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A man holding a trumpet, with flowers, celebrating Saint Cecilia's day. Coloured photographic postcard, 1931.

A man suffering from ulcers all over his body (Job?). Photograph of a sculpture.

Harold Chapman in drag poses with Mark Leslie dressed as a Golliwog, in an act for the Bow Bells. Photographic postcard, 191-.

George Coutts in drag. Photographic postcard, 194-.

British airforce servicemen performing a sketch, striking an animated pose. Photograph, 1918.

British servicemen in drag acting out a cooking class. Photograph, 191-.

Antiquities from Cyprus. Photograph album by A.P. di Cesnola, 1881.

Smallpox epidemic, Palestine. Photograph album, ca. 1922.

Serbian soldiers queuing to fill water bottles from metal tanks, on a First World War military camp (?). Photograph, 1914/1918 (?).

Hermes. Photographic postcard after E. Herter, 193-.

Jesuit observatory, Beijing, China: bronze astronomical instruments displayed on decorative stands. Photograph, ca. 1860.

James Adair Laurie. Photograph after a lithograph by J.H. Lynch.

A house with a high, pointed thatch roof with decorative detail; behind it is a similar shaped house for fowl. Photograph, 1890/1910.

The old pharmacy of the hôpital Saint-Denis, France: ornate shelving with decorative china pharmacy jars and glass bottles. Photograph, 1890/1910.

Typhus prevention equipment: the Lelean sack disinfestor, used to disinfest clothing and kill lice carrying typhus. Photograph, 1900/1920 (?).

An man in drag as "Gertie" wearing a checked coat. Photographic postcard, 1916.

Zimbabwe: Victoria Falls. Photograph by Prof. W.B. Scott, 1905.

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Photographic prints

Images from the collections

Images of Photographic prints

Works from the collections

A house with a high, pointed thatch roof with decorative detail; behind it is a similar shaped house for fowl. Photograph, 1890/1910.

The old pharmacy of the hôpital Saint-Denis, France: ornate shelving with decorative china pharmacy jars and glass bottles. Photograph, 1890/1910.

Typhus prevention equipment: the Lelean sack disinfestor, used to disinfest clothing and kill lice carrying typhus. Photograph, 1900/1920 (?).

An man in drag as "Gertie" wearing a checked coat. Photographic postcard, 1916.

Zimbabwe: Victoria Falls. Photograph by Prof. W.B. Scott, 1905.

Photographic prints

Images from the collections

Images of Photographic prints

Works from the collections

A house with a high, pointed thatch roof with decorative detail; behind it is a similar shaped house for fowl. Photograph, 1890/1910.

The old pharmacy of the hôpital Saint-Denis, France: ornate shelving with decorative china pharmacy jars and glass bottles. Photograph, 1890/1910.

Typhus prevention equipment: the Lelean sack disinfestor, used to disinfest clothing and kill lice carrying typhus. Photograph, 1900/1920 (?).

An man in drag as "Gertie" wearing a checked coat. Photographic postcard, 1916.

Zimbabwe: Victoria Falls. Photograph by Prof. W.B. Scott, 1905.

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