Asia (continent)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 16197 Collections and/or Records:
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The Subramaniya Temple, Tanjore, 1907-12
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 2/239
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate. Behind it notice part of Gopura of the Great Temple, brightly illuminated.
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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The Sule Pagoda, Rangoon, 1907-12
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 2/290
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate. In foreground street watering man and on right municipal offices.
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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The Sule Pagoda, Rangoon, 1907-12
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 2/291
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate. In foreground street watering man and on right municipal offices.
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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The Sultan Abu Bakar Mosque (Masjid Abu Bakar in Johor Bakru), 1936
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 1/115
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Contains loose photographs by various photographers including G.R. Lambert and Co. The majority are part of the BAM collection, including several from the Langham-Carter gift, but some photographs already in the RCS collection have been embodied here for convenience. In numerical order. Box 1 contains BAM1/1-79, Box 2 contains BAM1/81-160, BAM1/80 is in a separate envelope.
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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The Sultan of Selangor and Consort, 1948, 1948
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 4/46
Scope and Contents
75 x 51 mm. A snapshot of Sir Hisamuddin Alam Shah (circa 1898-1960), Sultan of Selangor 1938-1960 and his consort Tungku Ampuan.
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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The Sultan’s Palace, Brunei, 1900
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3035A/11
Scope and Contents
147 x 103 mm. A view looking across the Brunei River towards the complex of thatched buildings on piles at the water’s edge.
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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The Sultan's Palace, Brunei [i.e. Bandar Seri Begawan], Borneo, 1880 - 1889
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302B/44
Scope and Contents
272 x 206 mm. Showing a number of thatched houses raised on piles and connected by walkways. Photographer unknown, probably 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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The Summit of Olympus (Troodos), 1878
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3018B/11
Scope and Contents
180 x 120 mm. Autotype. A view showing two Cypriots standing among the rocky scrubland at the summit of Mount Troodos.
Dates:
1878
Conditions Governing Access:
From the File:
The volume is located at: RCS.Cob.18.122.
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The Sumon Burj Queen's Bath, Delhi, 1874 - 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022J/16
Scope and Contents
265 x 200 mm. No. 1956.
Dates:
1874 - 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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The supports of a Kayan house, 1900
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3035A/135
Scope and Contents
144 x 103 mm. View looking along the base of a Kayan longhouse, showing the structural supporting members.
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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The Supreme Court and the war, 1942
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/12/7/18
Scope and Contents
Extracted from the ‘Changi Guardian’, no. 63, 22 May 1942 (5 pages).
Dates:
1942
Conditions Governing Access:
For conservation reasons, this collection must be read on Cambridge Digital Library or Master Microfilm Reel 8234.
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The Supreme Court, Hong Kong, 1909
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/172
Scope and Contents
A copy of the half-tone photograph showing the west façade of the Law Courts from Chater 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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'The Swami', 1927
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/4/31/4
Scope and Contents
Cutting of an article written by Walter Stark for the 'Straits Times', 20 Dec. 1927, describing the miraculous cures performed by a Tamil healer near Kelang, where Stark was acting District Officer.
Dates:
1927
Conditions Governing Access:
From the Fonds:
Due to the fragile state of many of these papers, users must consult microfilm copies where available.
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The tailor's son at Katra bazaar, 1966
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/2/4/31
Scope and Contents
83 x 57 mm. glossy print with 35 mm. negative.
Dates:
1966
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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The Taj, 1902 - 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022R/227
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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The Taj, 1902 - 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022R/229
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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The Taj, 1905-12-16 - 1905-12-17
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 9/177
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Contains prints, of an approximate size of 80 x 100 mm, mounted on card, six to a page, in a padded black leather album inscribed on the cover India 1905-06 from C.C. and 'Photographs taken by Sir Charles Cust Bt. 1905-06' is written on the fly leaf in Queen Marys hand. Sir Charles Cust took this collection of amateur photographs while accompanying the Royal Party. Most of the photographs have elegant hand-written captiions, but these are not always very explicit - some portraying...
Dates:
1905-12-16 - 1905-12-17
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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The Taj, 1905-12-16 - 1905-12-17
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 9/179
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Contains prints, of an approximate size of 80 x 100 mm, mounted on card, six to a page, in a padded black leather album inscribed on the cover India 1905-06 from C.C. and 'Photographs taken by Sir Charles Cust Bt. 1905-06' is written on the fly leaf in Queen Marys hand. Sir Charles Cust took this collection of amateur photographs while accompanying the Royal Party. Most of the photographs have elegant hand-written captiions, but these are not always very explicit - some portraying...
Dates:
1905-12-16 - 1905-12-17
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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The Taj, 1905-12-16 - 1905-12-19
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 8/104
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Contains prints. This appears to have been an official record of the Royal Tour. Each page has a heading for the place and date and most photographs are captioned, probably by a professional calligrapher. The Prince of Wales Feathers are on the cover and 'The Royal Tour of India 1905-1906' on the spine. Locations and periods covered are: Bombay, 9 November- 14 November, 1905; Udaipur, 18 November - 29 November, 1905; Jaipur, 21 November-23 November, 1905; Lahore, 28 November-1...
Dates:
1905-12-16 - 1905-12-19
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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The Taj, Agra, 1874 - 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022J/20
Scope and Contents
265 x 200 mm. No. 3402.
Dates:
1874 - 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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The Taj [Agra], 1860 - 1869
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022I/89
Scope and Contents
285 x 229 mm. View from the entrance gate looking north along the garden towards the Taj Mahal, see Y3022D/17. Photographer unknown.
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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The Taj [Agra], 1860 - 1869
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022I/90
Scope and Contents
279 x 235 mm. View of the Taj Mahal from the north looking across the Jumna. Photographer unknown.
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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The Taj Agra, 1900 - 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022UUUU/18
Scope and Contents
205 x 140 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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Photographs by A. Chand
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The Taj, from corner of quadrangle, 1860 - 1869
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022D/17
Scope and Contents
295 x 240 mm. View of the E facade of the Taj Mahal. Set on a 313 ft. square platform with minarets at each corner, the building and dome rise up 187 feet, with a further 30 feet added by the metal pinnacle on top of the dome. Built of white marble inlaid with precious stones, the Taj was erected by Emperor Shah Jahan on the bank of the Jumna SE of the city for his consort Arjmand Bannu (known as Mumtaz-i-Mahal) between 1630 and c. 1652. For Bourne's enraptured description of the tomb, seen...
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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The Taj from Fort
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 6/145
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).