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Image Not Available for The roll call for this family is a long one, but it is hardly a case of "peas in a pod".
The roll call for this family is a long one, but it is hardly a case of "peas in a pod".
Image Not Available for The roll call for this family is a long one, but it is hardly a case of "peas in a pod".

The roll call for this family is a long one, but it is hardly a case of "peas in a pod".

Creator Emil Otto Hoppé (British, 1878 - 1972)
Date1930s
Mediumgelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall: 17.2 x 22.4 cm (6 3/4 x 8 13/16 in.)
Credit LineAnonymous Gift, 2002
Category
    Object number2002/5704
    LocationNot currently on display

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