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Their extensive photographic archive of approximately 400,000 images was gifted to Lambeth Archives by Frank &amp; Sandra Manning.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Copyright: The rights in this image are usually held by the person(s) commissioning the original photograph. We are unable to contact the holder(s) to seek their permission for use and would be very pleased to hear from them to identify the photograph, or in case they wish the photograph to be taken down.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A studio portrait of a man wearing a Customs uniform, he possibly being of Nigerian origin, taken by Manning Photographers, annotated, Lawal, SE24 and dated 15th January 1969. ID: IV362 Portrait1693 Manning Photographers was founded in the late 1940s by James Manning, who was later joined by his son Frank. 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