Letter by Otto Samson to the Director of the Scott Polar Research Institute, offering plates by Captain Colbeck: “National Antarctic Expedition, 1900-1904”, from the collection of the Horniman Museum.
Letter by Otto Samson to the Director of the Scott Polar Research Institute, regarding disposal of plates by Captain Colbeck
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Press cutting about the Museum opens free through Easter Holidays and subsequent success of the Museum itself
object | ARC/HMG/PR/004/001/177
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Peru - San Pablo AM/2 leper colony - Yaguas arriving by speedboat
object | ARC/GUP/001/056
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Receipt
object | ARC/HMG/CM/009/001/F56/296
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Ilorin Emirs boydguard
object | ARC/HMG/RS/STANFIELD/609/015
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