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Africa (continent)

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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 20095 Collections and/or Records:

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Entry into Basutoland, 1902

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305U/16
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: The collection consists of a negatives album, produced by Lennon Ltd., Cape Town, containing 125 x 95 mm negatives and an envelope with six further negatives of the same size. Some are poor photographs but many that are apparently very faint contain a good deal of detail. Seven modern prints have also been made and are listed as Y305U/105-111. The images were taken by Albert Ernest Lamb and the captions are from the list in the front of the album. The captions have been used as titles...
Dates: 1902
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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Environs of Cape Town

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3059P
Scope and Contents

A collection of nine (of an original eleven) loose prints measuring approximately 150 x 110 mm. with pencilled captions on the reverse. The captions have been used as titles and have been recorded as found. The majority of the prints show views on the Kloof Road which runs out from West Cape Town and round the Lion's Head. Photographs are possibly by C.F. Wienand.

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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E.P. Constable John Duku, 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448O/166
Scope and Contents

85 x 60 mm.

Dates: 1939
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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Ephemera, 1932 - 1941

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 371/9
Scope and Contents

Material relating to the family's travel, and Hugh Le Fleming's return to Britain in 1941:

Hugh Le Fleming's permit to leave South Africa in Apr. 1941; two Canadian Pacific Steamship brochures and menu; a FMS railway ticket; a brochure and passenger list for the P&O ship ‘Carthage’; and a truck ticket.

Dates: 1932 - 1941
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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Equator camp, Kampi Mgonjwa, 1900-03-09

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 158/45
Scope and Contents

'This Wanderobo hunter sat on the stone which steadies the stick which marks the Equator (I used to think just such a stick marked the N Pole). He also has only a skin on for garment. A quiver at his back. A knife at his waist. The skin over his shoulders was very stiff and dark and difficult to express in drawing.'

Dates: 1900-03-09
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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[Equestrian statue of Dick King, Durban], 1901 - 1902

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305Q/30
Scope and Contents

70 x 80 mm. Half tone illustration cut from The Times. Richard Philip (Dick) King, (1813-1871) was a pioneer in Natal who acquired the sobriquet 'Saviour of Natal' in 1842 when he rode to Grahamstown to obtain help for the garrison under Captain Smith, besieged by the Boers near Congella. Annotated in the top left hand corner: 'Times April 17 sent by HFW'.

Dates: 1901 - 1902
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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Eriodendron anfractuousum plantation, white cotton tree, 1900 - 1920

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y303E/207
Scope and Contents

100 x 151 mm.

Dates: 1900 - 1920
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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Erkowit, 1933

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/1/147
Scope and Contents

105 x 90 mm. A view of the landscape, including large cactus, taken from a patio.

Dates: 1933
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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Erkowit, 1930 - 1937

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/1/361
Scope and Contents

110 x 120 mm. View looking along a road.

Dates: 1930 - 1937
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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Erkowit, 1930 - 1937

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/1/376
Scope and Contents

110 x 120 mm. Showing a woman mounted on a camel, taken from the camel behind her.

Dates: 1930 - 1937
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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Erkowit, 1930 - 1937

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/1/377
Scope and Contents

110 x 120 mm. General view of the landscape, with mountains in the distance.

Dates: 1930 - 1937
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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Erkowit, 1930 - 1937

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/1/378
Scope and Contents

55 x 60 mm. Group with camels resting in the shade.

Dates: 1930 - 1937
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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Erkowit, 1930 - 1937

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/1/379
Scope and Contents

60 x 95 mm. Showing two children, one boy and one girl.

Dates: 1930 - 1937
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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Erkowit, 1930 - 1937

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/1/380
Scope and Contents

55 x 60 mm. View from a mountain.

Dates: 1930 - 1937
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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Erkowit, 1930 - 1937

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/1/382
Scope and Contents

115 x 120 mm. General view of the boulder strewn side of a hill and others beyond.

Dates: 1930 - 1937
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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Erkowit, 1930 - 1937

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/1/453
Scope and Contents

165 x 95 mm. General landscape view.

Dates: 1930 - 1937
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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Erkowit, 1930 - 1937

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/1/454
Scope and Contents

75 x 105 mm. Showing a man driving a donkey laden with a large sack.

Dates: 1930 - 1937
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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Erkowit, 1930 - 1937

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/1/455
Scope and Contents

105 x 105 mm. A dry brook or stream.

Dates: 1930 - 1937
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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Erkowit, 1930 - 1937

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/1/456
Scope and Contents

110 x 95 mm. A rocky pathway (or perhaps a dry riverbed?) flanked by cactus.

Dates: 1930 - 1937
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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Erkowit, 1930 - 1937

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/1/457
Scope and Contents

115 x 115 mm. A dry riverbed.

Dates: 1930 - 1937
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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Erkowit, 1930 - 1937

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/1/458
Scope and Contents

110 x 120 mm. Close-up of wild flowers.

Dates: 1930 - 1937
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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Erkowit, 1930 - 1937

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/1/459
Scope and Contents

55 x 60 mm. Camel train.

Dates: 1930 - 1937
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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Erkowit, 1930 - 1937

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/1/460
Scope and Contents

60 x 60 mm. A view of the general landscape.

Dates: 1930 - 1937
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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Erkowit, 1930 - 1937

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/1/461
Scope and Contents

55 x 55 mm. Camel train.

Dates: 1930 - 1937
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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Erkowit, 1933, 1933

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/1/150
Scope and Contents

115 x 125 mm. Showing Hebbert stood on a pathway.

Dates: 1933
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).