A collection of documents and photographs created and collected by Dr. Otto Samson, former curator of the Horniman Museum, and his wife Elizabeth Samson. The collection includes loose photographs and albums and documents from Samson's early career in the Museum of Ethnology in Hamburg, Germany.
Otto Samson albums, prints and documents
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Hart Museum Visitor Books
object | ARC/HAR/003/065
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Carte de visite featuring a photograph of Emslie Horniman
object | ARC/HMG/HOR/015/087
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Beehive in tree
object | ARC/HMG/RS/STANFIELD/602/012
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Black and white medium format negative of boat being drawn to shore by men pulling on ropes from land
object | ARC/GUP/006/299
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