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Views in Trinidad, circa 1890
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3075A
Scope and Contents
A collection of loose photographs measuring approximately 250 x 230 mm and captioned on the reverse in pencil. The captions have been reproduced as found. The photographs illustrate buildings and industries on the island.
Dates:
1890
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Views of Achimota College circa 1945
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448H
Scope and Contents
A collection of photographs taken by the Ministry of Information West African Photographic Service, giving a comprehensive record of the varied aspects of the College's work. These pictures have been extensively reproduced in books and articles. As Dr. R.W. Stopford is shown as Principal, a post he held from 1941 to 1945, they must date from this period. The Library has three different groups of photographs drawn from this series, two of which form this collection:(A) 55, 260 x...
Dates:
1945
Conditions Governing Access:
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Views of Barbados
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3072D
Scope and Contents
Packet of '12 Real Photograph Snap-Shots' showing views of Barbados, British West Indies. The matt sepia photos measure 60 x 85mm each, and the captions are printed on the backs. Produced by Raphael Tuck and Sons ltd.
Dates:
1900 - 1920
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Views of Bathhurst [Banjul], The Gambia
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30447A
Scope and Contents
A collection of collodion-chloride prints, measuring 200 x 145 mm. These photographs, by the Lisk-Carew Brothers of Freetown, are captioned in pencil on the back and also numbered up to XX; numbers XIV, XV, XVI and XVIII are missing.
Dates:
1905 - 1959
Conditions Governing Access:
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Views of Benares [i.e. Varanasi] from the riverside presented by the Maharaja of Benares
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022TT
Scope and Contents
A small album containing prints measuring approximately 95 x 70 mm. The album cover is stamped with the title in gold. Letterpress captions are pasted beneath the photographs. The prints show some of the ghats which line the Ganges riverfront as it flows through Benares.
Dates:
1920 - 1929
Conditions Governing Access:
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Views of Bendigo
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3087C
Scope and Contents
A commercially produced portfolio containing fifty-two mounted prints measuring approximately 180 x 125 mm., showing views in and around Bendigo and giving a detailed photographic coverage of the city and its suburbs. Each print is pasted to an elaborately printed mount with a decorative border, 'Views of Bendigo' and the print number at the top, and a title and explanatory key beneath the picture. Beneath each plate is also printed 'N.U. Claire Photo. Sandhurst' and 'Welch.Typo.' Some...
Dates:
1875
Conditions Governing Access:
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Views of Bharatpur and Deeg [i. e. Dig] 1885
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022K
Scope and Contents
An album of photographs by Lala Deen Diyal containing albumen prints of various sizes, most measuring either approximately 205 x 145 mm or 250 x 195 mm, with captions beneath prints and signed on the last page 'Deen Diyal Indore 20th August 1885'. The majority of the prints are initialled DD and have an individual number which is also annotated below on the album page. It is assumed this is the photographers’ own reference.Bharatpur and Deeg (Dig).This album gives a detailed...
Dates:
1880 - 1885
Conditions Governing Access:
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Views of Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka]
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y303B
Scope and Contents
An album containing albumen prints by a number of photographers, including W.L.H. Skeen and Co., Joseph Lawton, and Colombo Apothecaries Company.
This is an important collection whose subjects include the Colombo-Kandy railway construction; archaeological views of Polonnaruwa and Anaradhapura; the tea industry; views of Colombo; and Perahera celebrations, Kandy. There are also 11 photographs of Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee celebrations in Kandy in 1897.
Dates:
1860 - 1899
Conditions Governing Access:
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Views of Hanoi and Haiphong [i.e. Hà Noi and Hai Phòng], 1890s
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302C
Scope and Contents
A collection of loose prints measuring approximately 165 x 120 mm. The prints are captioned in pencil on the reverse. The collection consists of two identical sets of six views (each set containing three views of Hanoi and three of Haiphong). The photographs from each location may be by different photographers.
Dates:
1890 - 1899
Conditions Governing Access:
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Views of Hobart
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3088D
Dates:
1850 - 1935
Conditions Governing Access:
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Views of Hong Kong, China and Japan
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30377C
Scope and Contents
A collection of loose albumen prints. These topographical views cover Hong Kong, the Chinese Treaty ports (a good selection of material from Shanghai) and Japan. Many of the Japanese prints are hand-coloured. It appears in the Supplement to the Library Catalogue published in 1901.
Dates:
1880 - 1900
Conditions Governing Access:
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Views of India
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022B
Scope and Contents
Collection of albumen prints by various photographers. The prints are of various sizes and show views of Europe, Malta in 1860 (numbers 12-26), Middle East and India. Numbers 93-145 relate to a visit to India in 1880, although the prints themselves are views taken in the 1860s mainly by Samuel Bourne. The majority of the prints have handwritten captions. The captions have been used as titles and have been recorded as found. Titles composed by the cataloguer are enclosed in square...
Dates:
1860 - 1869
Conditions Governing Access:
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Views of Japan
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3039A
Scope and Contents
An album containing hand-coloured albumen prints. The captions have been used as titles and may contain offensive, inappropriate or outdated terms. They have been retained to reflect the context of their creation. Titles composed by the cataloguer have been enclosed in square brackets.
Dates:
1870 - 1889
Conditions Governing Access:
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Views of Kuching and Labuan, 1890s
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3035C
Scope and Contents
Loose albumen prints, measuring approximately 270 x 185 mm, captioned and numbered in the negative.
Dates:
1890 - 1899
Conditions Governing Access:
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Views of New Zealand
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089F
Scope and Contents
An album containing coloured 40 half-tone reproductions, 37 monochrome reproductions and 15 original black and white prints by various photographers. The coloured reproductions measure approximately 245 x 180 mm. In the catalogue the titles are given but no further details. The same procedure is followed in the case of the monochrome half-tones, which are of various sizes. The original photographs are mostly panoramas consisting of more than one print.
Dates:
1915
Conditions Governing Access:
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Views of Nyasaland [i.e. Malawi] 1885-86
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3051A
Scope and Contents
Collection of albumen prints mounted on thick cards, originally contained in four slip-cases discarded after war damage, but the subdivisions A, B, C and D have been retained in the list. They are captioned in clear handwriting. The photographs include the work of the Church of Scotland Mission, the Free Church of Scotland Mission and the African Lakes Company, as well as many of the prominent Yao, Angoni and Makololo chiefs.Thomas Joseph Last (1847-1933) who undertook an...
Dates:
1885 - 1886
Conditions Governing Access:
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Views of Port Darwin Harbour and Gold-mining District
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3083A
Scope and Contents
Ten mounted prints, uncaptioned and measuring approximately 205 x 140 mm. showing views of the harbour and town, and of the gold mining districts inland.
Dates:
1890
Conditions Governing Access:
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Views of Port Elizabeth and Cradock
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3059Q
Scope and Contents
A collection of loose prints measuring approximately 210 x 155 mm or 150 x 105 mm, with handwritten captions on the reverse. The captions have been used as titles and have been recorded as found. Photographs probably by Revd. Alfred Hall.
Dates:
1906
Conditions Governing Access:
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Views of scenery in the West Indies
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307J
Scope and Contents
This is a collection of 12 halftone prints and two sheets of paper, which both have handwritten inscriptions in ink. The photographer was W.M.H. Ward & Co. Although there are 14 captions listed on one of the accompanying sheets of paper, only 12 prints are present. Images corresponding to captions 1, 3, and 7 are absent. There are 11 unique images, with two prints for the image which corresponds to caption 6. The collection’s creator is unknown, but this set of prints...
Dates:
1897
Conditions Governing Access:
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Views of St Helena
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30482B
Scope and Contents
A collection of loose blue-toned collodio-chloride prints measuring approximately 205 x 145 mm, with pencilled captions on the reverse.
Dates:
1900
Conditions Governing Access:
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Views of the Victoria Falls
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3052E
Scope and Contents
Collection of loose prints, most measuring approximately 275 x 205 mm., with brief pencilled captions on the reverse. The captions have been used as titles and have been recorded as found. Numbers 1-5 are platinum prints, distinguishable from silver prints by the delicacy and softness of tonal gradation. This fine process, substituting platinum for silver compounds as the light reactive substance in the paper, died out at around the time of the Great War due to the increase in the price...
Dates:
1903 - 1904
Conditions Governing Access:
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Views on Mr C B Fisher's Northern Territory Cattle Stations
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3083B
Scope and Contents
Ten mounted prints, uncaptioned and measuring approximately 205 x 140 mm.
Dates:
1890
Conditions Governing Access:
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Village settlements: River Murray
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3082B
Scope and Contents
A collection of fourteen prints mounted on board, with printed captions, most prints measuring 270 x 220 mm. Photographer unknown. Beneath each photograph is printed 'Surveyor General's Office, Adelaide. A. Vaughan. Photo-Lithographer.' Vaughan became photo lithographer for the Survey Department in 1892 and although it is unlikely that he was also the photographer it indicates that the work was done on behalf of a Government department. Possibly Lindt was the photographer.The...
Dates:
1892
Conditions Governing Access:
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Vincent Wing and John Wing: astronomical volumes
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.10425
Scope and Contents
MS Add.10425/1: Vincent Wing (1619-1668); annotated by John Wing (c. 1662-1726). Astronomia instaurata: or, A new compendious restauration of astronomie. In four parts. London: printed by R. and W. Leybourn, for the Company of Stationers, MDCLVI. [1656].MS Add.10425/2: Vincent Wing (1619-1668); Annotated by John Wing (c. 1662-1726). Astronomia Britannica: in qua per novam, concinnioremq[ue] methodum, hi quinq[ue] tractatus traduntur.... Londini: typis Johannis Macock, impensis...
Dates:
1656-Early eighteenth century
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Vine Press Archive
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Reference Code: GBR/0012/MS Add.9861
Scope and Contents
The Vine Press was the private press of John Peters (1917-1989) and Peter Foster (1919-2010) in the village of Hemingford Grey near Cambridge. From 1957 to 1963 the Press produced six books and a few ephemera. The business was run by Peters, and the archive consists mostly of his files. These cover all the books and prospectuses, and most of the ephemera, with trial settings, layouts, proofs, and much correspondence with authors and suppliers; as well as almost all the wood-engraved blocks,...
Dates:
1956-1971
Conditions Governing Access:
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Cambridge University Library