Bowing cotton, Igbetti
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Black and white negative of people walking and playing cricket on beach and in shallows (view from water looking to land)
Photograph of the Natural History Gallery, view from the north of the balcony at the south end, circa 1912
Horniman Museum Building Plan showing the south, north and west halls
Black and white negative of factory worker leaning on railing in hard hat in the middle of the factory
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