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A Collection of Early 20th Century London Ephemera, Framed Documents, and Photograph Albums - A collection of early 20th-century ephemera comprising three framed items and three albums. The framed pieces include a Freedom of the City of London document admitted to Holmes Collyer, Plumber, dated 1922 during the 12th year of the reign of King George V. This document features a red wax seal and handwritten details on a printed form. Also included is a framed receipt from the London department store A. W. Gamage, Ltd., Holborn, for an instalment account, bearing an orange revenue stamp and mounted on green card. The third framed item is an oval monochrome print depicting a domestic interior scene with three figures, housed in a gilt-finished wood frame with a black and gold inner mount. The albums consist of a green cloth-bound Portfolio of Photographs with gold gilt lettering, a portrait-format photograph album with a brown faux-crocodile skin textured cover, and a Victory Record Album with paper-covered boards featuring a graphic of a sailing ship. Freedom Document Frame: 18.5 inches (47 cm) length Oval Frame: 13.5 inches (34 cm) width.