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Found in 16197 Collections and/or Records:

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[View of Lake Pichola], 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 6/50
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...
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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[View of Lake Pichola], 1905

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 6/47
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...
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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View of line looking south (taken from top of Sungei Serai Cutting showing slipped bank No. 17 (Peg 342), [Gunong Pondok Pass, Perak circa 1902], 1902

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 8/6
Scope and Contents

193 x 151 mm. A view looking down on the line, with the collapsed bank in the foreground.

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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View of Malacca, 1890 - 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 2/58
Scope and Contents

270 x 208 mm. A view looking across the bay towards Malay houses on stilts lining the waterfront. With a young Malay boy seated on an English cannon dating from the early nineteenth century in the foreground.

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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View of Marine Office and town from wharf, Port Dickson, 1906

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 11/2
Scope and Contents

A view of Port Dickson water front.

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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View of Messrs Bullock Bros Rice Mills, 1907-12 - 1908-01

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 3/447
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate. Pozoondoung.

Dates: 1907-12 - 1908-01
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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View of Mount of Queen of Heaven and temple, 1909-01 - 1909-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 20/4481
Scope and Contents

From top of five-storeyed pagoda. [Houses in the foreground].

Dates: 1909-01 - 1909-02
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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[View of mountains], 1936 - 1938

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/12/64
Scope and Contents

120 x 75 mm.

Dates: 1936 - 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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View of mouth of Trengganu River, 1927 - 1929

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 16/60
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130 x 74 mm. A view taken on the beach towards sunset, with moored boats in the foreground and the houses of Kuala Trengganu [i.e. Terengganu] beyond.

Dates: 1927 - 1929
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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View of Narbadda River from top of Cutcherry at Hoshungabad, 1868

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022S/55
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240 x 181 mm. View from the flat roof of the Cutcherry (government offices) looking over scrubland towards the Narbada River at Hoshangabad, 140 miles NW of Nagpur.

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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View of Nicosia from Paraskevi Hill, 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 8/1162
Scope and Contents

Half-plate (landscape format). Looking from south-east by south. Shows Cathedral of St. Sophia, Nicosia. On extreme right note church of Kaimakti village : portion of city walls (stone faced): the northern range of hills at back, immediately behind Kaimakti is the hill of Buffavents which has ruins of a castle on top.

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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View of Nicosia from Paraskevi Hill, 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 8/1163
Scope and Contents

Half-plate (landscape format). Looking from south-east by south. Shows Cathedral of St. Sophia, Nicosia. On extreme right note church of Kaimakti village : portion of city walls (stone faced): the northern range of hills at back, immediately behind Kaimakti is the hill of Buffavents which has ruins of a castle on top.

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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View of Nuwara Eliya, 1901-04-12 - 1901-04-15

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 2/49
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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View of Nuwara Eliya, 1901-04-12 - 1901-04-15

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 2/50
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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[View of Nuwera Eliya from the Rambodda Pass], 1870 - 1879

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022U/50
Scope and Contents

273 x 216 mm. This is probably among the studies shown by Skeen at the Melbourne Exhibition of 1880.

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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View of old Famagusta from north-west bastion of the old city. (St. Sophia and on the right the Lusignan), 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 8/1139
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate (landscape format). [No print]. Missing.

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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View of Ootacamund from garden of Sir F Pryce [i.e. Price], 1907-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 2/266
Scope and Contents

Half-plate (landscape format). [Sir John Frederick Price] (1839-1927), Madras Civil Service 1862-1897, author of Ootacamund, a history (Madras, 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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View of Pagan, 1907-12 - 1908-01

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 3/406
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Half-plate (landscape format). Looking towards the river from the Thatbyinnya Pagoda. [View looking towards Irrawaddy, with brick shrines and temples on plain in foreground].

Dates: 1907-12 - 1908-01
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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View of Pagan, 1907-12 - 1908-01

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 3/407
Scope and Contents

Half-plate (landscape format). Looking towards the river from the Thatbyinnya Pagoda. [View looking towards Irrawaddy, with brick shrines and temples on plain in foreground].

Dates: 1907-12 - 1908-01
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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View of Pagan, looking towards the river from the Thatbyinnya Pagoda, 1907-12 - 1908-01

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 10/5/406
Scope and Contents

365 x 265 mm watercolour.

Dates: 1907-12 - 1908-01
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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View of part of Kandy, 1907

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 1/85
Scope and Contents

Half-plate. Statue of Sir H. G. Ward GCMG. Native Court House just in front of Church, and crowd waiting for cases to come on (Fisher). [Sir Henry George Ward (1797-1860) was Lord High Commissioner to the Ionian Islands, 1849-1855 and Governor of Ceylon 1855-1860. He died of cholera in Madras shortly after taking up the post of Governor].

Dates: 1907
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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View of part of the Fuji-Go-Glendale Estate Road, Negri Sembilan, [1945], 1945

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 5/39
Scope and Contents

43 x 58 mm. A view looking along the jungle road with dense vegetation on either side.

Dates: 1945
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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View of Penang Island, looking S.E. from near the Halfway House, Penang Hill, 1880 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 2/7
Scope and Contents

258 x 280 mm. A view from Penang Hill (also known as Government Hill and situated west of George Town) looking south east across a valley heavily planted with coconut plantations towards another range of hills. Beyond these part of the island of Pulau Jerejak can be seen, with the mainland of Province Wellesley dimly visible 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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View of Perak River from Assistant District Officers house at Parit, 1926

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 16/2
Scope and Contents

102 x 58 mm. As described, with an unidentified woman standing in the foreground.

Dates: 1926
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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View of Perak River from Assistant District Officers house at Parit, 1926

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 16/3
Scope and Contents

103 x 59 mm. As described.

Dates: 1926
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).