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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.
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.

Creator Emil Otto Hoppé (British, 1878 - 1972)
Date1930s
Mediumgelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall: 16.2 x 20.4 cm (6 3/8 x 8 1/16 in.)
Credit LineAnonymous Gift, 2002
Object number2002/5668
LocationNot currently on display

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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 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 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 Medicinal roots are sold everywhere at the market.
Medicinal roots are sold everywhere at the market.
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 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 One of the most beautiful and comfortable houses located in the "Marina" area, the most elegant street of Lagos, Nigeria.
One of the most beautiful and comfortable houses located in the "Marina" area, the most elegant street of Lagos, Nigeria.
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 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
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