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  • Down's syndrome in two young men and a young woman. Three photographs.
  • A young dark-haired boy, showing signs of mental deficiency, wearing a tweed coat, looking at the camera from over his left shoulder. Photograph by J. Davis.
  • A child showing signs of Down's syndrome sitting on a fur cushion. Photograph by J.H. Hogg.
  • An overweight teenage girl, with a pearl necklace, sitting on a tricycle. Process print.
  • Down's syndrome: seen in two views of a man's head. Two photographs.
  • Small images of men and children, all of whom show signs of insanity. Nine process prints.
  • Metropolitan Lunatic Asylum, Kew, Victoria (Australia): male patients in the recreational area. Photograph.
  • A seated young man with clenched fists, leaning against an ornate table. Photograph by A.E. Scales.
  • The head and shoulders of a bearded man (G.E. Shuttleworth?) Photograph by B. Wyles.
  • A boy with Down's syndrome, dressed in a sailor suit, standing against a nautical background, holding a small yacht. Photograph by Kent Coast Studio.
  • Metropolitan Lunatic Asylum, Kew, Victoria (Australia): the hospital cook and the boys who help him, on the steps of the kitchen cottage. Photograph.
  • The legs of a child, showing deformity in the bones, particularly around the knee. Photograph by E. Peers.
  • Metropolitan Lunatic Asylum, Kew, Victoria, Australia: female patients exercising. Photograph.
  • George Edward Shuttleworth holding a disabled male child on his lap. Photograph, 1895.
  • Measurements taken from the head of a 16 year old boy, who probably has Down's syndrome. Paper cut-out.
  • A boy smiling and standing next to a wooden chair. Photograph.
  • The head and shoulders of a child, showing signs of mental deficiency, seen in profile lying down. Photograph by J. Keens.
  • A young man in a wooden barrel, with his arms hanging over the edge. Photograph.
  • A girl wearing a white dress, sitting on an embroidered stool. Photograph by Lock & Whitfield.
  • Down's syndrome: seen in different views of men's heads. Six photographs.
  • New York State Institute: a group of boys with Down's syndrome, standing on some steps. Photograph.
  • Daniel J. Leech; head and shoulders, face tilted to the left. Process print.
  • Metropolitan Lunatic Asylum, Kew, Victoria (Australia): a ward for male patients. Photograph.
  • Down's syndrome in a girl and a boy. Two photographs.
  • Down's syndrome affecting the hands and fingers. Four photographs.
  • Two men standing next to a complex wooden apparatus. Process print.
  • A brain, viewed from the top, supposedly from a subject with mental deficiency. Photograph by N. Goulton May.
  • Royal Albert Asylum, Lancaster: brain with a defective cerebellum, seen from different angles. Three photographs, 1884.
  • A young man, formally dressed, resting his hand upon an open book upon a table. Photograph by Lock & Whitfield.
  • Three boys with Down's syndrome, standing in a line. Photograph, 1902.