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  • An Indian snake charmer squatting down playing his pipe, with two cobras in a basket in front of him, in a studio setting. Photograph, ca.1900.
  • A woman posing in a photographic studio, wearing a bridal? dress and veil, in front of a plain backdrop.
  • A young African man posing naked, holding a stick and a piece of cloth, in front of a painted backdrop.
  • Two Bulgarian women wearing national dress.
  • A standing woman, posed with an upraised fan and pointed toe, wearing a fringed shawl, in front of a painted backdrop in a photographic studio. Photograph, ca.1900.
  • A metal and timber box (chest, trunk), once the property of E N Fallaize, used to house his photographic collection. Construction and assembly by H. Davies and sons, 1916.
  • A family portrait in a photographic studio.
  • A Samoan woman with leaves in her hair.
  • A Sicilian male, posing naked outdoors.
  • A metal and timber box (chest, trunk), once the property of E N Fallaize, used to house his photographic collection. Construction and assembly by H. Davies and sons, 1916.
  • A young woman, winner of a beauty contest, wearing a large black hat with a trailing scarf round her throat.
  • The victorious English 400 m. women's relay swimming team at the Stockholm Olympic Games.
  • A man posing naked, with his back to the camera, standing on a rocky outcrop.
  • A young Masai man, wearing a very large earring. Photograph, ca.1900.
  • A group of people eating a meal, seated behind a small table, in front of a painted screen.
  • People of Leon, a man and woman holding hands, wearing traditional dress.
  • A man posing naked in a boxing stance with his fists raised, on a deserted beach.
  • Madame Delait, head and shoulders portrait.
  • A Bulgarian female acrobat performing contortions in a photographic studio.
  • A Bulgarian woman in national dress with a water jug.
  • A man posing naked, standing with his back to the camera on a rocky outcrop in a leafy landscape.
  • A standing woman, holding aloft a fan, wearing a fringed shawl, in front of a painted backdrop in a photographic studio. Photograph, ca.1900.
  • A grey-haired African man, with an stomach oedema. Photograph, ca.1900.
  • A Montenegrin man wearing national dress and a Montenegrin cap.
  • Head of a Sicilian boy posing, crowned with laurel leaves. Photograph by W. von Gloeden, 1902.
  • A man and woman of the Toda tribe standing in a photographic studio, with a dog lying at their feet.
  • A group of bearded men sitting on the ground.
  • Three young women posing in a photographic studio, one seated on a bench, in front of a painted backdrop of a rural scene.
  • Two boys in a photographic studio, one seated on a chair, in front of a curtained backdrop.
  • A metal and timber box (chest, trunk), once the property of E N Fallaize, used to house his photographic collection. Construction and assembly by H. Davies and sons, 1916.