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Africa (continent)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:

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His Excellency Sir H. Bell K.C.M.G., leaving Government House, Port Louis [c. 1916], 1916

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011J/34
Scope and Contents

179 x 128 mm. Showing Bell climbing into an automobile parked in front of the main entrance to Government House. The statue of Sir William Stevenson can be seen more clearly in this print. Photograph by Baretti.

Dates: 1916
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 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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Le Champ de Mars, 1916

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011J/49
Scope and Contents

194 x 134 mm. A view looking across the Port Louis racecourse towards the grandstand, with spectators, carriages and motor vehicles in the foreground. The first races held in Mauritius took place at the Champ de Mars, situated at the NE edge of the city, in 1812. Photograph by (?William) Baretti.

Dates: 1916
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 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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Port Louis Races, August 1916, 1916-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011J/51
Scope and Contents

195 x 146 mm. View looking across the course towards the mountains, with race goers in the foreground. In the background can be seen the obelisk over Governor Malartic's tomb. Photograph by (? William) Baretti.

Dates: 1916-08
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 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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Port Louis Races, August 1916, 1916-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011J/52
Scope and Contents

200 x 123 mm. Showing Bell and other racegoers grouped in front of the grandstand on the Champ de Mers. Photograph probably by (? William) Baretti.

Dates: 1916-08
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 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).