Letter offering the following natural history specimens: the skull of a babirusa, a case of huia birds, a case of kea birds, a case of apteryx owenii (kiwi bird), a case containing a blue heron, and shells. All for the price of £8.10.
Letter offering a range of natural history specimens
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Digital reproduction of a photograph of Horniman Gardens, 1927
object | ARC/HMG/PH/GDN/018
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Black and white negative. Interior with hammocks, three people and a dog. Negative of slide 2. This image is included in Nicholas Guppy's 1958 book and is entitled 'Wai-Wai Interior'
object | ARC/GUP/004/003
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Treating rugs?
object | ARC/GUP/002/141
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Institute of African Studies, Ibadan - Memorial pots from northern Nigeria
object | ARC/HMG/RS/STANFIELD/558/020
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