North and Central America (continent)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 5483 Collections and/or Records:
Item
Niagara Gorge. Spanish Suspension Ry, 1918
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/3/16
Scope and Contents
75 x 52 mm.
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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Niagara-on-the-Lake, the oldest and most historic village in Canada, 1912
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062D/6
Scope and Contents
137 x 82mm.
Dates:
1912
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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[Niagara Rapids, where Capt Webb last seen alive], 1885
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089C/104
Scope and Contents
238 x 187 mm. A view showing the white water of the Whirlpool Rapids, situated below the falls in the Niagara Gorge. The Suspension Bridge below the falls can be seen in the background. Captain Matthew Webb (1848-1883), having been the first man to swim the channel (and, among other displays of endurance, backing himself to remain in the sea longer than a Newfoundland dog) determined to swim the rapids and whirlpool in a desperate attempt to keep the public’s interest. Having negotiated part...
Dates:
1885
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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New Zealand and America
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Niagara Riv. above Falls, 1918-06-30
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/3/19
Scope and Contents
75 x 52 mm.
Dates:
1918-06-30
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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Niagara River from Goat Island, 30.6.18, 1918-06-30
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/1/75
Scope and Contents
70 x 50 mm. A view of the river, with what appear to be four power stations, with smoking chimneys, along the far side.
Dates:
1918-06-30
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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Niagara : view from Canadian side, 1909
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 14/2400D
Scope and Contents
Landscape format. Showing Cantilever Bridge.
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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Nicaragua Bluff, 1885
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3069B/13
Scope and Contents
245 x 191 mm. A view looking along the Fraser River with the steep rocky gorge rising on either side. To the right of the river can be seen the precipitous Cariboo Road, several parts supported on trestles, which follows the Fraser River at this point.
Dates:
1885
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).
Fonds
Nicholas Darnell Davis collection
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 259
Scope and Contents
Davis had a life-long interest in the history of the West Indies and more specifically of Barbados, and this collection comprises a vast body of material gathered by him from archives in Britain, the Caribbean and Europe. He contributed many historical articles to newspapers and periodicals in British Guiana [Guyana], Barbados and the United States. His intention to compose a comprehensive history of the West Indies was frustrated by ill health. Titles and captions, including the names of...
Dates:
1752 - 1915
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Nicholas Octave, 1972-10
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham BB/65
Scope and Contents
[Presumably of the household staff and dated 'Castries Oct 72'].
Dates:
1972-10
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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Nicholas Octave, 1972-10
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham BB/66
Scope and Contents
[Presumably of the household staff and dated 'Castries Oct 72'].
Dates:
1972-10
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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No. 18. Codroy Valley, 1880 - 1904
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3061B/30
Scope and Contents
290 x 243 mm. A view near Morris in south-west Labrador showing the timber railway bridge over the Codroy River.
Dates:
1880 - 1904
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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No. 23. Squidding, Burin. Taken at dawn, 1880 - 1904
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3061B/8
Scope and Contents
283 x 235 mm. Showing a group of rowing boats congregated together before setting off on a squidding expedition.
Dates:
1880 - 1904
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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No. 48. Little Bay Islands, 1880 - 1904
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3061B/22
Scope and Contents
286 x 235 mm. A view looking out across Little Bay Islands with the township encircling the bay and with Notre Dame Bay in the distance.
Dates:
1880 - 1904
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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No. 50. Bonne Bay, 1880 - 1904
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3061B/23
Scope and Contents
292 x 224 mm. Showing neatly ordered houses and gardens at Bonne Bay with the harbour in the background and mountains in the distance.
Dates:
1880 - 1904
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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No. 66. Labrador dogs. Cartwright, Labrador, 1880 - 1904
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3061B/12
Scope and Contents
284 x 227 mm. A view showing four Eskimo dogs (not labradors!) at Cartwright, Sandwich Bay, Labrador.
Dates:
1880 - 1904
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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No. 70. Moravian Mission Station, Nain, South Coast, 1880 - 1904
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3061B/28
Scope and Contents
293 x 238 mm. Showing part of the town of Nain with a crude wooden shack in the foreground and the Mission Station beyond.
Dates:
1880 - 1904
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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No. 71. Indian Harbour, Labrador, 1880 - 1904
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3061B/25
Scope and Contents
285 x 238 mm. A view looking down on Indian Harbour showing a fishing fleet at anchor.
Dates:
1880 - 1904
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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No. 74. Burin, South Coast, 1880 - 1904
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3061B/27
Scope and Contents
275 x 228 mm. A view looking down on the town and harbour of Burin with fishing vessels at anchor in the bay. Burin is considered the best harbour in Newfoundland.
Dates:
1880 - 1904
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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No. 80. Placentia, 1880 - 1904
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3061B/26
Scope and Contents
288 x 243 mm. A view looking across neat little houses and gardens towards the harbour in the distance. The photograph is taken from the quarries. Situated on the other side of the Avalon Peninsula to St. John's, Placentia was the first and most important of the French settlements in Newfoundland and was founded in 1622.
Dates:
1880 - 1904
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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No. 204. Rigoulette, showing Lord Strathcona's house, 1880 - 1904
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3061B/14
Scope and Contents
256 x 125 mm. A view looking down on the harbour and small settlement off Rigoulette (also spelt Rigolet). Lord Strathcona (1820-1914) the Canadian High Commissioner to England was based in Labrador with the Hudson's Bay Company from 1838-1868.
Dates:
1880 - 1904
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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No. 208. Herring Neck, Notre Dame Bay, 1880 - 1904
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3061B/24
Scope and Contents
288 x 232 mm. A view from a hillside above the bay showing a small township and one of the arms of land in the bay, 'This bay gains its name from the fact that it is so cut up by arms as to resemble the bones in a herring's neck'. (Holloway 1905).
Dates:
1880 - 1904
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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No. 212. The Geat Codroy Valley, 1880 - 1904
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3061B/29
Scope and Contents
291 x 241 mm. A view looking across the fertile Codroy Valley with a river (presumably the Little Codroy River) meandering in the middleground.
Dates:
1880 - 1904
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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No. 214. Battle Harbour, Labrador, 1880 - 1904
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3061B/19
Scope and Contents
282 x 238 mm. A view from a hillside on the side of the bay looking across towards part of the town of Battle and showing Baine Johnson's Canneries and the Deep Sea Mission. With wooden fish flakes in the foreground.
Dates:
1880 - 1904
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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No. 296. Iceberg, 1880 - 1904
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3061B/1
Scope and Contents
180 x 118 mm. A view from seawards showing the huge iceberg (height 150 feet, length 600 feet) which remained stranded outside the harbour mouth of St. John's for three weeks.
Dates:
1880 - 1904
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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No. 358. Saint Paul's Inlet, West Coast, 1880 - 1904
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3061B/15
Scope and Contents
205 x 152 mm. A view looking along the inlet, with mountains on all sides and a small sailing boat in the foreground.
Dates:
1880 - 1904
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).