage-ways and grottos run many hundreds of metres under the ground.
Walter/Lueders Süssmann
1930s
Photograph
Image Not Available for At your own risk - a young girl jumps off a playground equipment.
At your own risk - a young girl jumps off a playground equipment.
Walter/Lueders Süssmann
1930s
Photograph
Image Not Available for A fox terrier waits patiently in the car for it's master.
A fox terrier waits patiently in the car for it's master.
Walter/Lueders Süssmann
1930s
Photograph
Image Not Available for The morning laundry is hung on the lines to dry in a village in Italy.
The morning laundry is hung on the lines to dry in a village in Italy.
Walter/Lueders Süssmann
1930s
Photograph
Image Not Available for Sisters chat as they walk by one of the beautifully designed buildings in the cloister.
Sisters chat as they walk by one of the beautifully designed buildings in the cloister.
Walter/Lueders Süssmann
1930s
Photograph
Image Not Available for The Kant Room at a historical museum in Königsberg, Prussia (now known as Kaliningrad, Russia), which is dedicated to German philosopher Immanuel Kant. A relative from South Africa points out a photograph in one of the display cases.
The Kant Room at a historical museum in Königsberg, Prussia (now known as Kaliningrad, Russia), which is dedicated to German philosopher Immanuel Kant. A relative from South Africa points out a photograph in one of the display cases.
Walter/Lueders Süssmann
1930s
Photograph
Image Not Available for In Spain, a street vendor is ticketed for not following austere trade regulations.
In Spain, a street vendor is ticketed for not following austere trade regulations.
Walter/Lueders Süssmann
1930s
Photograph
Image Not Available for "Smile please!" A young photographer snaps her playmates on the steps of the Altes Museum.
"Smile please!" A young photographer snaps her playmates on the steps of the Altes Museum.
Walter/Lueders Süssmann
c. 1932
Photograph
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