Carte de visite featuring a photograph of Laura Horniman
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Horniman Museum and Gardens Posters: General: Man and his Crafts - Art, Magic and Religion
Glass lantern slide showing exterior of the Horniman Museum from the south including the clock tower, post 1912
Copper sulphate for sale in market - used to preserve starch paste
Black and white negative of large group of Guineans (range of ages) at water's edge among reeds with slightly stilted houses in background
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