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Views in Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka], 1890s
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y303G
Scope and Contents
A collection of loose albumen prints, the majority measuring approximately 260 x 205 mm, some captioned on the reverse. Titles composed for this catalogue are enclosed in square brackets. The collection shows scenes mainly in Colombo and Trincomalee. Photographs by A.W.A. Plâté and Co., William Louis Henry Skeen and Co., Aldolphus William Andree and the Colombo Apothecaries Company.A.W.A. Plâté and Co.Founded in 1890 by A.W.A. Plâté and his wife Clara in a studio in the...
Dates:
1890 - 1899
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Views in Dominica
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30745B
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A collection of loose photographs (one being a panorama composed of two prints), measuring approximately 240 x 175 mm. All prints except plate fourteen have either typed or handwritten captions on the reverse. The photographs show buildings in Roseau and landscape views of the outlying country.
Dates:
1900
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Views in Fiji
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3091A
Scope and Contents
An album containing mounted albumen prints, most measuring approximately 230 x 175 mm., and mostly captioned in pencil. Photographs are probably by the firm of Besse & Black. The album cover is stamped 'H.R.' beneath the title and it is suggested by Dr. E.M. Stephenson that this refers to Hugh Hall Ragg, engineer, boiler maker, general smith and government contractor in Fiji at this time.Besse & Black: it seems likely that the photographs were selected individually from...
Dates:
1885
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Views in India by Lala Deen Diyal
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022J
Scope and Contents
An album containing albumen prints of various sizes with handwritten captions. The numbers at the end of individual photograph entries refer to numbers in the photographer's catalogues.
Dates:
1874 - 1910
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Views in India, circa 1901
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022P
Scope and Contents
An album containing prints measuring 69 x 95 mm, with handwritten captions. The captions have been used as titles and may contain offensive, inappropriate or outdated terms. They have been retained to reflect the context of the collection's creation. The flyleaf is inscribed 'To Lieut. Colonel G.S. Walker, I.M.S. with compliments and thanks from the photographer. 1901.' George Lemon Walker (29.7.1849-31.5.1901) was born in Kingston, Ontario and served in the Madras Medical Service...
Dates:
1901
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Views in Jamaica, circa 1912
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3073C
Scope and Contents
A collection photographed by Lewis W. Clemens. It contains 14 photographs mounted on paper, with a short typewritten descriptive text (of the original 19 prints, 5 are missing) from which the titles have been taken. The photographs measure approximately 100 x 75 mm.
Dates:
1912
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Views in Johannesburg
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3055E
Scope and Contents
Two loose prints with handwritten captions on the reverse. The captions have been used as titles and have been recorded as found.
Dates:
1902
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Views in Johannesburg
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3055G
Scope and Contents
A collection of small postcards measuring 83 x 58 mm., captioned in letterpress on the reverse. Photographs by Art Co. The captions have been used as titles and have been recorded as found.
Dates:
1950
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Views in Lourenço Marques [i.e. Maputo]
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30468S
Scope and Contents
A collection of thirty-two loose prints, measuring approximately 205 x 155 mm. and mounted on card. The majority of which are captioned and signed by the photographer. The captions have been used as titles and have been recorded as found. Titles composed by the cataloguer are enclosed in square brackets. Showing views in and around Lourenço Marques at the turn of the century, including street scenes, individual buildings and dances. At this period, the town was just starting the economic...
Dates:
1895 - 1908
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Views in Melanesia
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309A
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An album containing mounted prints, most measuring approximately 205 x 150 mm. Photographs by Bishop Henry Hutchinson Montgomery, Rev. Dr. Henry Welchman and Rev. Arthur Brittain. A handwritten key at the front of the album provides the captions used in the catalogue, which have been recorded as found. A passage from the preface of H.H. Montgomery’s ‘The light of Melanesia’ in which many of these photographs are used as illustrations, contains a note on the photographers:‘The...
Dates:
1892
Conditions Governing Access:
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Views in Melbourne and New Zealand
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089B
Scope and Contents
A miscellaneous collection of photographs, of various sizes, mounted on card. Most prints are captioned; titles given to uncaptioned prints are in square brackets. There are also 42 numbered captions on card (some appearing to have been cut from the prints?), in an envelope kept with the collection. Photographs are by Charles Nettleton, Herbert Deveril and possibly William Meluish. The geographical locations break down thus:1-3 Views of Dunedin, c.1858-60, possibly by William...
Dates:
1858 - 1880
Conditions Governing Access:
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Views in Nassau and its vicinity 1982
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3071D
Scope and Contents
A collection of loose prints presented for use in the exhibition 'Commonwealth in Focus', but not included owing to the late date of receipt. All measure 250 x 200mm. A sheet of paper with a brief description attached to each photograph has been used as the basis of this list. Photographs by Bahamas News Bureau.
Dates:
1982
Conditions Governing Access:
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Views in Newfoundland, 1899-1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3061A
Scope and Contents
An album containing mounted prints, measuring approximately 200 x 150 mm. and with handwritten captions beneath the prints. An interesting collection, it shows scenes, industries and sports in Newfoundland around the turn of the century. The majority of the photographs appear, by comparison with pictures of a known date from printed sources, to have been taken nearer the earlier date assigned to the album. Prints which fall into the later category are plates 13, 19 and 53, taken in 1910,...
Dates:
1880 - 1911
Conditions Governing Access:
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Views in Ootacamund [i.e. Udagamandalam] and the Nilgiris
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022FF
Scope and Contents
A collection consisting of a panorama (5 joined prints) and loose prints, measuring approximately 280 x 210 mm. The prints are captioned (probably in Penn's hand) on the reverse. Prints 1 and 2 are also rubberstamped 'A.T.W. Penn, Reliance, Ootacamund'. This refers to the Reliance Auction and Commission Agency run by Penn in the early years of the twentieth century.
Dates:
1905
Conditions Governing Access:
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Views in Port Elizabeth
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3059N
Scope and Contents
Collection of loose prints measuring approximately 105 x 80 mm., with extensive typewritten captions on a separate sheet. 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 their creation. The captions from the album have been removed, and the longer descriptive extracts taken from the typewritten sheet (dated April 10 1898) are inserted with the photographs.
Dates:
1897 - 1898
Conditions Governing Access:
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Views in Port Elizabeth
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3059V
Scope and Contents
An album containing prints measuring approximately 190 x 130 mm without original captions. Most of the identifications were made with the aid of J.J. Redgrave's 'Port Elizabeth in bygone days,' (1947). Photographer unknown.
Dates:
1865 - 1878
Conditions Governing Access:
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Views in Simon's Town [i.e. Simonstad]
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3059S
Scope and Contents
A collection of views measuring approximately 215 x 155 mm, with pencilled captions on the reverse. The captions have been used as titles and recorded as found. Photographs by T.D. Ravenscroft and others.
Dates:
1900
Conditions Governing Access:
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Views in South Africa and Mozambique, circa 1875-80
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305A
Scope and Contents
An album containing albumen prints of various sizes. The album shows views in Durban, Pietermaritzburg and a few from Mozambique. The majority of the images are briefly captioned; captions composed for untitled prints are enclosed in square brackets.
Dates:
1873 - 1890
Conditions Governing Access:
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Views in South Africa, circa 1899
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305F
Scope and Contents
A collection of loose prints presented by government surveyor E.H.V. Melvill. 1-14 are platinum prints. Most measure approximately 200 x 150 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 their creation. Titles supplied by the cataloguer are enclosed in square brackets. The photographer's stamp is imprinted in relief in the bottom...
Dates:
1899
Conditions Governing Access:
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Views in the Bahamas. circa 1965
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3071C
Scope and Contents
A collection of prints, mainly measuring approximately 255 x 205mm, with captions pasted to the reverse of the prints. The photographs are aimed at the tourist market and show places and sights in Nassau and San Salvador. Photographs by Roland Rose for the Bahamas News Burea, the Bahamas Ministry of Tourism and BOAC.
Dates:
1965
Conditions Governing Access:
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Views in the Dutch East Indies (Java and Sumatra), 1880s-1890s
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30333A
Scope and Contents
Prints of various sizes, by various unknown photographers, captioned on the reverse. The prints show views in Batavia (Jakarta), Surabaya, Semerang and Padang. The photographs appear to have come from various sources, prints 1-15 being captioned in one hand, prints 16-24 in another.
Dates:
1880 - 1899
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Views in The Gambia. 1945-51
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30447B
Scope and Contents
A collection of loose amateur photographs, mainly measuring approximately 165 x 115 mm, with typewritten captions on the reverse. Photographs by David P. Gamble (3-13) and C. Daryll Forde (1-2).
Dates:
1945 - 1951
Conditions Governing Access:
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Views in the St. Andrew's Mountains, Jamaica. 1890s
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3073A
Scope and Contents
A collection of loose prints measuring approximately 245 x 195 mm and with pencilled captions on the reverse. The prints show scenes in the mountains immediately north of Kingston. Photographed by J.W.C. Brennan (6 is stamped by Brennan on the reverse; it is assumed that the other prints are by him).
Dates:
1890 - 1899
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Views in the Transvaal
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3055B
Scope and Contents
A collection of prints mounted on thin card, most measuring approximately 190 x 140 mm., with printed captions beneath the photographs, apart from 17-23 which have no captions. The captions have been used as titles and have been recorded as found. Titles supplied by the cataloguer are enclosed in square brackets. The prints are divided into two sections, each with a card stating ‘Exposé [exhibited] par Mr Le Chevalier O. W. Forssman,’ thus:1-10 Vues rises dans le...
Dates:
1874 - 1879
Conditions Governing Access:
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Views in the West Indies (Trinidad, Dominica and Grenada), circa 1913
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307F
Scope and Contents
A collection of loose prints measuring approximately 125 x 75 mm, showing scenes in the West Indies. The photographs have handwritten captions on the reverse and are stamped for use as postcards. Photographs by Miss Mary F.A. Tench.
Dates:
1913
Conditions Governing Access:
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