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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.
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.

Creator Emil Otto Hoppé (British, 1878 - 1972)
Date1930s
Mediumgelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall: 15.7 x 23.7 cm (6 3/16 x 9 5/16 in.)
Credit LineAnonymous Gift, 2002
Category
Object number2002/5653
LocationNot currently on display

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Image Not Available for The aboriginals of Australia take their football seriously, like everyone else. The game is a real fight to the finish - war pain and all.
The aboriginals of Australia take their football seriously, like everyone else. The game is a real fight to the finish - war pain and all.
Emil Otto Hoppé
1930s
Photograph
Image Not Available for The aboriginals of Australia could put up a good fight with many an English team. They have been taught from their youth up to throw things about, especially boomerangs.
The aboriginals of Australia could put up a good fight with many an English team. They have been taught from their youth up to throw things about, especially boomerangs.
Emil Otto Hoppé
1930s
Photograph
Image Not Available for Choir practise in the Chapel….they all try their best, but some of them are apt to give more quantity than quality of sound.
Choir practise in the Chapel….they all try their best, but some of them are apt to give more quantity than quality of sound.
Emil Otto Hoppé
1930s
Photograph
Image Not Available for Just ashore with all their luggage. Maybe they have only a few days before they said for some remote part of the world again, but they will know how to fill in the time alright…..Limehouse nights are famous.
Just ashore with all their luggage. Maybe they have only a few days before they said for some remote part of the world again, but they will know how to fill in the time alright…..Limehouse nights are famous.
Emil Otto Hoppé
1930s
Photograph
Image Not Available for New concept of identifying teams - paint instead of jerseys.
New concept of identifying teams - paint instead of jerseys.
Emil Otto Hoppé
1930s
Photograph
Image Not Available for Imitation of the white man is carried so far that white ducks (sneakers) are worn while playing football.
Imitation of the white man is carried so far that white ducks (sneakers) are worn while playing football.
Emil Otto Hoppé
1930s
Photograph
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 typical store with its collection of herbs and drugs, calculated to cure and prevent every imaginable evil. There are also potions which can do all sorts of strange things to you, such as make you fall in love!
A typical store with its collection of herbs and drugs, calculated to cure and prevent every imaginable evil. There are also potions which can do all sorts of strange things to you, such as make you fall in love!
Emil Otto Hoppé
1930s
Photograph
Image Not Available for A typical store with its collection of herbs and drugs, calculated to cure and prevent every imaginable evil. There are also potions which can do all sorts of strange things to you, such as make you fall in love!
A typical store with its collection of herbs and drugs, calculated to cure and prevent every imaginable evil. There are also potions which can do all sorts of strange things to you, such as make you fall in love!
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 Lodging houses for european travellers. This bungalow includes a kitchen and general use rooms.
Lodging houses for european travellers. This bungalow includes a kitchen and general use rooms.
Emil Otto Hoppé
1930s
Photograph
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