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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 16197 Collections and/or Records:

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Breakwater from Titan at root March 1885, 1885-03

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y303C/13
Scope and Contents

258 x 209 mm. View looking north along the completed breakwater towards the lighthouse and landing pier at the far end, with shipping anchored in the harbour at the right.

Dates: 1885-03
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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Breakwater Head & Landing Pier looking N.W. March 1884, 1884-03

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y303C/9
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258 x 209 mm. View from the landing pier looking back towards the head of the breakwater, with open sea beyond. Men and machinery are gathered around the pierhead. A large block-and-tackle crane stands in the circular recess beneath which the caisson rests and on top of which the lighthouse will be erected.

Dates: 1884-03
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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Breakwater looking landwards March 1878, 1878-03

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y303C/4
Scope and Contents

210 x 258 mm. View, probably from the top of one of the ‘Titan’ cranes, looking down onto and along the breakwater towards the land around the Customs House area and the landing place. In the foreground the basic structure of slabs from which the breakwater is constructed can be seen.

Dates: 1878-03
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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Brekers Bridge, Deli, 1880 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 10/9
Scope and Contents

279 x 208 mm. A view looking across the Deli River toward the bridge and small settlement of thatched houses. Exact location unidentified.

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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Brian Witchalls helping to repair refrigeration cabinet, 1969

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/2/1/134
Scope and Contents

79 x 80 mm. glossy print. Christian Medical College Hospital.

Dates: 1969
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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[Bridge], 1941 - 1944

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/13/20
Scope and Contents

100 x 80 mm. Showing a bridge spanning a river. Snow-capped mountains are just visible in the distance, and a dead tree stood in the water in the foreground.

Dates: 1941 - 1944
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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[Bridge], 1941 - 1944

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/13/22
Scope and Contents

135 x 85 mm. Showing a group sat beside the river, under a tree. A bridge spans the river, behind them.

Dates: 1941 - 1944
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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[Bridge], 1895

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3029C/125
Scope and Contents

99 x 74 mm. Showing a suspension bridge across an unidentified river, with mountains in the background.

Dates: 1895
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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[Bridge], 1895

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3029C/126
Scope and Contents

99 x 73 mm. View looking down on a small wooden footbridge across an unidentified river.

Dates: 1895
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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[Bridge], 1870 - 1927

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/Y3029M/50
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: This collection is mostly of albumen prints of photographs taken in Burma [Myanmar] in the later nineteenth century. Many are captioned and the captions have been used as titles and have been recorded as found. Titles supplied by the cataloguer are enclosed in square brackets. Many photographs have been identified as the work of Felix Beato. All of these photographs belonged to Rodway Swinhoe (1863-1927), who may have bought them after the closure of Beato's emporium in Mandalay c.1906. On...
Dates: 1870 - 1927
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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Bridge at Langai, Selangor, 1904 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 12/121
Scope and Contents

View looking across the wooden bridge.

Dates: 1904 - 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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Bridge at Pyinmana , 1885 - 1893

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/Y3029M/180
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: This collection is mostly of albumen prints of photographs taken in Burma [Myanmar] in the later nineteenth century. Many are captioned and the captions have been used as titles and have been recorded as found. Titles supplied by the cataloguer are enclosed in square brackets. Many photographs have been identified as the work of Felix Beato. All of these photographs belonged to Rodway Swinhoe (1863-1927), who may have bought them after the closure of Beato's emporium in Mandalay c.1906. On...
Dates: 1885 - 1893
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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Bridge at Sekong, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 19/4403
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate (landscape format). [Showing European crossing the high wooden bridge to the village among the palms. Copy of print sent to Dr Davies, Sandakan, Br. N.B. on 29.iv.09, so maybe of him].

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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Bridge below Ging, Darjeeling, 1860 - 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022S/5
Scope and Contents

265 x 212 mm. View looking up the river towards the wooden bridge. This is possibly the photograph by Samuel Bourne entitled ‘Darjeeling, picturesque bridge over the Rungnoo below Ging’ (number 1900 in the Bourne and Shepherd catalogue).

Dates: 1860 - 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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Bridge below Kursiong on the Mahamuddy, 1860 - 1879

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022S/9
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225 x 283 mm. View looking upriver, with massive rocks in the foreground, a cane bridge beyond and forest in the background. Kursiong is eleven miles south of Darjeeling. Photographer unknown, possibly R. Phillips.

Dates: 1860 - 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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[Bridge in Simla Hills], 1931

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/10/66
Scope and Contents

76 x 51 mm. A view from a bridge.

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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Bridge near Tjandjoer [Chainjur], Java, 1870 - 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302A/62
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241 x 195 mm. View looking along the river towards the thatched covered footbridge. With a group of Javanese posed at the water's edge in the foreground.

Dates: 1870 - 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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Bridge of Boats over the Ravi, near Lahore, 1908-02 - 1908-03

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 6/859
Scope and Contents

Half-plate (landscape format). On the bridge note the Sikh beggar with his donkey (Iron circlet round his turban). Beyond is the railway bridge. The white building is called Bavadari and was used for the King to fish from. This bridge is dismantled during the rainy season - June to August. (Fisher).

Dates: 1908-02 - 1908-03
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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Bridge of Spain, Manila, 1890 - 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30394A/3
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215 x 141 mm. View looking along the stone bridge across the River Pasig, with trams and horse cabs on the roadway.

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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Bridge on Sind River, 1902 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022Q/84
Scope and Contents From the Series:

An album, labelled on the spine, containing prints of various sizes. The numbering is sequenced from 1 to 131, but 101 is omitted. 14 of these prints are loose (118-131) , and are kept in a separate envelope in the album. Some of the prints are good quality professional work. Some of the photographs are captioned in ink; in other cases the titles have been derived from duplicate copies in Davies' other Indian album or from other photographs of the same scenes.

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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Bridge on the Karvouna road to Troodos, Cyprus, 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCS.Cob.P.18.155/111
Scope and Contents From the File:

An album containing postcard views of Cyprus. The postcards are by a variety of photographers and publishers.

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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Bridge on the Marqual Canal, 1864

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022C/8
Scope and Contents 296 x 239 mm. Probably by Bourne, no. 815. View looking along the canal towards the bridge, a stone construction with a low wooden house running along its length. The banks of the canal are lined with buildings of wood and stone and Kashmiri boats can be seen on the water in the background, ‘The city, especially that portion of it on the right bank of the river, is intersected by narrow canals, the purpose of which is to afford a convenient mode of transit for the cucumbers, singaras,...
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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Bridge outside Colombo [?Maha Oya Bridge], 1867

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y303A/8
Scope and Contents 237 x 182 mm. View looking towards an unidentified girder railway bridge standing on stone piers. The structure fits the description given of the Maha Oya Bridge in the Fergusons's account of the line: ‘The river had scarcely any water, looking a most insignificant streamlet although its wide bed indicated a different character during the wet season when it rises 22 feet above summer level. The bridge over this river [was] one of the most trying works on the line, consisting of 5 spans of 60...
Dates: 1867
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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Bridge over Cooch Bahar R. after earthquake, 1885-07-14

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022S/16
Scope and Contents

274 x 188 mm. Showing a girder bridge across the river, with the central piers out of true and the spans above wilting. Damage has also been sustained to the brick supporting walls on the bank.

Dates: 1885-07-14
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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Bridge over 'estate' railway, Allagalla, 1867

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y303A/23
Scope and Contents

160 x 101 mm. View looking along the line toward a partially constructed masonry arch running across a deep rock cutting. The estate railway is presumably a small feeder line under construction to transport produce to the station at Allagalla.

Dates: 1867
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).