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Asia (continent)

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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 16197 Collections and/or Records:

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Venganad Vasudev Raja Avargal, Raja, 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022O/133
Scope and Contents

122 x 173 mm. Valia Nawbidi of Kollengode (Madras); title of Raja conferred 1901; member of Madras Legislative Council 1906-. Head and shoulders portrait.

Dates: 1911
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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Venice in the East, 1913-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 13/12
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81 x 140 mm. A view looking along a flooded street in Kota Bharu with canoes and other small boats in the roadway between the houses.

Dates: 1913-12
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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Venkat Raman Singh Bahadur, Maharaja Sir (1876-1918), 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022O/30
Scope and Contents

126 x 176 mm. Maharaja of Rewah 1880-1918. Full length standing portrait.

Dates: 1911
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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Venkata Kumara Mahipati Surya Rao, Raja, 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022O/136
Scope and Contents

123 x 171 mm. Zamindar of Pithapuram (Madras) in 1911. Full length standing portrait.

Dates: 1911
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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Venkatamal - The last Queen of Kandy, 1924

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Ceylon/73
Scope and Contents

The caption printed on the reverse reads: 'The last Queen of Kandy, from the original engraving by William Daniell, R.A.'.

Dates: 1924
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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Venkatasvetachalapati Rangarao Bahadur, Maharaja Sri Raja, 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022O/130
Scope and Contents

126 x 175 mm. Raja of Bobili (Madras) 1881-; visited Europe 1895; title of Maharaja conferred to 1900. Half length portrait.

Dates: 1911
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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Venkatrao Sahib, Hindurao Ghorapade, Raja Shrimant, 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022O/138
Scope and Contents

96 x 146 mm. Mamlikat -Madar Senapatee of Sandur (Madras) 1892-. Full length standing portrait.

Dates: 1911
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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Verandah of the bungalow

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 21/9
Scope and Contents

275 x 200 mm.

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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Verbenaceae, 1937

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031M/367
Scope and Contents

The Verbenaceae are herbs, shrubs, or trees comprising about 100 genera and 2,600 species that are further characterized by the common occurrence of quadrangular twigs and/or aromatic herbage. The photograph is numbered 33464 on the reverse.

Dates: 1937
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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Verbenaceae, 1937

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031M/368
Scope and Contents

The Verbenaceae are herbs, shrubs, or trees comprising about 100 genera and 2,600 species that are further characterized by the common occurrence of quadrangular twigs and/or aromatic herbage. The photograph is numbered 33464 on the reverse.

Dates: 1937
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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Verlengede Kerkstraat, Semarang, 1880 - 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30333A/18
Scope and Contents

167 x 120 mm. View looking along the street, with the Protestant Church visible at the far end. With the Smarangsche Apotheek in the left foreground.

Dates: 1880 - 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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Very ornate gold temple roof, 1966

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/2/4/16
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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Vessels on the Hoogly, Calcutta [1860s], 1860 - 1869

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022S/69
Scope and Contents

303 x 190 mm. Duplicate of Y3022G/84. Bourne (no. 1711).

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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[Viaduct between Tunnels 3 and 4, Gunong Pondok Pass, Perak, circa 1902], 1902

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 8/15
Scope and Contents

200 x 152 mm.

Dates: 1902
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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Viaduct of a gorge on way up to Coonoor, 1907-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 2/250
Scope and Contents

[The railway rising from Mettupalayam to Ootacamund incorporates 13 miles of rack railway to combat the steepness of the incline. The section of line from Mettupalayam to Coonor was opened in 1899 and from Coonoor to Ootacamund in 1908.

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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Viaduct over the ‘Arjan’, G.I.P.R. 1868, 1868

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022S/61
Scope and Contents

245 x 173 mm. View from the river bank looking towards the partially constructed bridge.

Dates: 1868
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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Viaduct over the ‘Baloo’ River near Narsingpur, G.I.P.R. 1868, 1868

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022S/60
Scope and Contents

246 x 166 mm. View looking along the river towards the partly constructed bridge. Narsingpur is situated 90 miles east of Hoshangabad on the North Eastern Line of the Great Indian Peninsular Railway.

Dates: 1868
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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Viaduct over the [blank], G.I.P.R. 1868, 1868

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022S/59
Scope and Contents

245 x 176 mm. View of the bridge at an early stage during construction, with the masonry foundations for the piers in the foreground and labourers, stonecutters and brickmakers posed in various parts of the picture.

Dates: 1868
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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Viaduct over the Dhoodye at [blank], G.I.P.R., 1868, 1868

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022S/57
Scope and Contents

489 x 157 mm (two prints joined). Showing bridge construction work in the dry river bed. The bridge (exact location unidentified) is here seen at an early stage of its construction. Some of the masonry piers have been completed, but as yet none of the spans has been laid. Gangs of labourers are posed among the piles of cut stone in the foreground.

Dates: 1868
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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Viaduct over the ‘Palak Muttee’ at Dohagpur, G.I.P.R., 1869, 1869

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022S/52
Scope and Contents

241 x 174 mm. General view of the bridge which crosses the river on girder spans supported on masonry piers.

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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Viaduct over the Sukkur, G.I.P.R. 1868, 1868

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022S/62
Scope and Contents

241 x 173 mm. View looking towards the masonry piers of the bridge, with lengths of track and stone cut to size lying in the foreground.

Dates: 1868
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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Viaduct over the ‘Towa’ at Bagra, G.I.P.R., 1869, 1869

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022S/54
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464 x 164 mm (two prints joined). View looking along the river towards the uncompleted bridge. The most likely location for this photograph is at Bagra on the North Eastern Line of the Great Indian Peninsular Railway ESE of Hoshangabad. There is, however, another Bagra on the NE of Bhopal and Bosoda. The River Towa has not been identified. See also Y3022S/63.

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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Viaduct over the ‘Towa’ at Bagra G.I.P.R. 1869, 1869

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022S/63
Scope and Contents

266 x 178 mm. View showing one section of the bridge seen in Y3022S/54, with wooden scaffolding in position around the piers.

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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Vibha Villas palace, 1937-11

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/14/87
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150 x 103 mm. The photograph is signed 'M. Parekh'.

Dates: 1937-11
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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Viceregal Lodge. Perry-Keanes & M., 1940

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/19/61
Scope and Contents

151 x 108 mm. Air Commodore and Mrs Perry-Keene with other wedding guests at Simla.

Dates: 1940
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).