Photograph of the Horniman Museum clock tower during the late stages of its construction, circa 1900
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Black and white photo print of building
A Handbook to the Cases Illustrating Stages in the Evolution of the Domestic Arts, Part 2: Basketry, Pottery, Spinning, and Weaving, etc. Second Edition, 1924
Slide of a close up of Brogpa (or Sharchaps) woman spinning, near Tashigang
New house mud cement faced and painted
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