One strip of parchment confirming Frederick John Horniman was granted a 'Freedom of the City of London' in 1866 by the Lord Mayor of London, and a wooden two-part cylinder which originally held the parchment.
Freedom of the City of London granted to Frederick John Horniman in 1866 by the Mayor of London
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Carte de visite featuring photograph of unknown child
object | ARC/HMG/HOR/015/019
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Horniman Museum and Gardens Posters: Education: Free Lectures: Winter Term, 1933
object | ARC/HMG/PR/001/003/004
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Near Iwo
object | ARC/HMG/RS/STANFIELD/606/012
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colour transparency of four men building a canoe
object | ARC/GUP/004/038
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