Sales catalogue 50: Marks and Co

Date:
c.1941
Reference:
WA/HMM/CM/Sal/14/31
Catalogue details

Licence: Public Domain Mark

Credit: Sales catalogue 50: Marks and Co. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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