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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 16197 Collections and/or Records:

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Bombay from Mazagon Hill 15034, 1860

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022A/1
Scope and Contents

251 x 199 mm. A view from the hillside, with trees in the foreground, looking over the roofs of bungalows towards the sea. The angle of view looks approximately NE, with the spit of land on which is situated Sewri Fort visible in the distance. A very similar view, probably taken on the same occasion, is reproduced in Edwardes, vol 3, p 43, and is there dated 1860.

Dates: 1860
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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Bombay [from Mazagon Hill] 15035, 1860

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022A/2
Scope and Contents

250 x 199 mm. Similar view to Y3022A/1, but with more vegetation in foreground.

Dates: 1860
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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Bombay Harbour, 1890 - 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022GG/1
Scope and Contents

239 x 181 mm. View looking out into the harbour with small sailing boats moored 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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Bombay Harbour, 1899 - 1901

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022V/100
Scope and Contents

110 x 80 mm. Daylight version of Y3022V/99.

Dates: 1899 - 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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Bombay Harbour. A Portuguese man of war, 1899 - 1901

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022V/104
Scope and Contents

110 x 80 mm.

Dates: 1899 - 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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[Bombay Harbour from above], 1899 - 1901

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022V/102
Scope and Contents

110 x 80 mm.

Dates: 1899 - 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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Bombay Harbour from St Xavier’s College, 1870

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022H/3
Scope and Contents

290 x 235 mm. Probably by Bourne & Shepherd.

Dates: 1870
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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Bombay Harbour. Looking from my room at the top of the Yacht Club chambers., 1899 - 1901

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022V/103
Scope and Contents

110 x 80 mm.

Dates: 1899 - 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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Bombay, interior of Elephanta Caves, 1901

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022P/159
Scope and Contents

Showing pillars and carved images in the caves: see note at Y3022A/24-31.

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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Bombay Jamsetjee Jeejeebhoy Hospital 15037, 1864

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022A/4
Scope and Contents 247 x 199 mm. A view looking northwards across the Babula Tank towards the Jamsetji Jijibhoy Hospital. The Grant Medical College is visible at the left. The buildings are of a similar style and were built during the same period. The main building of the hospital contained 18 wards with a total of 237 beds for the relief of the native poor of all classes. The East India Company paid half the costs, the rest being supplied by the merchant and philanthropic Sir Jamsetji Jijibhoy (1783-1859)....
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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Bombay - Juhu Aerodrome, 1931

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/10/14
Scope and Contents

78 x 53 mm.

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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Bombay Jumma Musjid 15047, 1850 - 1879

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022A/14
Scope and Contents 249 x 198 mm. View from the upper storey of a building on Sheik Meman Street looking across the road towards the Jumma Musjid or Great Mosque, situated a short distance NW of the Crawford Market. Built between 1775 and 1802 over a tank in the garden of a Kankani moslem, the mosque is a quadrangular tiered construction of brick and stone decorated with turrets and ornate balustrades. The mosque was repaired and enlarged in 1837 and from this time date the row of two storey, terrace roofed...
Dates: 1850 - 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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Bombay, looking over the harbour, 1873

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 21/1/1
Scope and Contents

208 x 160 mm. (p. 1).

Dates: 1873
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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Bombay Mahaluxemee [Mahalakshmi] Temple 15056, 1850 - 1879

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022A/23
Scope and Contents

246 x 194 mm. View of the temple and surrounding buildings, probably from the SE.

Dates: 1850 - 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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Bombay Malabar Hill 15049, 1850 - 1879

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022A/16
Scope and Contents

245 x 195 mm. View looking towards the summit of the hill, with Indians posed among the rocks in the foreground. The building on the summit of the hill appears to be the Malabar Government House, situated on the southern point of the Malabar promontory and with fortifications beneath it connected with the harbour defences. For a history and description of the residence see Edwardes, vol 3, p 291 – 293.

Dates: 1850 - 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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Bombay Medical College 15036, 1850 - 1879

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022A/3
Scope and Contents

250 x 199 mm. View of the Grant Medical College from the Parel Road. A T-shaped building in the Gothic style with pointed windows and turrets at each corner, the college was founded in memory of Sir Robert Grant (Governor of Bombay 1835-38). The foundation stone was laid in 1843 and the building opened in 1845; it stands in the grounds of the Jamsetji Jijibhoy Hospital.

Dates: 1850 - 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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Bombay Munguldass Temple, Walkeshwar 15053, 1850 - 1879

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022A/20
Scope and Contents

195 x 246 mm. View looking up a steep flight of steps between two rows of houses towards the dome of a temple.

Dates: 1850 - 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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Bombay November 9th 1905, 1905-11-09

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 6/3
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: 1905-11-09
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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Bombay Old Black Bay 15050, 1860

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022A/17
Scope and Contents

247 x 196 mm. View looking north eastwards across Black Bay, with Indian sailing vessels at anchor, large stockpiles of felled timber on the foreshore and the houses of north Bombay in the distance. The hills on the Indian mainland can be seen in the distance. The Grant Medical College can be made out in the right background. Reproduced in Edwardes, vol 2, p 165 and there dated c 1860.

Dates: 1860
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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Bombay photographs

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022CCCC
Scope and Contents

Sepia prints on mounts. Their appearance suggests that cardboard frames, originally stuck down surrounding the photograph, have been crudely removed. The prints are interesting reflections of British social life and were the property of the grandfather of Mrs. M. Heuston (no further identification or information given).

Dates: 1900
Conditions Governing Access: 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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Bombay : sun rising behind city. Taken from Government House, Malabar Hill

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 24/78
Scope and Contents From the File:

Album containing prints, of a total size of 300 x 185 mm. (actual print surface 260 x 165 mm.), on linen hinges bound by the India Office Library. Includes typed list of contents bound in at the beginning of the album.

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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Bombay: the arrival ceremony, 1911-11 - 1911-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 20/80
Scope and Contents From the File: Contains photographs ranging in size from 85 x 70 mm to 290 x 235 mm bound in a black leather album with 'Indian Tour 1911-1912' on the front cover. This records the visit to India for the Delhi Durbar of December 1911. Taken by various photographers, it appears to have been the personal record of the King or Queen, and covers the outward voyage from Portsmouth via Port Said, Suez, and Aden to Bombay, a detailed record of the Durbar and other events in Delhi, shooting in Nepal, the...
Dates: 1911-11 - 1911-12
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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Bombay: the arrival ceremony, 1911-11 - 1911-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 20/81
Scope and Contents From the File: Contains photographs ranging in size from 85 x 70 mm to 290 x 235 mm bound in a black leather album with 'Indian Tour 1911-1912' on the front cover. This records the visit to India for the Delhi Durbar of December 1911. Taken by various photographers, it appears to have been the personal record of the King or Queen, and covers the outward voyage from Portsmouth via Port Said, Suez, and Aden to Bombay, a detailed record of the Durbar and other events in Delhi, shooting in Nepal, the...
Dates: 1911-11 - 1911-12
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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Bombay : the arrival ceremony, 1911-11 - 1911-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 20/82
Scope and Contents From the File: Contains photographs ranging in size from 85 x 70 mm to 290 x 235 mm bound in a black leather album with 'Indian Tour 1911-1912' on the front cover. This records the visit to India for the Delhi Durbar of December 1911. Taken by various photographers, it appears to have been the personal record of the King or Queen, and covers the outward voyage from Portsmouth via Port Said, Suez, and Aden to Bombay, a detailed record of the Durbar and other events in Delhi, shooting in Nepal, the...
Dates: 1911-11 - 1911-12
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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Bombay : the arrival ceremony, 1911-11 - 1911-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 20/83
Scope and Contents

King George replying to the welcoming address by Sir Pherozeshah Mehta, President of the Bombay Municipal Corporation.

Dates: 1911-11 - 1911-12
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).