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Photograph album, 1896 - 1902

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y303Q/1

Scope and Contents

Untitled album. Marked to frontispiece: 'L. Maddock 14/3/02'. Comprises a series of photographs taken by Maddock in his professional capacity for the Colombo Apothecaries Co., including of a stockade and elephant stampede (some of these images were reproduced in Y303Q/5, 'The Ceylon Kraal: a forest drama'), the visit of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York (later King George V and Queen Mary) in 1901, and Diyatalawa camp, a prisoner-of-war camp for Boer soldiers, which Maddock was granted permission to visit in Nov. 1900. Where possible, the original captions have been recorded in single quotation marks.

Dates

  • Creation: 1896 - 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 rcs@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).

Extent

1 album(s)

Repository Details

Part of the Cambridge University Library Repository

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