Europe (continent)
Found in 137 Collections and/or Records:
Rolls-Royce Silver Wraith, Singapore
Photographs show a Rolls-Royce Silver Wraith (now in the custody of Mr Pastouna in Germany) that was delivered to the Governor of Singapore and used for various formal occasions. Details are provided in correspondence filed with the photographs. The subjects covered are a visit to Singapore by H.R.H. the Duke of Edinburgh and to Germany by H.R.H. Princess Alexandra of Kent.
Royal Colonial Institute Freemasonry Collection
A collection of books, pamphlets and ephemera relating to Freemasonry.
Royal Commonwealth Society Artefacts Collection
Soon after its foundation in 1868, the Royal Colonial Institute had envisaged the establishment of a museum, but following the 1886 Colonial and Indian Exhibition in South Kensington, and the creation of the Imperial Institute, the plan was abandoned. Over the years, however, the society built up a small, eclectic collection of objects as members donated items they had received as gifts or purchased during work or travel overseas.
Royal Tour of Commonwealth 1953-54
Santorini volcanic eruption
370 x 215 mm. A newspaper article attached to the back of the photograph provides details of the event which began on 1 Feb. 1866.
School Empire Tours Record 1927-1939
Sedgwick Migration Photographs
A collection of 3 albums (now disbound) containing a small number of original photographs as well as letters, pamphlets, press cuttings and memoranda. The photographs are spread throughout volumes 1 and 2. Volume 3, 1913- (which was marked vol. IV inside) has no original photographs. Images reproduced in cuttings and articles are not listed.
Sir Campbell Stuart Photographs
Framed photographs, photographers unknown, forming part of the Sir Campbell Stuart collection. They are in uniform black and gold frames, with titles on wooden labels.
Sir Daniel Morris Collection: West Indian views
Sir Harry Brittain Collection
Sir Henry Hesketh Bell Collection
Diaries, notebooks, letters, scrapbooks and publications. Titles and captions, including the names of institutions, 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.
Sir Raynor Arthur Collection
South Africa 1936 (Lord Hewart Album)
South and East Africa, 1880s
Sydney Tyers album
The de Lucy family and Malaya
The eruption of Mont Pelée, Martinique, 1902
'The great farm of the English customs': University of London MA thesis
'The last period of the great farm of the English customs, 1660-71', a University of London M.A. thesis, 1935, 216 pages.
'The history of the tobacco trade in England': thesis
A thesis for Cambridge University, 303 pages.
The Holy Land [i.e. Palestine], Egypt, Constantinople [i.e. Istanbul], Athens, etc. etc. 1865
Printed volume with text by W.M. Thomson illustrated with photographs taken by Francis Bedford. The photographs were taken whilst Bedford accompanied the Prince of Wales on his tour of the Middle East in 1862 and were published as an inexpensive alternative to Bedford (1863). The accompanying text in this volume is described as 'designedly of a popular character'.
'The post-war economic development of Gibraltar': BA dissertation
'The geography of the post-war economic development of Gibraltar, 1946-70', a B.A. dissertation for Durham University.
The Queen's visit to the Bermuda House of Assembly, 1953
A collection of loose prints measuring approximately 240 x 195 mm, with brief captions attached. This event took place during the Queen's world tour of the Commonwealth in 1953-4. Photographs by the Bermuda News Bureau.