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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Hart Museum Visitor Books
35mm colour transparency of the profile of a Wai Wai man. This image is included in Nicholas Guppy's 1958 book and is entitled 'Churumá'
Black and white print of uniquely-shaped stilted house with shingles and shutters; side of head in frame on right
Collection Information
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