13 Mar 2010
Six days to launch…
Another video and image highlight as we count down to the launch of the archive on 19th March. These are from the Household & Furniture gallery.
The images being featured in this countdown to launch are all those that feature on the postcard series which will be available to buy from Friday, 19th March.
More tomorrow.
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