North and Central America (continent)
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Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 5483 Collections and/or Records:
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Royal Victoria Hotel, 1890 - 1895
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3071A/22
Scope and Contents
221 x 169 mm. A view looking up towards the front façade of this impressive hotel which was built by the Bahamas Government and opened in 1861. The hotel stands on a small hill between Parliament Street and East Street.
Dates:
1890 - 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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Royal Victoria Hotel from the West, 1890 - 1895
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3071A/23
Scope and Contents
228 x 177 mm. A similar view to the preceding print. The hotel was built during the period of prosperity enjoyed by the Bahamas in the American Civil War when Nassau became the major supply base for the Confederate blockade runners.
Dates:
1890 - 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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Royal Words for Bahamians, 1959-04-24 - 1959-04-28
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011XX/183
Scope and Contents
255 x 200 mm. The typescript caption continues: 'Dignitaries of the British colony of the Bahamas hear Prince Philip reply to official welcome in Nassau. On the Prince's right is Sir Raynor Arthur, the Governor, and to his left in the foreground is Stafford Sands, Chairman of the Development Board.' The caption also reads: 'From: Bahamas News Bureau ... by Bill Seward', and 'Direction of (to): Hill and Knowlton, Inc.' and gives full address details for both. The print itself is stamped...
Dates:
1959-04-24 - 1959-04-28
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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Royalite Refinery, Coleville, Saskatchewan, 1950 - 1967
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062E/153
Scope and Contents
Showing refinery plant at Coleville.
Dates:
1950 - 1967
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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Photographs of Canada
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Rt. Hon. Ramsey McDonald and daughters, 1928 - 1933
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062S/75
Scope and Contents
140 x 95 mm. Group photograph. Also identified are: Left - R.H. Pooley, Attorney-general. Right - Hon. S. F. Tolmie, Premier of British Columbia.
Dates:
1928 - 1933
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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Ruby Creek Tunnel, 1885
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3069A/16
Scope and Contents
246 x 191 mm. A view looking along the line towards a tunnel blasted through a rock outcrop, with the (?Fraser) River on the right. Exact location unidentified; Ruby creek is probably one of the many small creeks which run into the Fraser River.
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).
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[Rue Victor Hugo (?)], 1902-05
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307I/2
Scope and Contents
80 x 55 mm. Two sides of the street with debris piled between the houses.
Dates:
1902-05
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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[Rue Victor Hugo (?)], 1902-05
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307I/4
Scope and Contents
80 x 55 mm. View with bodies in the foreground.
Dates:
1902-05
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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[Rue Victor Hugo], 1902-05
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307I/13
Scope and Contents
80 x 55 mm.
Dates:
1902-05
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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Rue Victor Hugo, 1900
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307E/38
Scope and Contents
133 x 88 mm.
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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Rue Victor Hugo looking north, 1902
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307E/18
Scope and Contents
192 x 127 mm. A view showing ruined buildings and rubble in the Rue Victor Hugo.
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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Rue Victor Hugo looking north, 1902
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307E/19
Scope and Contents
203 x 152 mm. A view showing ruined buildings and rubble in the Rue Victor Hugo, with hills in the distance.
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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Rue Victor Hugo looking south, 1902
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307E/16
Scope and Contents
191 x 127 mm. A view looking along the Rue Victor Hugo showing ruined buildings and the street filled with rubble. See postcard No. 2 for a view of the street before the disaster.
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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Rue Victor Hugo looking south, 1902
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307E/17
Scope and Contents
203 x 152 mm. A view showing ruined buildings, rubble and volcanic ash in the Rue Victor Hugo.
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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[Ruined interior of large buildings], 1902-05
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307I/8
Scope and Contents
55 x 80 mm.
Dates:
1902-05
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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Ruins at Palenque - sculptured tablet with cross..., 1860 - 1869
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011A/52
Scope and Contents
334 x 215 mm. Palenque is in south Mexico.
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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[Ruins of Cathedral Tower], 1902-05
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307I/9
Scope and Contents
55 x 80 mm.
Dates:
1902-05
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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[Ruins of Cathedral Tower], 1902-05
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307I/12
Scope and Contents
55 x 80 mm.
Dates:
1902-05
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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[Ruins of Cathedral Tower], 1902-05
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307I/15
Scope and Contents
55 x 80 mm.
Dates:
1902-05
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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Ruins of Kingston Jamaica after the fire of 1882, 1882
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3073D/50
Scope and Contents
241 x 178 mm. A view looking over the gutted houses and commercial premises with the hills behind Kingston visible in the distance. The fire on Dec 11 1882 destroyed some 570 houses in the commercial district of Kingston, leaving 6000 homeless and causing damage estimated at £220,000. This was twenty years after a fire of 1862 had caused similar damage to the same area. See also
Dates:
1882
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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Ruins of Spanish Monestery [sic] Jamaica, 1912
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3073C/12
Scope and Contents
100 x 76 mm. Showing the crumbling outer walls of the old monastery at Miranda Hill, Montego Bay.
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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[Ruins of the Cathedral], 1902-05
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307I/7
Scope and Contents
55 x 80 mm.
Dates:
1902-05
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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[Ruins of the Cathedral], 1902-05
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307I/16
Scope and Contents
55 x 80 mm.
Dates:
1902-05
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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Running on the logs, 1909
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 15/3074
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate (landscape format).
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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[Rustico], 1950
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/19/326
Scope and Contents
72 x 64 mm. A building next to the sea, probably at Rustico.
Dates:
1950
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).