Decorative album of photographs of the members of the Plomer and Horniman families assembled by Laura Horniman (née Plomer), wife of Emslie Horniman, during the 1890s and early 1900s. The photographs are in the form of prints, carte de visites and cabinet cards popular during the Victorian period. The photographs date from the 1860s to around 1900.
Laura Horniman Photograph Album
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Black and white print of uniquely-shaped stilted house with shingles and shutters; side of head in frame on right
Palm wine calabashes, Ibadan
Amazon - Marañon Peru. Yanamono Yagua village (26/15)
35mm slide: Young woman
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