Asia (continent)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 16196 Collections and/or Records:
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Okhla [1890s], 1890 - 1899
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022HH/6
Scope and Contents
97 x 61 mm. River scene on the Ganges, with European rowing boat.
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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Okhla [1890s], 1890 - 1899
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022HH/7
Scope and Contents
95 x 72 mm. River scene on the Ganges.
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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Okhla, crocodile shot by my father [1890s], 1890 - 1899
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022HH/8
Scope and Contents
101 x 65 mm. Showing a European man, presumably Miss Ward’s father, standing over a dead crocodile on the banks of the Ganges. He is possibly Thomas Robert John Ward, who was appointed an Assistant Engineer in the Indian Public Works Department in 1883 and was in 1900 attached to the Irrigation Department.
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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Old and new India, 1905 - 1906
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 9/212
Scope and Contents
Exact location untraced
Dates:
1905 - 1906
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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Old Castle Papho, Cyprus, 1900
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCS.Cob.P.18.155/103
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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Old Court House Street, Calcutta, 1870 - 1879
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022AA/56
Scope and Contents
290x200mm. View looking S. along Government Place East (viz. the S. portion of Old Court House Street) towards Scott Thomson's Corner and the Maidan, with two of the eastern gates of Government House visible at the right, (Massey p.46). Photographer possibly Johnston and Hoffman.
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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Old Delhi, base of the Kutab Tower, 1901
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022P/135
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
An album containing prints measuring 69 x 95 mm, with handwritten captions. The captions have been used as titles and may contain offensive, inappropriate or outdated terms. They have been retained to reflect the context of the collection's creation. The flyleaf is inscribed 'To Lieut. Colonel G.S. Walker, I.M.S. with compliments and thanks from the photographer. 1901.' George Lemon Walker (29.7.1849-31.5.1901) was born in Kingston, Ontario and served in the Madras Medical Service...
Dates:
1901
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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Old Delhi, Great Arch and Iron Pillar, 1901
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022P/152
Scope and Contents
View looking through the archway towards the famous Iron Pillar at the Kutb Minar: see Y3022L/10-11.
Dates:
1901
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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Old Delhi, Humayun’s tomb, 1901
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022P/62
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
An album containing prints measuring 69 x 95 mm, with handwritten captions. The captions have been used as titles and may contain offensive, inappropriate or outdated terms. They have been retained to reflect the context of the collection's creation. The flyleaf is inscribed 'To Lieut. Colonel G.S. Walker, I.M.S. with compliments and thanks from the photographer. 1901.' George Lemon Walker (29.7.1849-31.5.1901) was born in Kingston, Ontario and served in the Madras Medical Service...
Dates:
1901
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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Old Delhi, inside of Ala-ud-din’s Gate, 1901
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022P/110
Scope and Contents
Showing the interior of the archway seen in Y3022P/19.
Dates:
1901
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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Old Delhi, interior of tomb of Altamsh, 1901
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022P/65
Scope and Contents
View showing the doorway and the carved sandstone walls of the mausoleum, with part of the sarcophagus visible in the foreground.
Dates:
1901
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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Old Delhi, Kutab tower and big arch, 1901
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022P/61
Scope and Contents
View of the Kutb Minar and the central arch
Dates:
1901
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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Old Delhi, part of Ala-ud-din’s gateway, 1901
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022P/19
Scope and Contents
View of the Alai Darwaza, the S entrance to the precinct of the Great Mosque (built by Ala-ud-din in 1310) and to the Qutb Minar, part of which is visible in the background.
Dates:
1901
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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Old Delhi, the Kutab Tower, 1901
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022P/25
Scope and Contents
View of the Kutb Minar (see Y3022L/10) with the Alai Darwaza (see Y3022P/19) in the foreground.
Dates:
1901
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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Old Delhi, Tomb of Nizam-ud-din, 1901
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022P/48
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
An album containing prints measuring 69 x 95 mm, with handwritten captions. The captions have been used as titles and may contain offensive, inappropriate or outdated terms. They have been retained to reflect the context of the collection's creation. The flyleaf is inscribed 'To Lieut. Colonel G.S. Walker, I.M.S. with compliments and thanks from the photographer. 1901.' George Lemon Walker (29.7.1849-31.5.1901) was born in Kingston, Ontario and served in the Madras Medical Service...
Dates:
1901
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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Old Delhi, tracery screens on a tomb, 1901
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022P/9
Scope and Contents
Showing the entrance to the tomb of Mirza Jahangir.
Dates:
1901
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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Old Fort. Delhi, 1900 - 1904
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC India/149
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Miscellaneous monochrome postcards of India. The majority of the photographers and publishers are unknown.
Dates:
1900 - 1904
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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Old Fort Gwalior
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 6/207
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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Old fort of Saiwan, Hong Kong, 1909
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 19/4445
Scope and Contents
From the Stanley Road, two hours walk from Stanley. [Distant view of the fort on the hill from the road].
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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Old gateway of temple, Nowshera, 1864
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022I/64
Scope and Contents
98 x 108 mm. Showing the ruins of the gateway. Photograph by Bourne, no. 922.
Dates:
1864
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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Old Gwalior beneath the Fort, 1906
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 19/108
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Contains prints of two main sizes, circa 295 x 210 mm and 137 x 93 mm.,the latter are indicated by (S): other sizes are noted. They are mounted on card and bound into a lavishly decorated album with metal corners, lettered on the front cover Souvenir of Gwalior 1906 and with the inscription 'With most respectful homage from Madhorao Scindia, Gwalior 1906'. The photographs, which include hunting scenes at Singhpur and Raipur and also architectural views, have printed captions.
Dates:
1906
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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Old Hassau's house at " Tanjong ?Rumhitou", Johore [i.e. Johor], 1930
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031M/645
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Glass and film negatives
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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Old Houses in Bikanir City, 1908-02 - 1908-03
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 6/898
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate. From a balcony
Dates:
1908-02 - 1908-03
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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Old Houses in the Bazaar Hatta, Lahore, 1908-02 - 1908-03
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 6/854
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate. These houses all belong to Hindoo Merchants, the upper floors being used as resting places. The merchant comes here about 7 in the morning and will not leave until about 10 at night. His home is in a different part of the city, but he entertains here friends whom he does not wish to take to his private house. (Fisher).
Dates:
1908-02 - 1908-03
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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Old Larnaca, Cyprus, 1908
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 8/1119
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate (landscape format). About three - quarter mile inland. In the hollow immediately in foreground was the ancient harbour of Chittium (modern Kition : Old testament Ships of Chittum). Slipways for the galleys can be traced by the eye of the imaginative antiquarian. In foreground is a plantation of young bamboo trees; on top of the front rise are some date palms.
Dates:
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).