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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 16197 Collections and/or Records:

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Interior Fatehpur Sikri

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 6/182
Scope and Contents From the File: Contains prints varying in size from approximately 50 x 80 mm to 290 x 249 mm. Captions are handwritten by the Prince of Wales. This records the visit to India of the Prince of Wales (later King George V) and Princess Mary. The front cover is embossed with India 1905-6. Locations depicted include Bombay, Indore, Udaipur, Jaipur, Bikaner, Gajner, Lahore, Peshawar, Rawalpindi, Delhi, Agra, Gwalior, Lucknow, Calcutta, Burma, Madras, Hyderabad and Mysore. There are prints of the arrival of...
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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Interior looking the Lion Cave in Elephanta, 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 12/54
Scope and Contents From the File:

Contains prints, of various sizes, mounted in an album bound in red half-leather inscribed on the front cover 'Photographs: Royal Tour in India: Bombay and Indore. Raja Deen Dayal and Sons. State Photographers' and with the Prince of Wales Emblem above. All prints have typed captions.

Dates: 1905
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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Interior of a factory, 1880 - 1920

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y303E/19
Scope and Contents

278 x 211 mm. At the left are ‘Sirocco’ drying machines (see Y303E/15), with rolling machines to the right, and fermenting tea laid out on hessian mats in the foreground.

Dates: 1880 - 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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Interior of a Kadayan house, with a meal laid out, 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3035A/144
Scope and Contents

148 x 104 mm. View looking across the room, with men and women seated on the floor, and food laid out in pots on the woven mat in the foreground.

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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Interior of a Kayan house, 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3035A/138
Scope and Contents

148 x 104 mm. View looking along the gallery of the longhouse, with various tools and implements stored along the walls. In the right background hangs a bunch of human heads.

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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Interior of a Kayan House, 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3035G/5
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Glass plate slides to illustrate a talk given by Cunynghame to the Royal Scottish Geographical Society. A transcript of the lecture, comprising a title page and 58 pages of text, is stored at RCMS 63/22.

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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Interior of a mosque, 1949 - 1972

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/1/142
Scope and Contents

173 x 233 mm. glossy print. Location unidentified.

Dates: 1949 - 1972
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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Interior of a Parsee Temple, 1890 - 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022GG/15
Scope and Contents

266 x 194 mm. View of a room decorated in European style with a railed-off area containing figurines and ornaments grouped around the image of a deity.

Dates: 1890 - 1899
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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Interior of a Sibop house, 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3035A/137
Scope and Contents

148 x 104 mm. View looking along the interior of a longhouse and showing the heavy, neatly joined planking of the floors and walls.

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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Interior of All Saints Church, Yezd [Yazd], 1906 - 1938

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 33/29
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

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

Dates: 1906 - 1938
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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Interior of Baram Fort, 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3035A/106
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148 x 103 mm. View of the single-roomed interior of the fort at Marudi, with figures posed for the photographer. The interior is largely unfurnished, with merely a few wooden benches on the wooden floor, some desks at the left and a rifle rack against the wall in the centre of the room.

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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Interior of chapel, location unidentified, 1906 - 1938

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 33/3
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

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

Dates: 1906 - 1938
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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'Interior of Chin-Chew [Quanzhou ?] Church', Sept. 27.90, 12.30, sunny, no 'stop', 20 counted quickly, 1890-09-27

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30377H/23
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Album of photographs recording Paton's missionary work in China. The photographs are captioned and have been numbered in pencil, but as there are several sequences, and these are not complete, fresh numbers have been given. Plates 68 to 78 show scenes taken in late August 1896 on Kulangsoo, the island south of Amoy (also known as Xiamen). The institutional work of the Amoy mission was centred here as it was found to be healthier than Amoy itself.There are three missing...
Dates: 1890-09-27
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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[Interior of Chinese temple, Singapore], 1936

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 1/118
Scope and Contents

90 x 149 mm. A view looking across a room towards a wall crowded with images of Buddha, with two rows of low seats in the foreground.

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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Interior of Christ Church, 1947 - 1969

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/1/26
Scope and Contents

114 x 160 mm. glossy print with copy.

Dates: 1947 - 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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Interior of Colombo Station, 1867

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y303A/5
Scope and Contents

214 x 158 mm. View looking along the platform, with several figures posed for the photographer on the platform at the right. This view illustrates well the use of decorative wrought iron in the construction of the station, (Perera, ‘The Ceylon railway’, p. 63).

Dates: 1867
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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Interior of Confucius Temple at Weihaiwei, 1908-11

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 17/4047
Scope and Contents

Half-plate (landscape format). On either side are figures of two of Confucius chief disciples. On left Mencius and Tsengtzu: on right Szutu and Gentzu. Behind each of these pairs of disciples on right and left are shrines of lesser disciples not seen in picture.

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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Interior of Confucius Temple at Weihaiwei - but not showing disciples, 1908-11

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 17/4048
Scope and Contents

Half-plate. The four golden characters over the figure of Confucius mean : Among living mortals never has there been one like him. Above this (out of the picture) is another motto also in gold letters on a red ground meaning : Teacher and model for all ages. The tablet in front of the figure of Confucius reads: The shrine of the Perfect Sage and former teacher, Confucius. (Translations are by Sir J.S. Lockhart).

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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Interior of Fort

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 6/149
Scope and Contents

The Red Fort, Agra.

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Interior of Jasmine Tower

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 6/154
Scope and Contents From the File: Contains prints varying in size from approximately 50 x 80 mm to 290 x 249 mm. Captions are handwritten by the Prince of Wales. This records the visit to India of the Prince of Wales (later King George V) and Princess Mary. The front cover is embossed with India 1905-6. Locations depicted include Bombay, Indore, Udaipur, Jaipur, Bikaner, Gajner, Lahore, Peshawar, Rawalpindi, Delhi, Agra, Gwalior, Lucknow, Calcutta, Burma, Madras, Hyderabad and Mysore. There are prints of the arrival of...
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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Interior of Llama Monastery, 1908-01 - 1908-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 4/518
Scope and Contents

Half-plate. Near Darjeeling. [With carved and painted wooden masks in foreground].

Dates: 1908-01 - 1908-02
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).
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Interior of Memorial Church, Cawnpore, 1880 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022L/30
Scope and Contents

211x268mm. View looking along the nave towards the chancel and altar.

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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Interior of M.J. Kennaway's house on Escot Estate, Tanjong Malin, about 1930, 1930

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 3/75
Scope and Contents

355 x 152 mm. (two prints joined and re-photographed). A panoramic view of a spacious drawing room looking out onto a verandah.

Dates: 1930
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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Interior of Muttra Church [1890s], 1890 - 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022HH/14
Scope and Contents

237 x 193 mm. View looking along the nave towards the altar.

Dates: 1890 - 1899
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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Interior of Nunda Bhawan at Deeg [i. e. Dig], 1880 - 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022K/29
Scope and Contents

267 x 205 mm. View in the interior of the hall looking along a row of multifoil arches with richly carved supporting pillars. Numbered '1905'.

Dates: 1880 - 1885
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).