One copy of a black and white photograph of the Horniman Musuem clock tower under constuction circa 1900. The photograph depicts the scaffolding erected to build the tower and people walking on the pavement outside the museum on London Road.
Photograph of the Horniman Museum clock tower under construction, circa 1900
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Surrey House Museum poster, 1890
Black and white print of two people doing jobs at a camp in forest
Booklet for the ceremonial opening og the Children's Centre at the Horniman Museum on 6 June 1969
Near Bida, decorated mud house
Collection Information
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