One copy of a black and white photograph of the Horniman Musuem clock tower under constuction circa 1900. The clock tower is nearly complete and the scaffolding is still up.
Photograph of the Horniman Museum clock tower during the late stages of its construction, circa 1900
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Black and white negative of water barrier device with massive wheels with multiple spokes on either side (cow walking past)
object | ARC/GUP/005/122
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35mm slide: Block of clay [tiles are also mentioned on October 8th in log book]
object | ARC/BAL/005/133
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Letter from Frederick John Horniman to Mr Kemp thanking him for his donation of objects to the Museum, 1896
object | ARC/HMG/HOR/011/006/006
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Photograph: 'Glifford Chidley with the first model mouth organ to be made a Drumcraft for Wheatstone & Co.'
object | ARC/BH/BOO/012/001/005/104
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