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'From Sir Henry's pockets 12.40 am 25 July 1936 [at death]'

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Contents include:
 1 black purse with green silk lining containing 1 calling card
 1 black wallet with green lining and name G.E Pearson, containing 4 photographs
 38 photographs including of Henry S Wellcome and Ada Misner in USA, Windsor
 1 newspaper clipping
 1 note of congratulations on graduating to Henry's nephew
 1 scrap of paper showing the logo of The Washington Park Hotel, Washington DC.
 1 cardboard kodak sleeve containing 2 photographs.
 1 black wallet with green lining containing 12 Henry S Wellcome calling cards, 1 from David Fairchild, 1 from Sir Walter T. Swingle, a Christmas stamp 1933, and a small kodak patent list.
 1 envelope used as a descriptive label following his death.
 1 label with note ‘From [H/W]CW 30.8.68’
1 envelope with the word KREMERS containing napkins

This item was previously contained WA/HSW/OB/B.27a but has been separated for conservation.

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'From Sir Henry's pockets 12.40 am 25 July 1936 [at death]'

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