Asia (continent)
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Subject Source: Local sources
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Photograph collection of John Abercromby Alexander
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y303E
Scope and Contents
A collection of prints, particularly important for its record of products. The subject headings are as follows: 1-24 Tea25-28 Coffee29-38 Cocoa39-44 Cinnamon45-47 Cinchona48-56 Plumbago57-61 Coconut62-81 Plants in Peradeniya Botanical Gardens (P.B.G.)82-115 Miscellaneous agricultural and social scenes on tea estates116-132 Views in Ceylon (mainly botanical specimens by Alexander), 1880s133-184 Botanical specimens from P.B.G. by...
Dates:
1880 - 1922
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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Cambridge University Library
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Photograph collection of the British Association of Malaysia and Singapore
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM
Scope and Contents
The collection comprises some 1400 prints, chiefly gathered by the BAM. When acquired by the RCS, the collection was arranged for the most part geographically by state, with handlists outlining the scope of the material. Exceptions to this arrangement were some of the individual collections in the form of albums, and a few commercially produced items. This arrangement has been largely adhered to in BAM 1-6 which progresses from Singapore and the Straits Settlements to the individual Malay...
Dates:
1880 - 1969
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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Cambridge University Library
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Photographic panoramas of Hong Kong, Canton, and Macau
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30383A
Scope and Contents
Six of the panoramas are of Hong Kong, one of Canton, and one of Macau. The provenance of the panoramas is unknown, but they arrived in Cambridge University Library in 1993 as part of the Royal Commonwealth Society’s photographic collection.
Dates:
1900 - 1930
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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Cambridge University Library
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Photographs by A. Chand
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022UUUU
Scope and Contents
A collection of photographs which are attributed on the backs to A. Chand of Secunderabad, Hyderabad. However, Y3022UUUU/12, 19, 20 and 27 are stamped ‘Lala Deen Dyal’. Eleven of the prints are matt, the remainder glossy. Most are captioned on the back.
Dates:
1890 - 1950
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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Cambridge University Library
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Photographs of Aden and the Protectorate of South Arabia
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3021A
Scope and Contents
A collection of loose prints by various agencies, mainly the Aden Public Relations Department. The prints mostly measure approximately 205 x 155 mm and have typed captions of the reverse. The photographs show scenes in Aden and the surrounding states.
Dates:
1967
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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Cambridge University Library
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Photographs of Bangladesh, India and Pakistan
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302M
Scope and Contents
This collection comprises an album containing 187 photographs and a further 25 loose prints. Its creator is unknown, but he is likely to have been a British soldier, probably of the 1st Battalion, The Royal Norfolk Regiment, identified by the uniforms and insignia of the colour party which appears in Y302M/188. He may have been a member of the battalion’s drum corps and band, since there are several images of its members. Those photographs which are dated cover the period 1927 to 1935. ...
Dates:
1927 - 1937
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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Cambridge University Library
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Photographs of Burma [i.e. Myanmar]
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3029C
Scope and Contents
A collection of loose prints by Frederic Thesiger Williams (? and others) arranged in four groups.
Dates:
1890 - 1899
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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Cambridge University Library
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Photographs of Burma [Myanmar]
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3029M
Scope and Contents
This collection is mostly of albumen prints of photographs taken in Burma [Myanmar] in the later nineteenth century. Many are captioned and the captions have been used as titles and have been recorded as found. Titles supplied by the cataloguer are enclosed in square brackets. Many photographs have been identified as the work of Felix Beato. All of these photographs belonged to Rodway Swinhoe (1863-1927), who may have bought them after the closure of Beato's emporium in Mandalay c.1906. On...
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1852 - 1906
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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Cambridge University Library
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Photographs of Burma [Myanmar]
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3029D
Scope and Contents
A collection of loose prints. The prints are captioned on the reverse with credits to photographers:
1, 3-16 J. Jackson. Note that item two is credited to J. Jackson, but is far more likely to have been taken by Felice Beato.
17-18 Watts and Skeen.
Dates:
Majority of material found within 1890 - 1899
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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Cambridge University Library
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Photographs of Ceylon
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y303O
Scope and Contents
Framed photographs (frames 400 x 500 mm, photographs within mounts 230 x 280 mm). 2-7, 9 are marked as by the notable Colombo photographers 'Skeen and Co'; the others are not marked with any photographer's name. The captions are taken from those written on the mounts.
Dates:
1880 - 1920
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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Cambridge University Library
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Photographs of Ceylon, 1960s
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y303L
Scope and Contents
Prints of various sizes, with typewritten captions pasted on the reverse.
Dates:
1960 - 1969
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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Cambridge University Library
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Photographs of Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka], (?)1950s
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y303K
Scope and Contents
A collection of prints mounted on card, measuring approximately 245 x 175 mm, with typewritten captions pasted onto the mounts. Photographer unknown.
Dates:
1936 - 1959
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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Cambridge University Library
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Photographs of Cyprus, circa 1965
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3018H
Scope and Contents
A collection of loose photographs, most measuring approximately 225 x 170 mm, with typed captions pasted to their reverse side.
Dates:
1965
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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Cambridge University Library
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Photographs of Delhi, Lucknow and Amritsar
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022VVVV
Scope and Contents
A collection of photographs, each 250 x 190 mm, probably dating from the late 19th century. The prints are captioned in pencil on the back and the titles transcribed in the catalogue.
Dates:
1860 - 1900
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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Cambridge University Library
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Photographs of India
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022C-E
Scope and Contents
A collection of photographs by Samuel Bourne, Bourne and Shepherd, and Charles Shepherd. The collection originally consisted of a heavy, custom-made wooden box containing large leather bound albums, each stamped in gold 'India 1872'. The photographs came from the firm of Bourne and Shepherd and this collection was put together by Marion and Co. It was presumably made up in commemoration of some event, possibly in memory of the Earl of Mayo who was murdered in 1872. The prints, most...
Dates:
1862 - 1872
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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Cambridge University Library
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Photographs of India
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022DD
Scope and Contents
A collection of loose prints measuring approximately 150 x 200 mm. Some of the prints are captioned on the reverse. Prints 1-4 are photographs by Albert Thomas Watson Penn and are portraits of people from the Nilgiris and Bangalore. The remaining two prints are miscellaneous items attached to the collection.Albert Thomas Watson Penn was born at Street, Wells on 30th March 1849. His first appearance in India appears to have been in around 1875, in which year he was advertising in...
Dates:
1870 - 1879
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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Cambridge University Library
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Photographs of India and Southern Rhodesia [i.e. Zimbabwe], 1890s-1930s
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022HH
Scope and Contents
A collection of prints of various sizes. A number of the earlier prints have evidently been removed from the pages of an album. The collection is divided up as follows:1-19 Views in India (Mussoorie, Muttra and Hurdwar), 1890s-1900s, mainly commercial work but with some amateur snapshots20-26 Postcards of India, early 1900s27-37 Snapshots of Southern Rhodesia, 1920s-1930sMost of the prints have contemporary captions, and many in addition have titles written at a...
Dates:
1890 - 1939
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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Cambridge University Library
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Photographs of Macassar, circa 1900
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30333B
Scope and Contents
Loose prints measuring approximately 165 x 110 mm, captioned on the reverse.
Dates:
1900
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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Cambridge University Library
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Photographs of Madras, Indonesia, Malaya, Australia and western Europe
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302L
Scope and Contents
This is a private album, measuring 260 x 230 mm, containing photographs of various formats taken by an amateur, supplemented by landscapes bought from commercial studios. Most images are captioned in white ink and captions have been recorded as found. They may include language which is offensive, inaccurate or inappropriate. The captions have been retained to reflect the context of the collection's creation. A number of photographs are missing, although their captions remain. The...
Dates:
1918 - 1934
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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Cambridge University Library
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Photographs of Malaysia 1965
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031A
Scope and Contents
The origin of this collection is not known, but it appears to have been assembled for a travelling exhibition, and each print is marked Copy neg. Photoscale May 1965. Sources are given where known. Prints are 215 x 160 mm.
Dates:
1965
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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Cambridge University Library
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Photographs of Mubin Sheppard
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031P
Scope and Contents
The majority of the photographs relate to the early stages of Sheppard’s career with the Malayan Civil Service. They illustrate his accommodation; varied range of work in Kuala Lumpur, Pahang, Perak and Terengganu; Malay and European colleagues; official events, military service, travel and recreation. A number of prints are uncaptioned and have been provided with tentative titles in square brackets and approximate dates. The images begin with Sheppard's arrival in Jan. 1928...
Dates:
1928 - 1960
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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Cambridge University Library
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Photographs of New Guinea
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3084A
Scope and Contents
Thirty-nine mounted prints mainly measuring 285 x 230 mm., and mainly covering the declaration of the British Protectorate along the south-eastern coastline of New Guinea, from Motu-Motu in the west, to Killerton Island in the east. The various flag raising ceremonies were performed by Commodore James Elphinstone Erskine (1838-1911), of the Australian station, who in turn appointed Hugh Hastings Romilly (1856-1892) as Acting Deputy Commissioner until the arrival of Sir Peter Scratchley the...
Dates:
1884
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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Cambridge University Library
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Photographs of North Africa and Asia
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302A
Scope and Contents
A large album of albumen prints. The prints are of various sizes and by various photographers. The compiler of the album is not known. Captions have been used as titles and have been recorded as found. Titles composed by the cataloguer are enclosed in square brackets.
Dates:
1860 - 1920
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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Cambridge University Library
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Photographs of Sarawak, circa 1960
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3035D
Scope and Contents
A collection of loose prints mounted on card, measuring approximately 250 x 170 mm, with handwritten captions on the mounts.
Dates:
1960
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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Cambridge University Library
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Photographs of Southeast Asia, Indonesia, Pacific Islands, the United States and Africa
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302K
Dates:
1949 - 1953
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library