'Guide for the use of visitors when inspecting the Horniman Museum & Gardens' [twelfth edition]. Six copies.
Guide for the use of visitors when inspecting the Horniman Museum and Gardens [12th edition]
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Slide of Horniman house and Coombe Cliff Conservatory
Black and white negative close up of Wai Wai textile featured in slide 52
Jos. Market. Peppers and onions
Slide of a portrait of a woman
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