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Image Not Available for Medicinal roots are sold everywhere at the market.
Medicinal roots are sold everywhere at the market.
Image Not Available for Medicinal roots are sold everywhere at the market.

Medicinal roots are sold everywhere at the market.

Creator Emil Otto Hoppé (British, 1878 - 1972)
Date1930s
Mediumgelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall: 15.1 x 20 cm (5 15/16 x 7 7/8 in.)
Credit LineAnonymous Gift, 2002
Category
    Object number2002/5669
    LocationNot currently on display

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    Image Not Available for If you want to cure an illness, take a pick-me-up, make a friend or an enemy… there are roots this this market which are said to do all these things.
    If you want to cure an illness, take a pick-me-up, make a friend or an enemy… there are roots this this market which are said to do all these things.
    Emil Otto Hoppé
    1930s
    Photograph
    Image Not Available for A horrible array of skulls, bones, the heads and beaks of dead birds, but together with herbs and roots they are said to be the most effective for curing ills of all kinds.
    A horrible array of skulls, bones, the heads and beaks of dead birds, but together with herbs and roots they are said to be the most effective for curing ills of all kinds.
    Emil Otto Hoppé
    1930s
    Photograph
    Image Not Available for You might think that this is a fruit stall, but you would be wrong. This stall is far more exciting -- it is a stall where you may buy all manner of healing roots.
    You might think that this is a fruit stall, but you would be wrong. This stall is far more exciting -- it is a stall where you may buy all manner of healing roots.
    Emil Otto Hoppé
    1930s
    Photograph
    Image Not Available for Mr. Hoppé, preceeded by the Chief of the Market, goes to his audience at the Palace
    Mr. Hoppé, preceeded by the Chief of the Market, goes to his audience at the Palace
    Emil Otto Hoppé
    1930s
    Photograph
    Image Not Available for The Monocle Mode. The eyeglass, the wearers of which were once regarded as "superior persons", has staged a succesful return to social life without the stigma of superiority attached to its use. [Actress Betty Oliver]
    The Monocle Mode. The eyeglass, the wearers of which were once regarded as "superior persons", has staged a succesful return to social life without the stigma of superiority attached to its use. [Actress Betty Oliver]
    Emil Otto Hoppé
    December 1929
    Photograph
    Image Not Available for Maria di Castellani, Naples, Oriental dancer, January 22, 1918
    Maria di Castellani, Naples, Oriental dancer, January 22, 1918
    Emil Otto Hoppé
    1918
    Photograph
    Image Not Available for An assortment of clothes. Some aboriginals play football in trousers, some in loin-cloths. Many do it in style and splash on the war paint.
    An assortment of clothes. Some aboriginals play football in trousers, some in loin-cloths. Many do it in style and splash on the war paint.
    Emil Otto Hoppé
    1930s
    Photograph
    Image Not Available for Rather morbid, this stall, for it shows a display of bones and skins, and the smell is not too good either. The unaccustomed purchaser gets rather a shock, coming across a stall of grinning skulls, but they say that skulls are very effective both as charm
    Rather morbid, this stall, for it shows a display of bones and skins, and the smell is not too good either. The unaccustomed purchaser gets rather a shock, coming across a stall of grinning skulls, but they say that skulls are very effective both as charm
    Emil Otto Hoppé
    1930s
    Photograph
    Image Not Available for A Hausa man stands with arms crossed in a peaceful manner. In reality he is ready at a moment's notice to bare the daggers and stand his ground.
    A Hausa man stands with arms crossed in a peaceful manner. In reality he is ready at a moment's notice to bare the daggers and stand his ground.
    Emil Otto Hoppé
    1930s
    Photograph
    Image Not Available for With the very mixed population of Limehouse, England, there is nothing strange in mixed marriages. This picture is, however, unique, for although men from China are said to make ideal husbands, they are hardly ever seen about with their wives.
    With the very mixed population of Limehouse, England, there is nothing strange in mixed marriages. This picture is, however, unique, for although men from China are said to make ideal husbands, they are hardly ever seen about with their wives.
    Emil Otto Hoppé
    1930s
    Photograph
    Image Not Available for Young Transylvanian gypsy mother and child.
    Young Transylvanian gypsy mother and child.
    Emil Otto Hoppé
    1930s
    Photograph
    Image Not Available for This Mohammedan fanatic does not seem to be enjoying himself; but he will probably make it in the long run, for one of the main precepts of the Koran is the bestowing of alms. In the month of fasting and lamentation, people mutilate themselves with sharp
    This Mohammedan fanatic does not seem to be enjoying himself; but he will probably make it in the long run, for one of the main precepts of the Koran is the bestowing of alms. In the month of fasting and lamentation, people mutilate themselves with sharp
    Emil Otto Hoppé
    1930s
    Photograph
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