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  • Metropolitan Lunatic Asylum, Kew, Victoria (Australia): male patients in the recreational area. Photograph.
  • Metropolitan Lunatic Asylum, Kew, Victoria (Australia): the hospital cook and the boys who help him, on the steps of the kitchen cottage. Photograph.
  • Metropolitan Lunatic Asylum, Kew, Victoria, Australia: female patients exercising. Photograph.
  • Measurements taken from the head of a 16 year old boy, who probably has Down's syndrome. Paper cut-out.
  • A young man in a wooden barrel, with his arms hanging over the edge. Photograph.
  • 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.
  • Royal Albert Asylum, Lancaster: brain with a defective cerebellum, seen from different angles. Three photographs, 1884.
  • Three boys with Down's syndrome, standing in a line. Photograph, 1902.
  • A naked young man, viewed from the back, showing signs of skin disease and tumours. Process print.
  • Specimen sheet of embossed type for the blind, which bears an extract from Psalm CXIX. v.17,18 and a price list for other scriptures available in the same format.
  • The legs of a child, showing deformity in the bones, particularly around the knee. Photograph by E. Peers.
  • A girl, sitting on a stone bench with a fan folded at her side. Photograph by A. Reston.
  • A very young girl, showing signs of mental deficiency, seated with her hands clasped upon her lap. Photograph by W. Moscrop.
  • A woman with a moustache and beard: head and shoulders. Photograph.
  • A woman with a moustache and beard: head and shoulders. Photograph.
  • A seated young man with clenched fists, leaning against an ornate table. Photograph by A.E. Scales.
  • Head and shoulders of a young man with protruding ears. Photograph by Davis and Sons.
  • A girl with Down's syndrome, sitting in front of an ornate wooden screen, holding a small posy of flowers. Photograph by Chas Marshall.
  • A brain, viewed from the side, supposedly from a subject with mental deficiency. Photograph by N. Goulton May.
  • Dislocation of the jaw. Letterpress by Battle & Co.
  • A girl with Down's syndrome, sitting, wearing striped socks. Photograph by J.A.Baldry.
  • A girl, holding a doll, sitting on a wall. Photograph by Lock & Whitfield.
  • The hands of a child, showing deformity, particularly around the fingertips. Photograph by N. Goulton May.
  • Head and shoulders of a young man with protruding ears. Photograph by Davis and Sons.