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Asia (continent)

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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 16197 Collections and/or Records:

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Chinese Chamber of Commerce from west. Prince of Wales visit to Singapore, 1922, 1922

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 1/65
Scope and Contents

136 x 83 mm. Showing the decorated arch of welcome built by the Chinese Chamber of Commerce in honour of the Princes visit.

Dates: 1922
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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Chinese child, 1900 - 1920

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 32/24
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

82 x 82 mm. glass slides with brief, largely undated captions.

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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Chinese children playing games, 1900 - 1920

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 32/23
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

82 x 82 mm. glass slides with brief, largely undated captions.

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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Chinese children running, 1908-11

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 17/4120
Scope and Contents

Landscape format.

Dates: 1908-11
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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Chinese coolies at work road making [historic title], 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 19/4453
Scope and Contents

Landscape format. Near Queen's Statue: Hong Kong.

Dates: 1909
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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Chinese execution, 1860 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30377A/15
Scope and Contents

268 x 214 mm. View showing a public beheading about to take place. In the centre the executioner stands, his sword held above the neck of the kneeling man, while spectators form a semi-circle in the background. This print is reproduced in Worswick, p. 62 and there attributed to W. Saunders, active in Shanghai from the 1860s-80s.

Dates: 1860 - 1889
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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Chinese family taking their meal, 1948, 1948

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 18/43
Scope and Contents

154 x 162 mm. Showing a Chinese couple taking their midday meal, with a neighbour seated beside them looking after their baby.

Dates: 1948
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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[Chinese fishing boat off Pasir Itam, Perak, ? 1912], 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 3/80
Scope and Contents

138 x 80 mm. Showing two Chinese fishermen and a boy aboard their vesel. This boat was stopped by Marks to check whether the sailors had valid fishing licences. Photograph possibly by Oliver Marks.

Dates: 1912
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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Chinese Fishing village, 1920 - 1925

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30311B/41
Scope and Contents

135 x 85 mm.

Dates: 1920 - 1925
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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Chinese funeral procession, 1880 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30377A/14
Scope and Contents

269 x 206 mm. View looking across an open patch of grass towards the funeral procession, consisting of a line of hundreds of men carrying banners and placards. Towards the rear can be seen a group in white, presumably carrying the coffin.

Dates: 1880 - 1889
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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Chinese Gambling House, Calcutta, 1907-12 - 1908-01

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 3/501
Scope and Contents

Half-plate. [Exterior with Indians grouped in street in foreground].

Dates: 1907-12 - 1908-01
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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Chinese gateway, Batavia [i.e. Jakarta], 1925 - 1927

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011L/21
Scope and Contents

106 x 146 mm.

Dates: 1925 - 1927
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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[Chinese girl in full costume, ? 1950s], 1950 - 1959

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 18/76
Scope and Contents

59 x 154 mm. Full length portrait of a Chinese girl wearing a richly brocaded skirt and jacket.

Dates: 1950 - 1959
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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Chinese girl with pineapples, Johore [i.e. Johor Baharu], 1948, 1948

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 18/42
Scope and Contents

208 x 152 mm. Showing a young Chinese girl seated amongst a pile of recently harvested pineapples.

Dates: 1948
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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Chinese girls playing sap ma, 1924

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 15/18
Scope and Contents

92 x 145 mm. Showing three Chinese girls seated round a table playing the finger game sap ma.

Dates: 1924
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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Chinese Graves [? Penang], 1880 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 10/44
Scope and Contents

280 x 208 mm. Showing a Chinese cemetery, presumably in Penang, with an ornamental lake in the left foreground, graves to the right and an open-walled pavilion beyond.

Dates: 1880 - 1889
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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[Chinese house, ? Singapore], 1936

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 1/112
Scope and Contents

143 x 92 mm. A view looking across a courtyard towards Chinese buildings.

Dates: 1936
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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Chinese houses in Singapore, 1880 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 1/4
Scope and Contents

274 x 180 mm (mounted on card). Showing a row of Chinese houses in Telok Ayer Street which, prior to reclamation in the 1880s, ran close to the seashore of Telok Ayer Bay. Photograph probably by G.R. Lambert and Co.

Dates: 1880 - 1889
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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Chinese Joss House at Bhamo, 1907-12 - 1908-01

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 10/5/350
Scope and Contents

265 x 365 mm watercolour.

Dates: 1907-12 - 1908-01
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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Chinese junk, 1908-11 - 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 17/4005
Scope and Contents

And Chinese warship close to Shanghai.

Dates: 1908-11 - 1908
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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Chinese junk in the Rangoon river, 1907-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 2/289
Scope and Contents

[Distant view].

Dates: 1907-12
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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Chinese junks, Penang, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3034A/40
Scope and Contents

Showing junks under sail in the harbour at Penang.

Dates: 1909
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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[Chinese labourers on board N.D.L steamer Marudu on the way to Sandakan], 1908-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 18/4259
Scope and Contents

Landscape format.

Dates: 1908-12
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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Chinese lady, 1870 - 1879

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022ZZZZ/2
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

An accordion fold album containing 12 albumen prints showing domestic scenes, 143 x 100 mm in size, with pencil captions beneath each image (written over fainter pencil captions). The photographer is unknown, but a similarly titled album of the same size has been credited to the French photographer Jean Baptiste Oscar Mallitte (1829-1905).

Dates: 1870 - 1879
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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Chinese military guard, 1909-01 - 1909-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 20/4482
Scope and Contents

In the courtyard of the five-storeyed pagoda.

Dates: 1909-01 - 1909-02
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).