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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 16197 Collections and/or Records:

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Great Pagoda and Stone Bull, Tanjore, 1860 - 1869

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022U/29
Scope and Contents

319 x194 mm. View from near the entrance to the quadrangle looking towards the Great Stone Bull (see Y3022E/36), with massive Vimana of the temple beyond. No. 2045.

Dates: 1860 - 1869
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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Great Pagoda, Tanjore, 1869

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022B/108
Scope and Contents

241 x 295 mm. Duplicate of Y3022E/37.

Dates: 1869
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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Great snowy peak south of the Hamta Pass, 1866

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022C/22
Scope and Contents 300 x 239 mm. View looking along the valley floor towards a distant, unidentified peak. The Hamta Pass is situated in the SE part of the Pir Panjal Range some 60 miles east of Dharmsala. Bourne was battling against great odds to get photographs in this area; after becoming separated from Dr Playfair he felt himself lost in this 'dreary valley eight or nine miles long, filled with boulders, ascending towards vast masses of snow visible in the distance.' After rejoining his companion he found...
Dates: 1866
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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Great Western Hotel, Bombay, 1902 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022R/198
Scope and Contents From the Series: An album, labelled on the spine, containing prints of various sizes. The prints are of two types; large professional photographs, chiefly of Benares, Delhi, and Agra, and smaller amateur prints. presumably by Davies, relating both to these places and to Kashmir - river and mountain scenes. These are chiefly on left hand pages, with professional photographs on the right, and are captioned. Towards the end of the album, after a series of Agra scenes, there is a group of interesting...
Dates: 1902 - 1910
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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Great Western Hotel, Bombay, 1902 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022R/199
Scope and Contents From the Series: An album, labelled on the spine, containing prints of various sizes. The prints are of two types; large professional photographs, chiefly of Benares, Delhi, and Agra, and smaller amateur prints. presumably by Davies, relating both to these places and to Kashmir - river and mountain scenes. These are chiefly on left hand pages, with professional photographs on the right, and are captioned. Towards the end of the album, after a series of Agra scenes, there is a group of interesting...
Dates: 1902 - 1910
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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Greek Cypriot boy displaying photograph of his missing parents, 1974

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3018J/19
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

A collection of loose prints. All are 250 x 200 mm unless otherwise stated. There are brief typed captions on the backs of the prints, some of which have been elaborated or amended for this catalogue. Some of the prints are organised by subject: 12 - 19 concern the Turkish invasion and its aftermath; 20-26 are images of people and places; 27-28 concern antiquities.

Dates: 1974
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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Greek Cypriot refugee women, 1974

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3018J/16
Scope and Contents

Women in a camp

Dates: 1974
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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Greek monks. St. Pantalemoni [? Saint Panteleimon], 1878

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3018B/1
Scope and Contents

181 x 120 mm. Autotype. A view showing a group of black-robed monks on a verandah. This photograph may possibly show the monastery of Saint Panteleimon.

Dates: 1878
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: The volume is located at: RCS.Cob.18.122.
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Greek orthodox priests outside the hospital, 1960 - 1969

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/1/83
Scope and Contents

69 x 98 mm. glossy coloured print. Taken during the Visit of Bishop (Najib Cubain?) to the Nablus Hospital during the 1960s.

Dates: 1960 - 1969
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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Greetings from Famagusta, 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCS.Cob.P.18.155/56
Scope and Contents From the File:

An album containing postcard views of Cyprus. The postcards are by a variety of photographers and publishers.

Dates: 1900
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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Grimston, Keppel and Makins, Bangalore, 1906-02-05 - 1906-02-06

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 9/175
Scope and Contents

[Major R.E. Grimston, A.D.C., Hon. Derek Keppel, Equerry, Captain G. Makins, Hon. A.D.C.].

Dates: 1906-02-05 - 1906-02-06
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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‘Grinding’ 15173, 1850 - 1879

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022A/140
Scope and Contents

250 x 200 mm.

Dates: 1850 - 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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Grinding corn, 1900 - 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022UUUU/21
Scope and Contents

165 x 125 mm.

Dates: 1900 - 1950
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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Grinding grain, 1960

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/2/4/54
Scope and Contents

118 x 83 mm. glossy print.

Dates: 1960
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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Grinding grain to a paste, 1960

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/2/4/53
Scope and Contents

118 x 83 mm. glossy print.

Dates: 1960
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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[Grosvenor House Old Court House Street], 1916

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022AA/52
Scope and Contents

240x262mm. View from the street of Grosvenor House, next to Cooke & Kelvey at 21 Old Court House Street. This tall building, with a facade of Roman Ionic columns running through three storeys, housed the firms of Thomas Edmund Bevan's London Musical Depot (founded 1883), Phelps & Co., tailors (founded by John Phelps in 1867), and the saddler James Monteith & Co., (Massey p.61). Photographer unknown, possibly Johnston and Hoffman.

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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Grounds of Pauper Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, 1904 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 12/141
Scope and Contents

View looking along a wide tree-shaded avenue towards the entrance gates of the Pauper Hospital.

Dates: 1904 - 1910
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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Group, 1934-10-31

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031P/344
Scope and Contents

Presentation of ISM [Imperial Service Order] to senior Penghula in front of District Office. L to R: J.S.W. Arthur (Resident Councillor, Malacca), Dato Naning, Sheppard (DO Alor Gajah), Demang Sungai Petrai.

Dates: 1934-10-31
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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Group , 1930 - 1936

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031P/476
Scope and Contents

Ragi Sulaiman, Panghula Pariet, Raga K. Sulong, R.Aman Shah, R. Koan.

Dates: 1930 - 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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Group at Avgoru [? Avgorou], 1878

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3018B/25
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165 x 116 mm. Woodburytype. A view showing a Cypriot family posed for the camera inside their home: 'The interiors of the dwellings at Avgoru are poor, and their earthen floors are partly taken up in the storage of produce; nevertheless, their occupants are respectably clothed, and seem to turn their labour to good account, for there is an absence of that squalor and misery which we meet with among the poor in more highly-civilized communities' (Thomson, vol.2, p.51).

Dates: 1878
Conditions Governing Access: From the File: The volume is located at: RCS.Cob.18.122.
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Group at Balei Besar, Alor Star, Kedah [?] farewell to T.W. Clayton, [?] 1929, 1929

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 6/35
Scope and Contents 280 x 223 mm. Showing an official group gathering at the Belai [i.e. Balei] Besar at Alor Star. Identified among the group are: Mrs S.E. DENNYS; Thomas Watts CLAYTON, British Adviser, Kedah; Tuanku IBRAHIM, Regent of Kedah; Franklyn ROBINSON, Legal Adviser, Kedah; Walter John SMITH, Engineer in P.W.D., Malaya 1908-1935; MANSUR ALJAFERI, Judge; Tuanku BAHARDASHAH, A.D.C. to the Sultan of Kedah; Nelson JONES (1895-1951); Malayan Civil Service 1919-1947; acting deputy Controller of Labour,...
Dates: 1929
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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Group at Government House including the Prince and Princess and Lord Lamington, Governor of Bombay], 1905-03-17 - 1906-03-19

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 11/2
Scope and Contents

340 x 290 mm.

Dates: 1905-03-17 - 1906-03-19
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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Group at Government House, Singapore. 14th January 1882, 1882-01-14

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 1/99
Scope and Contents 197 x 113 mm. (mounted on card). A modern copy of a print taken on the verandah of Government House. The figures in the group are identified as follows: Captain Lord Charles SCOTT (1839-1911), Commander of the Bacchante; (later Sir) William Edward MAXWELL (1846-1897), Acting Resident at Perak; Captain Henry Stopford TUNNARD, Royal Inniskilling Fusiliers, A.D.C. to Sir Frederick Weld 1881-1883; Sir Frederick Aloysius WELD (1823-1891), Governor of the Straits Settlements 1880-1887; Prince...
Dates: 1882-01-14
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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[Group at Gwalior], 1933

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/10/132
Scope and Contents

78 x 50 mm. Two men and two women seated around a table in front of a building, possibly at Gwalior.

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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Group at [? Kota Bahru] [i.e. Baharu] Kelantan, circa 1914, 1914

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 6/15
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288 x 232 mm. Showing a group of the Kelantan royal family and British officials posed for the photographer at an unidentified function. From left to right (first figure unidentified): Dr John Desmond GIMLETTE (1867-); Medical Officer, Malaya 1896-circa 1922; served in Kelantan 1909-circa 1916; Sultan MUHAMMAD IV; William LANGHAM-CARTER; The Raja Kelantan, Later Sultan ISMAIL; Tuanku Seri Indra, later Sultan IBRAHIM.

Dates: 1914
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).