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1. View of Uganda Exhibit. British Empire Exhibition, 1924

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Uganda/7
Scope and Contents

The caption on the reverse reads: '1. A view of the Uganda exhibit, showing a portion of the cottons, fibres, cereals, bark-cloth and jams'.

Dates: 1924
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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1st Class Cruiser 'General O'Higgins' at sea, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011V/23
Scope and Contents

364 x 273 mm. Showing the three funnelled cruiser under steam. Photograph stamped 'Sir W.G. Armstrong, Whitworth and Co., Ltd.'

Dates: 1910
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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6th August 1908, 1908-08-06

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3070A/22
Scope and Contents

142 x 84 mm. Showing a wedding group in front of the bride's house, with Lieutenant Roberts and his wife, the three bridesmaids, Commander Green (best man) and an unidentified naval officer.

Dates: 1908-08-06
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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89. East Africa Pavilion. The British Empire Exhibition., 1924

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC BEE/10
Scope and Contents

Original photograph.

Dates: 1924
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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98. Indian Pavilion by night. The British Empire Exhibition, 1924

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC BEE/15
Scope and Contents

Original photograph.

Dates: 1924
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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150 ton crane lifting a submarine at Barrow, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 21/5165
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate (landscape format).

Dates: 1909
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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653 Conwy Castle and railway, 1868

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305K/77
Scope and Contents

The photograph is dated 1868 beneath the print, and the caption is numbered '653''.

Dates: 1868
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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A Company of the R.A.M.C. paying out after inspection (as on every Saturday) : Aldershot, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 22/5463
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate (landscape format).

Dates: 1909
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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A Company of the R.A.M.C. paying out after inspection (as on every Saturday) : Aldershot, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 22/5464
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate (landscape format).

Dates: 1909
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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A Shoebury job, 1887 - 1888

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3016A/66
Scope and Contents

272 x 203 mm. A view showing artillery officers and men posed beside a piece of heavy artillery suspended by blocks and tackle above a railway sidecar.

Dates: 1887 - 1888
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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A Shoebury Shift, 1887 - 1888

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3016A/71
Scope and Contents

275 x 202 mm. A view showing the barrel of a large piece of artillery resting on blocks of wood, with an artillery man standing beside the barrel.

Dates: 1887 - 1888
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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A vessel from Garston, Liverpool, discharging gas coal at Penarth Hydraulic House, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 21/5115
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate (landscape format). This Power House works the whole of Penarth Dock, Cardiff with hydraulic power.

Dates: 1909
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Aberdeen-Angus Cross Young bullocks for fattening, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 22/5389
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate (landscape format). [Rather distant views of the bullocks in a large field].

Dates: 1909
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Aerial view of Vickers Works, Barrow-in-Furness, 1949 - 1969

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 9/4
Scope and Contents

336 x 174 mm. Photographic copy of a sketch of an aerial view of the Vickers shipworks.

Dates: 1949 - 1969
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Albert Square : Manchester, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 16/5302
Scope and Contents

Half-plate. [Showing statues across the square over cobbled road with cars and horse and carriages].

Dates: 1909
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Albert Square : Manchester, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 16/5303
Scope and Contents

Half-plate. [Showing statues across the square over cobbled road with cars and horse and carriages]

Dates: 1909
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Album 1890-1891, 1890 - 1902

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022ZZ
Scope and Contents Contains albumen and collodio-chloride prints, with dates written under in three groups. 19 relate to a visit to Ceylon via the Suez Canal and Aden 1890-1891 (1-18, 24) and all appear to be professional photographs. It is not known whether these relate to a journey undertaken by Douglas, who was 16 at the time. Secondly, there are 5 professional photographs of Durham (19-23) and finally, 7 photographs of India of a later date (25-31), 3 of which are duplicates of photographs in other...
Dates: 1890 - 1902
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Alloway Kirk, '22, 1922

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/4/108
Scope and Contents

65 x 45 mm. A view of the Alloway Parish Church.

Dates: 1922
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Alloway Kirk : and grave of father and mother of Robert Burns, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 16/5221
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate. [Burns gravestone near right with other stones in front of old kirk [i.e. church].

Dates: 1909
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Alloway Kirk (vide Tam O'Shanter), 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 16/5220
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate. [Deserted kirk [i.e. church] with gravestones on the foreground].

Dates: 1909
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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An English country cottage, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011V/10
Scope and Contents

203 x 153 mm. View looking along a road towards a part-thatched, part-tiled cottage. Location unindentified. Photograph by H.W. Taunt.

Dates: 1910
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Annual reunion of Cambridge University Malayan Association, Dorothy Café, Cambridge, 11th March [? 1950s], 1950 - 1959

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 9/20
Scope and Contents 289 x 227 mm. Group photograph taken inside the café. Figures identified on the reverse are: T.L. TANG; J. SENIOR; S.C. WEE; H.P. BRYSON; Y.S. HON; Wan BAHARUDDIN; M.P.K. WONG; H.G. GAN; E.C. HICKS; A.S. RAZAK; K.K. HO; Noor ZAINAL; M.D. ARIF; Ma'arof Sheikh AHMAD; Saad Marzuki; Marek MARICAN; Doctor PURCELL; GOH; Mrs H.P. BRYSON; Mrs WHITEHORN; Mrs Maarof; H.N. CHONG; Raja Sir UDA; Tunku NORSA'ADAH; Mrs. HON; Mrs B.T. CHUA; Professor WHITEHORN; Mustapha MAHMUD; L.E. OSMAN; N....
Dates: 1950 - 1959
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Anwar Jalal Shemza, Pakistani artist, with some of his work, 1964, 1964

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011Y/19
Scope and Contents

181 x 157 mm. As captioned.

Dates: 1964
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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[Arch of Lincoln Castle], 1930 - 1937

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/1/289
Scope and Contents

135 x 85 mm. Postcard of an arch in the castles grounds. Lincoln Cathedral can be seen in the background.

Dates: 1930 - 1937
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Archbishop Makarios' Press Conference after signing the London agreements, 1959-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3018J/4A
Scope and Contents

Behind the Archbishop is Abbot Chrystostomos of Kykko, to whose right are Spyros Kyprianou and Bishop Anthimos of Kitium.

Dates: 1959-02
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).

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