Asia (continent)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 16196 Collections and/or Records:
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Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka] - St Leonards; A.C. Wilson, 1910 - 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/414
Scope and Contents
A view showing Wilson with three terriers in the foreground, with tea-pickers gathered beyond. The only information gathered on A.C. Wilson is an entry in 'Ferguson's Ceylon Handbook and Directory' for 1919-1920: 'Wilson, A.C. ... (Capt., Hampshires) ... Planter ... (Chairman, Udepussuellawa P[lanters] A[ssociation]) ... St Leonard's ... Halgranoya'.
Dates:
1910 - 1911
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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Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka] - St Leonards, HPA, 1910 - 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/417
Scope and Contents
A view showing HPA posed in the garden at St Leonards.
Dates:
1910 - 1911
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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Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka] - St Leonards. Salon, 1910 - 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/410
Scope and Contents
A view showing a section of the drawing room of the estate house with a fireplace, books and framed pictures and photographs lining the wall.
Dates:
1910 - 1911
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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Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka] - Talagala Est, 1910 - 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/396
Scope and Contents
A view showing the estate bungalow with a stone-pillared verandah.
Dates:
1910 - 1911
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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Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka] - Talagala Rubber Est, 1910 - 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/395
Scope and Contents
A close-up view of a rubber tree showing the cuts made in the bark and the collecting cup for the latex. The Talagala estates are situated in the low-lying Kalutara district south-east of Colombo.
Dates:
1910 - 1911
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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Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka] - Talagala Rubber Est, 1910 - 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/397
Scope and Contents
A view showing a worker tapping a rubber tree.
Dates:
1910 - 1911
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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Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka] - Talagala Rubber Est, 1910 - 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/398
Scope and Contents
A view showing a European man and workers on land partially cleared and planted out with rubber trees.
Dates:
1910 - 1911
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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Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka] - Tapping; Talagala Estate, 1910 - 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/400
Scope and Contents
A view showing a worker tapping a rubber tree.
Dates:
1910 - 1911
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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Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka] Tea Factory, Maskeliya, 1910 - 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/375
Scope and Contents
A view showing a tea factory perched on thickly vegetated hillside. This slide is a duplicate of another in this box which identifies the actual estate and the location as Matale. Consequently, this one appears to be wrongly captioned: Maskeliya and Matale are situated at almost opposite edges of the central tea-growing area of Ceylon, Maskeliya on the slopes of Adam's Peak in the south and Matale in the north.
Dates:
1910 - 1911
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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Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka], Watagoda, 1910 - 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/348
Scope and Contents
A well-focused view showing devil-dancers in wooden masks posed for the camera.
Dates:
1910 - 1911
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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Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka] - Watagoda, 1910 - 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/372
Scope and Contents
A rather dark view showing PCA and Maude standing outside their bungalow, a small building with corrugated iron roof.
Dates:
1910 - 1911
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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Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka] - Watagoda; bathing Xmas Day, 1910-12-25
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/361
Scope and Contents
A view showing a man preparing for a swim beside a series of cascades.
Dates:
1910-12-25
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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Ceylon [i.e. Sri lanka] - Watagoda; coolie lines [historic title], 1910 - 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/373
Scope and Contents
A rather blurred slide showing a Sinhalese family standing in front of their small house.
Dates:
1910 - 1911
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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Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka] - Watagoda Est, 1910 - 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/362
Scope and Contents
A view looking along a river gorge on the estate.
Dates:
1910 - 1911
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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Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka] - Watagoda Est, 1910 - 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/370
Scope and Contents
A view showing a group of estate workers.
Dates:
1910 - 1911
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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Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka] - Watagoda. Factory, 1910 - 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/368
Scope and Contents
A view looking down from a hillside onto a river valley and the estate buildings.
Dates:
1910 - 1911
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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Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka] - Watagoda - HPA, 1910 - 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/355
Scope and Contents
A portrait of HPA standing in a garden.
Dates:
1910 - 1911
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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Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka] - Watagoda - HPA, 1910 - 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/356
Scope and Contents
A view showing HPA and an unidentified woman standing on a tree-shaded garden path.
Dates:
1910 - 1911
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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Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka] - Watagoda; HPA, 1910 - 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/358
Scope and Contents
A view showing HPA standing on a tree-shaded path.
Dates:
1910 - 1911
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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Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka] - Watagoda, Matale [?], 1910 - 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/369
Scope and Contents
A slightly hazy view looking up towards buildings on a hillside, with thick vegetation in the foreground. There appears to be a mistake in the captioning of this slide: Matale lies well to the north of Kandy while Watagoda lies about twenty miles south.
Dates:
1910 - 1911
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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Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka] - Watagoda - PCA, 1910 - 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/357
Scope and Contents
A view showing PCA inspecting tea plants.
Dates:
1910 - 1911
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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Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka] - Watagoda, PCA. 1911, 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/365
Scope and Contents
A view showing PCA scouring a channel in a rubber tree.
Dates:
1911
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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Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka] - Watagoda, PCA and Maude, 1910 - 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/364
Scope and Contents
A view showing PCA and Maude inspecting a rubber tree.
Dates:
1910 - 1911
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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Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka]; Watagoda; PCA, Maude, 1910 - 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/354
Scope and Contents
A view showing PCA and (presumably) his wife Maude in their drawing room looking through an album of some sort.
Dates:
1910 - 1911
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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Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka] - Watagoda; PCA's room, 1910 - 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/352
Scope and Contents
A view showing a bedroom with photographs lining the walls. PCA is presumably the manager of the estate at Watagoda seen in the following slides. Watagoda, at a height of 4400 feet above sea level and situated about 20 miles south of Kandy and close to Nuwara Eliya, lies within the area that produced both tea and rubber.
Dates:
1910 - 1911
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).