Franz, Jewish Immigrant, New York City, 1921
Franz, Jewish Immigrant, New York City, 1921
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
Born and raised in Germany and a naturalized citizen of Britain, exploring and photographing the vast expanse of the United States was a grand, romantic adventure for Hoppé. It was often an utterly alien landscape, unlike anything he would have ever seen in Europe. He visited smoky industrial east-coast cities, Hollywood film studios, and remote Native American villages in the Southwest. His portraits of the nation’s people show the quiet dignity of both the land’s original inhabitants, and the newer arrivals building new lives and new technologies in the vast land.
My task was to discover the real America, at that time unfamiliar to so many people, even Americans.
– E.O. Hoppé
Woolworth Building, New York City, 1921
Woolworth Building, New York City, 1921
US Civil War Veteran, Texas, 1926
US Civil War Veteran, Texas, 1926
Street Scene, Superior City, Arizona, 1926
Street Scene, Superior City, Arizona, 1926
The El at 3rd Avenue and 42nd Street, New York City, 1929
The “El” at 3rd Avenue and 42nd Street, New York City, 1929
The Girl Behind the Pump, Gas Station, Los Angeles, California, 1926
The Girl Behind the Pump, Gas Station, Los Angeles, California, 1926
Chief Yowlache, Yakima Tribe, 1926
Chief Yowlache, Yakima Tribe, 1926
A Church at Isleta, New Mexico, 1926
A Church at Isleta, New Mexico, 1926
Delaware River Bridge, Philadelphia
Delaware River Bridge, Philadelphia
Jewish African Man, New York City, 1921
Jewish African Man, New York City, 1921
Ford Factory II, Detroit, Michigan, 1926
Ford Factory II, Detroit, Michigan, 1926
The Garden of the Gods, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1926
The Garden of the Gods, Colorado Springs, Colorado, 1926
Hollywood Street at Night, California, 1926
Hollywood Street at Night, California, 1926
Hotel Torino, California, 1926
Hotel Torino, California, 1926
Houses at Signal Hill, Los Angeles, California, 1926
Houses at Signal Hill, Los Angeles, California, 1926
Locomotive, Boston Railway Station, Massachusetts, 1926
Locomotive, Boston Railway Station, Massachusetts, 1926
Manhattan from the Brooklyn Bridge, New York City, 1925
Manhattan from the Brooklyn Bridge, New York City, 1925
Navajo Indians, Arizona, 1926
Navajo Indians, Arizona, 1926
New York City Rooftops from Shelton Hotel, 1925
New York City Rooftops from Shelton Hotel, 1925
New York City Skyline and Waterfront, 1921
New York City Skyline and Waterfront, 1921
Railroad Bridge, Key West, Florida, 1926
Railroad Bridge, Key West, Florida, 1926
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