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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]
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]

Creator Emil Otto Hoppé (British, 1878 - 1972)
DateDecember 1929
Mediumgelatin silver print
DimensionsOverall: 18.7 × 14.2 cm (7 3/8 × 5 9/16 in.)
Mat: 45.7 × 35.6 cm (18 × 14 in.)
Credit LineAnonymous Gift, 2008
Category
  • Prints
  • Photographs
Object number2008/6910
Copyright
©Curatorial Assistance Inc. / E.O. Hoppé Estate Collection
LocationNot currently on display

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