Features Otto Samson (Horniman Museum curator) and Ms. Irene Chaplin (Vice Chairman of the Museum Advisory Committee, London County Council).
Photograph: representatives of the Horniman Museum and London County Council during the ceremony for the modernisation of the South Hall, 1965
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Black and white negative of cylinders and conveyor belts outside of factory
object | ARC/GUP/006/021
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Igbetti rest house, rocks and fig
object | ARC/HMG/RS/STANFIELD/550/002
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Letter from Frederick John Horniman to Mr Kemp, 1895, regarding the death of Horniman's wife, Rebekah
object | ARC/HMG/HOR/011/006/003
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Photograph: ' Making ''Beehives'' - fitting the legs'
object | ARC/BH/BOO/012/001/006/110
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