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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 16197 Collections and/or Records:

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The tea industry : carts outside factory loading for despatch of tea, 1901-04-12 - 1901-04-15

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 2/45
Scope and Contents From the File: A collection of platinum prints, 280 x 225 mm, mounted in a volume bound in red leather with 'The Royal Visit to Ceylon April, 1901' and the Royal Arms on the front cover. They are by various photographers and record the visit of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York (later H.M. King George V and H.M. Queen Mary) 12-15 April, 1901. The prints are mounted on cardboard pages and have printed captions, which have been recorded as found. They may include language which is...
Dates: 1901-04-12 - 1901-04-15
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 tea industry : general view of an estate with all buildings, 1901-04-12 - 1901-04-15

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 2/41
Scope and Contents From the File: A collection of platinum prints, 280 x 225 mm, mounted in a volume bound in red leather with 'The Royal Visit to Ceylon April, 1901' and the Royal Arms on the front cover. They are by various photographers and record the visit of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York (later H.M. King George V and H.M. Queen Mary) 12-15 April, 1901. The prints are mounted on cardboard pages and have printed captions, which have been recorded as found. They may include language which is...
Dates: 1901-04-12 - 1901-04-15
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 tea industry : Group of coolies with Kanganies [historic title], 1901-04-12 - 1901-04-15

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 2/43
Scope and Contents From the File: A collection of platinum prints, 280 x 225 mm, mounted in a volume bound in red leather with 'The Royal Visit to Ceylon April, 1901' and the Royal Arms on the front cover. They are by various photographers and record the visit of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York (later H.M. King George V and H.M. Queen Mary) 12-15 April, 1901. The prints are mounted on cardboard pages and have printed captions, which have been recorded as found. They may include language which is...
Dates: 1901-04-12 - 1901-04-15
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 tea industry, pluckers at work, Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka], 1890 - 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/409
Scope and Contents

Approximately 200 x 140 mm. Photogravure. Probably photographed by F. Skeen.

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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The Tekai River, near the Kuala, Pahang, 1931

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031M/588
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Glass negatives. The label lists three other places, which are illegible. Images are chiefly of Pahang and Kelantan.

Dates: 1931
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 Tekai River, near the Kuala, Pahang, 1931

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031M/589
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Glass negatives. The label lists three other places, which are illegible. Images are chiefly of Pahang and Kelantan.

Dates: 1931
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 Tekkye, 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 8/1125
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate. From roof of entrance gateway, near Larnaca

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).
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The Telegraph Station, Sharp Peak, near Foochow (A.S.H. on right hand of door)., 1880 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30377A/40
Scope and Contents

278 x 223 mm. View from a nearby hill looking down onto the Telegraph Station, with small terraced fields on the hillside in the foreground and the Pacific Ocean in the distance.

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 Telegraph Station, Sharp Peak, near Foochow (A.S.H. on top of balustrade)., 1880 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30377A/39
Scope and Contents

275 x 216 mm. General view of the single storey Telegraph Station buildings at Sharp Peak near Foochow. The figures on the terrace of the building are too distant to be seen clearly, but A.S.H. is presumably the compiler of this album.

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 Temple of Apollo, 1957 - 1974

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3018J/28
Scope and Contents

A religious and political centre dating to the 7th century B.C. at the end of the Roman era. Among the ruins in the area are various building remains, baths and palestra. The sanctuary of Apollo was destroyed by earthquake in the late 4th century A.D.

Dates: 1957 - 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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The Temple of the Five Hundred Genii, Canton, 1880 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30377A/11
Scope and Contents

271 x 204 mm. View looking along the body of the temples, with a row of bronze images on either side.

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 Temple of the Golden Spire and Wat Phra Kroon (the Temple of the Emerald Idol), within the Royal City, Bangkok, 1880 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30377A/48
Scope and Contents

291 x 238 mm. View from a tower looking down onto the temple precincts. There appears to be some confusion in captioning with this and the following prints: this title, which evidently relates to this print, is in fact taken from Y3077A/50.

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 Temple outside the Palace, 1905-11-18 - 1905-11-29

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 8/24
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: 1905-11-18 - 1905-11-29
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 ten of Clubs, Lahore, 1908-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022BBB/98
Scope and Contents

285 x 205 mm. Group of named individuals, including Douglas. See also Y3022CCC/113.

Dates: 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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The Thimble Trick, 1908-01 - 1908-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 4/632
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate (landscape format). Near the Mills, Cawnpore. [With women and children watching as a man does the vanishing thimble trick]

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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The thousand idols, Sangiusangendo, Kioto, 1870 - 1920

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302A/111
Scope and Contents

268 x 205 mm. View showing rows of carved images in the temple.

Dates: 1870 - 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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The Throne Room, Government House, 1918

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022AA/6
Scope and Contents 277x218mm. A view looking along the Throne Room from E. to W., with the throne and canopy at the left against the S. wall. This low, gilded seat was commonly reported to be the throne of Tippu Sultan, but Curzon argues persuasively (Curzon i, pp.103-104) that it was more likely to have been a seat for elephant riding. A line of chandeliers runs along the centre of the apartment and the rest of the room is furnished with low armchairs and tables. Before the mid-19th century durbars and levees...
Dates: 1918
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 'Thunder' ashore at Colvin's Ghat, 1864

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022BB/60
Scope and Contents

252x188mm. Showing the steamer 'Thunder' (the property of Apcar & Co.) beached beside the Strand Road at Colvin's Ghat at the west end of Hastings Street after the 1864 cyclone, (Massey p.35).

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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The Tiger shot at Tikanpur, 1905-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 17/73
Scope and Contents From the File:

Contains prints, 290 x 235 mm (mounted on card) with printed captions are in a black leather bound album with 'Royal Visit to Gwalior, December 1905' on the cover; the Prince of Wales Feathers, the Arms of Gwalior and the Maharaja's signature 'M. Scindia Gwalior 1905' in metal are attached to the front cover.

Dates: 1905-12
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 Tiger shot at Tikanpur (second day), 1905-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 17/74
Scope and Contents From the File:

Contains prints, 290 x 235 mm (mounted on card) with printed captions are in a black leather bound album with 'Royal Visit to Gwalior, December 1905' on the cover; the Prince of Wales Feathers, the Arms of Gwalior and the Maharaja's signature 'M. Scindia Gwalior 1905' in metal are attached to the front cover.

Dates: 1905-12
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 Tiger's Cave [near Coonoor?], 1875 - 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022H/35
Scope and Contents

381 x 228 mm. View of the entrance. Photograph by A.T.W. Penn no. 31.

Dates: 1875 - 1880
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 Tikkye of Hala Sultan, 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 8/1122
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate (landscape format). Behind is seen Stavra Vouni, Santa Croce Mountain. The lake in front is salt, and when dry, as it becomes every summer, the salt residue is dug and piled in heaps. The aunt of Mohammed is buried here: she came here to make war: some say she was wounded by the enemy, some say that her horse got shy and fell and that she was killed in that way.

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).
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The Tikkye of Hala Sultan, 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 8/1123
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate (landscape format). Behind is seen Stavra Vouni, Santa Croce Mountain. The lake in front is salt, and when dry, as it becomes every summer, the salt residue is dug and piled in heaps. The aunt of Mohammed is buried here: she came here to make war: some say she was wounded by the enemy, some say that her horse got shy and fell and that she was killed in that way.

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).
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'The Times' and the Malayan Emergency, 1952-01 - 1953-03

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 103/4/33/36
Scope and Contents

A file of correspondence relating to criticism of 'The Times' newspaper's reporting of the Malayan Emergency (23 sheets).

Dates: 1952-01 - 1953-03
Conditions Governing Access: From the Sub-Series: For conservation reasons, this collection must be viewed on microfilm reels 8227C and 8228C.
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The Tomb of Akbar

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 4/53
Scope and Contents From the File:

Contains prints measuring approximately 210 x 160 mm mounted in an album bound in padded red leather and inscribed on the front cover VM [Victoria Mary] surmounted by a coronet. The end papers have a label 'Bourne and Shepherd : Artists, Photographers and Publishers. Calcutta, Simla and Bombay'. This album deals with architectural views (with many close-up details) of buildings in Udaipur, Jaipur, Ajmir, Chitor, Mt Abu, Lahore, Amritsar, Delhi, Agra and Fatehpur Sikri.

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).