Black and white negative of people debarking boats in front of houses on a tree-lined canal
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Stitching mat strips together, Ossosso
Letter by the Captain of HMS ‘Discovery’ to Otto Samson, regarding the dispatch of Captain Scott relics
April 2nd Portrait of man in village of Me Zhou
Archdeacon Burton and His Highness, the Olowo of Owo
Collection Information
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