Photograph of Michael Horniman and Stephen Benn breaking ground at the Horniman during the ceremony marking the beginning of the re-erection of Coombe Cliffe Conservatory at the Horniman Museum
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Slide showing the process of silk string manufacture by Rihzhon Khojakhanov and his family

Hart Museum Visitor Books

Black and white negative of people unloading milk (?) containers from boats on a dock

Copy of Melody Maker
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