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Photographs of South Africa, circa 1900
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305H
Scope and Contents
A collection of loose photographs. The prints measure approximately 120 x 95 mm and are probably by the donor Morton Green. All the photographs have brief pencilled captions and are numbered on the reverse. The captions have been used as titles and have been recorded as found.
Dates:
1900
Conditions Governing Access:
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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Cambridge University Library
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Photographs of South Georgia and whaling activities
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30795B
Scope and Contents
Collection of loose prints and one duplicate by various unidentified photographers, most probably dating from the 1920s. The original owner, Hester McGivering, worked for Christian Salvesen Limited. It formed the third shore-based whaling station on South Georgia at Leith Harbour in November 1909 and continued operating there until 1960/61. It is therefore probable that most of the photographs of whaling stations on South Georgia are of Leith Harbour. The photographs vary considerably...
Dates:
1914 - 1929
Conditions Governing Access:
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Cambridge University Library
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Photographs of Southeast Asia, Indonesia, Pacific Islands, the United States and Africa
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302K
Dates:
1949 - 1953
Conditions Governing Access:
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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Cambridge University Library
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Photographs of St. Vincent
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30773A
Scope and Contents
A collection of loose photographs measuring approximately 240 x 190 mm, with pencilled captions on the reverse. Of excellent technical quality, the photographs show scenes in and around Kingstown on a market day. The front of each print is imprinted 'J.C. Wilson, Photo: St. Vincent'.
Dates:
1890 - 1900
Conditions Governing Access:
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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Cambridge University Library
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Photographs of Stephen Hawking by Yolanda Sonnabend
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10309
Scope and Contents
Eighteen prints of photographic portraits, 34 negatives and two contact sheets of photographs, taken by Yolanda Sonnabend preparatory to her 1985 portrait of Hawking, now in the National Portrait Gallery.
The photographs include eighteen black and white photographs, two contact sheets and strips of negatives (none of which have been published). The photographs are divided into two sizes: The eight larger prints are 25.5 x 20.5 cm. Six of these show Hawking seated in his wheelchair; another...
Dates:
1983-12-08 - 1985
Conditions Governing Access:
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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Cambridge University Library
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Photographs of suburbs of Melbourne
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087B
Scope and Contents
An album containing forty-three mounted photographs, uncaptioned and measuring approximately 145 x 110 mm. This family album shows scenes mostly at unidentifiable locations in the Melbourne area.A sizeable number of these photographs appear to have been taken in the Botanical Gardens, but this is the only location that can be identified with any certainty. The rest of the prints show small family groups in private houses or gardens without well-known landmarks visible. It is...
Dates:
1865 - 1885
Conditions Governing Access:
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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Cambridge University Library
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Photographs of Tasmania
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3088E
Scope and Contents
The album measures 200 x 300 mm and contains 93 images which are 105 x 90 mm in size. Three photographs are missing. None are captioned. The subjects are rural scenes: woodlands, grasslands, rivers, bridges, and coastline. Several farms are featured, including images of crops, livestock, buildings and residences, as well as European and Aboriginal farming families.
Dates:
1904
Conditions Governing Access:
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Cambridge University Library
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Photographs of the Bahamas
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3071A
Scope and Contents
A collection of loose photographs measuring approximately 225 x 175 mm. The photographs have, for the most part, printed captions stating location and photographer's name. Photographed by J.F. Coonley.
Dates:
1890 - 1895
Conditions Governing Access:
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Cambridge University Library
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'Photographs of the Colleges and Public Buildings of Cambridge'
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10035
Dates:
1860-1880 (circa)
Conditions Governing Access:
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Cambridge University Library
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Photographs of the Commonwealth West Indies. circa 1967
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307D
Scope and Contents
A collection of loose photographs in two sizes: approximately 190 x 140 mm and 255 x 195 mm. The prints have captions pasted to their backs. The collection shows towns and tourist spots in Barbados, Jamaica, Trinidad, Tobago, Antigua and Grenada. Photographs by BOAC, plus one print by the Jamaica Tourist Board.
Dates:
1967
Conditions Governing Access:
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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Cambridge University Library
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Photographs of the Dalwood Vineyards, near Branxton, New South Wales, Australia, 1886
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086B
Scope and Contents
An album consisting of mounted prints of various sizes, with printed title page and key to photographs. It was presumably created for the purpose of publicity, with the last page of the album given over to a photograph of John Wyndham, together with a short printed history of his vineyard at Dalwood. This was founded by his father, George Wyndham, who emigrated from Wiltshire in 1827. Having previously studied viticultural methods in Europe, he set up an experimental vineyard of 6 acres...
Dates:
1886
Conditions Governing Access:
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Cambridge University Library
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Photographs of the East African Campaign 1915-16
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468V
Scope and Contents
Collection of twenty-nine 60 x 60 mm modern copy negatives (no prints) selected from an album compiled by J.H. Furniss R.A.F (also the photographer). The material relates to air and naval activity against the German battleship ‘Konigsberg’ in Zanzibar and German East Africa during 1915-16, with other general scenes from the German East Africa Campaign. Copy negatives made by John Falconer, May 1985.
Dates:
1985
Conditions Governing Access:
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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Cambridge University Library
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Photographs of the Falkland Islands
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30795A
Scope and Contents
A collection of loose photographs measuring approximately 160 x 115 mm.
Dates:
1905
Conditions Governing Access:
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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Cambridge University Library
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Photographs of the German South-West Africa [i.e. Namibia] Campaign, 1915
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3057A
Scope and Contents
A collection of loose photographs (modern prints from original glass negatives probably taken by Stanley Archibald Markham Pritchard), most measuring approximately 190 x 140 mm and showing scenes connected with the occupation of Windhoek and a trip to Ovamboland undertaken by Pritchard later in the same year. Originals of these photographs (3-4 and 7-9) were used to illustrate a talk given by Pritchard to the African Society on May 11 1916 and the same captions are used here. The captions...
Dates:
1915
Conditions Governing Access:
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Cambridge University Library
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Photographs of the Koramas, Northern Nigeria
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043L
Scope and Contents
A collection of photographs measuring approximately 160 x 115 mm. with pencilled captions on the reverse. The captions have been used as titles and may include language which is offensive, inaccurate or inappropriate. They have been retained to reflect the context of the collection's creation. The collection consists of clearly photographed views of Korama people and activities, with a few prints of Hausa and other ethnic groups. The RCS typescript catalogue contains the following...
Dates:
1900
Conditions Governing Access:
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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Cambridge University Library
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Photographs of the National Park, 1888
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3086H
Scope and Contents
A commercially produced album containing mounted prints, measuring approximately 275 x 220 mm, with one printed page of introduction and one page of brief printed captions to the photographs. The introduction is by the Government Printing Office. The photographs are possibly by Charles Kerry of Sydney, and certainly possess enough quality to be his work. Jack Cato states: 'In 1895 Kerry advertised that he would take, free of charge, 'Likenesses of volunteers bound for the...
Dates:
1888-03
Conditions Governing Access:
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Cambridge University Library
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[Photographs of the peoples of southern Africa]
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305O
Scope and Contents
An album containing mounted prints, the majority sepia toned, with typescript captions and explanatory notes depicting the peoples of southern Africa. The captions and notes have been recorded as found and may include language which is offensive, inaccurate or inappropriate. They have been retained to reflect the context of the collection's creation. Captions supplied by the cataloguer are enclosed in square brackets. The prints are of various sizes but the majority measure approximately...
Dates:
1930 - 1950
Conditions Governing Access:
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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Cambridge University Library
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Photographs of the Philippines, 1890s
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30394A
Scope and Contents
A collection of loose prints (some duplicates) measuring approximately 215 x 140 mm, with pencilled captions on the reverse.
Dates:
1890 - 1899
Conditions Governing Access:
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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Cambridge University Library
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Photographs of the Royal Commonwealth Society
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCS
Scope and Contents
Collection of more than 2000 prints, transparencies, photocopies, and half-tone illustrations relating to the Royal Colonial Institute, Royal Empire Society, Royal Commonwealth Society and depicting individuals, buildings, and events. The number is inexact; some additional items have been inserted in the numerical sequences, a few single entries cover an album (e.g. VIII 1) or sheets of prints (e.g. V (e) 13-16) and new items are added from time to time. A guide to collections of...
Dates:
1882 - 1989
Conditions Governing Access:
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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Cambridge University Library
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Photographs of the West Indies
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307A
Scope and Contents
An album of predominantly commercial photographs of varying size. Each photograph is mounted on the album page with a short typescript caption beside it. These captions appear to have been added at a later date. A small number of the photographs are professional prints and have captions within them as well. The photographs are chiefly views of places in the West Indies, together with a few portraits. They mainly show Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Guyana but the album also includes images of...
Dates:
1880 - 1889
Conditions Governing Access:
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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Cambridge University Library
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Photographs of Tuanku Abdul Halim, Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031B
Scope and Contents
Collection of five coloured and ten black and white photographs kept in a yellow folder with the Malaysian Coat of Arms on the cover; one pocket contains the photographs, the other two extracts from the Malaysia Year Book and a leaflet on the State Visit of the Yang di-Pertuan Agon and the Raja Permaisuri Agong of Malaysia to the United Kingdom July 9 to July 12 1974. The folder was presumably issued by the Malaysian High Commission to mark the occasion. Tuanku Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah...
Dates:
1974
Conditions Governing Access:
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Cambridge University Library
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Photographs of Uganda
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3045F
Scope and Contents
Collection of seven prints of various sizes, showing people and scenes in Uganda. Photographs by Alfred Lobo and others, captions by H.B. Thomas.
Dates:
1908 - 1910
Conditions Governing Access:
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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Cambridge University Library
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Photographs of Vancouver Island, British Columbia c.1912
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30695A
Scope and Contents
A collection of loose prints measuring approximately 250 x 200 mm., with pencilled captions on the reverse of the prints.
Dates:
1912
Conditions Governing Access:
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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Cambridge University Library
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Photographs of Victoria
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087D
Scope and Contents
An album containing eighty-four prints, mounted two to a page, and measuring approximately 200 x 145 mm. All prints have handwritten copperplate captions, and most of the older photographs have the embossed stamp in one corner of the photographers Norrie and Sutcliffe of Melbourne. The prints show scenes in Melbourne and other Victorian towns, notably Walhalla and Ballarat, and various country scenes. Victoria, only legally constituted a colony in 1851, saw a furious growth in...
Dates:
1885 - 1901
Conditions Governing Access:
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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Cambridge University Library
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Photographs of West African plantations, circa 1900
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3043M
Scope and Contents
A collection of photographs measuring approximately 95 x 125 mm, with hand-written or typed captions on the reverse. The photographs, which are of poor technical quality, mainly show rubber plantation scenes near Avrebbo. Prints 1-24 are stamped 'The African Plantations Limited'.
Dates:
1900
Conditions Governing Access:
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library