Slide of two nomads with a prayer wheel
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Photograph of the construction site of the Horniman Museum's West Hall with foundations being laid, 1933
Geistervertreibung 6, 4
Black and white print of woman walking down dock to woman standing in shallow water with small boat docked; larger boat moored farther out in water
Colour slide of sunset wth trees and hut in distance
Collection Information
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