Sepia photograph depicting the front of the Horniman Museum, circa 1900. Also depicted are two men in a horse and carriage outside the museum and two women near the museum entrance. On the back of the postcard is a message addressed to Miss A. Meredith, 5 Raglan Place, Broadstairs, Kent. The message reads: 'I am glad to heat you are better and that you are enjoying yourself. Have you walked to Margate yet? The minstrels are charming. Love from Alice.' Half penny stamp.
Postcard, Horniman's Museum, Forest Hill
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Copper sulphate for sale in market - used to preserve starch paste
St. Anne's School - hair plaiting and wrapping
Black and white negative of man carrying products in hands and on head next to boats moored to wall protruding into water
Example of undyed adire eleko with feathers, knife and brush
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