Photograph of the foundations being prepared for the Horniman Museum's West Hall, featuring four workmen, June 1933
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Cabinet card featuring a photograph of Colonel Plomer
object | ARC/HMG/HOR/015/033

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Photograph of the construction site of the Horniman Museum's West Hall with a workhorse in the foreground, May 1933
object | ARC/HMG/PH/BD/003/004

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Photograph of 'Paint shooting ''sticky bombs''
object | ARC/BH/BOO/012/001/002/037

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Plaintain and cassava drying
object | ARC/HMG/RS/STANFIELD/545/019
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