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North and Central America (continent)

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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 5483 Collections and/or Records:

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Sheep, Western Canada, 1919

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062Q/122
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: A limp-bound book, number 36 of a numbered edition of 100, containing photogravure plates and coloured illustrations by various artists. Each page is preceded by a sheet containing the title and description; in most cases only the title is given in the typescript catalogue. Unless otherwise stated, the illustrations are full-page sepia photogravure, approximately 225 x 175 mm; the half-page coloured illustrations are c.125 x 85 mm.The title page reads 'His Royal Highness the Prince...
Dates: 1919
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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Shellcamp Dam, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 15/3073
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate (landscape format). Pushing logs through the sluice.

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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Shellcamp River, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 15/3068
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate. Logs coming through the sluice seen in the distance.

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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[Shellcamp River], 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 15/3069
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate. Same point as in 3068 but looking in opposite direction. Showing logs floating down to Mistake Lake.

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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Shellcamp River, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 15/3070
Scope and Contents

Logs coming down from the dam through the sluice seen in distance.

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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Sherbrooke Street, Montreal, 1897 - 1904

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062C/3
Scope and Contents

240 x 192 mm. A view looking along Sherbrooke Street with numerous pony-traps on the roadway.

Dates: 1897 - 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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Ship ?, 1971-05

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham BB/5
Scope and Contents From the File:

Contains slides showing scenes in the house and gardens of John Ewart Marnham's residence just outside Castries. They include slides of the very attractive views from the garden and a series of aerial views taken at varying heights in May 1972. This section concludes with photographs of members of the domestic staff taken just before Marnham left St Lucia (dated Oct 72 nos 18-25). Slides have been renumbered but arrangement in the file remains as per the original typescript catalogue.

Dates: 1971-05
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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Ship leaving Ocean Dock, 1908-10-25

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 13/2661
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate (landscape format). From the Outer Harbour, Victoria, B.C. Note also small passenger steamer for local service. In the front is the Winona, H.P. Simpsons motor yacht: note people on beach Oct. 25th.

Dates: 1908-10-25
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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Shipping cassaia flour from Trelawny wharf, Ja., B.W.I. 15.10.11, 1911-10-15

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3073B/13
Scope and Contents

160 x 115 mm. Showing labourers unloading sacks of flour from a lorry, supervised by a foreman and two pith-helmeted Europeans. The writing on the sacks has been painted on by hand.

Dates: 1911-10-15
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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Shirley Street, looking West, 1890 - 1895

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3071A/8
Scope and Contents

229 x 174 mm. A view looking along Shirley Street with a West Indian horse and cart approaching the camera. The office of the ‘Nassau Times’ can be seen at the right of the picture and the dome of the library beyond that. Shirley Street runs parallel to Bay 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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Shocked oats and standing wheat, 1908-08 - 1908-09

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 10/2259
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate (landscape format). On Stephens farm, Clover Bar District.

Dates: 1908-08 - 1908-09
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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Shocked Red Fife Wheat, 1908-08 - 1908-09

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 10/2260
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate (landscape format). On Otterwells Farm, Clover Bar District.

Dates: 1908-08 - 1908-09
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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Short - eared owl (plate XXIII), 1876

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062H/23
Scope and Contents

104 x 139 mm.

Dates: 1876
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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Short political history of Barbados, 1908 - 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 259/4/25
Scope and Contents

Newspaper cuttings.

Dates: 1908 - 1915
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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Short tales of Barbados, No. XI (article on Colonel Consett), 1908 - 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 259/1/14
Scope and Contents

2 sheets.

Dates: 1908 - 1915
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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Shoving logs to the sluice, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 15/3065
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate. At Shellcamp Dam, Kings County, Nova Scotia.

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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Showing offices on left, of 'United Fruit Co', Belize [i.e. Belize City], B. Hon. [i.e. British Honduras] [signed] Avery, 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3078B/32
Scope and Contents

139 x 88 mm. A postcard (original photograph) by Avery looking across the Belize River to the 'United Fruit Co' buildings; with boats in the foreground.

Dates: 1911
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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Showing two young boy scouts building a camp fire., 1950 - 1967

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062E/107
Scope and Contents

Boy Scouts at Pitman's Bay, Miskoko, Ontario

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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Sicamous, B.C., 1919

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062Q/91
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: A limp-bound book, number 36 of a numbered edition of 100, containing photogravure plates and coloured illustrations by various artists. Each page is preceded by a sheet containing the title and description; in most cases only the title is given in the typescript catalogue. Unless otherwise stated, the illustrations are full-page sepia photogravure, approximately 225 x 175 mm; the half-page coloured illustrations are c.125 x 85 mm.The title page reads 'His Royal Highness the Prince...
Dates: 1919
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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[Side view of lions], 1913

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3064B/1
Scope and Contents

Taken from the left.

Dates: 1913
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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Side view of Trestle, Sailor Bar Bluff, 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3069B/15
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245 x 192 mm. A view looking along the line showing the wooden trestle-work which carried the track round steep granite cliffs beside the Fraser River. Sailor Bar Bluff lies about 15 miles south of Hellgate Rapid.

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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Signal Hill, 1908-09

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 11/2483
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate (landscape format). And entrance to St. John's Harbour.

Dates: 1908-09
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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Signal Hill, St John’s, 1907 - 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3061E/3
Scope and Contents

Seen from South Side, just before Fort Amherst. Fishing stages and shack, ice in water. Cabot Tower visible on Signal Hill.

Dates: 1907 - 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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Signal Hill St John’s, Cabot Tower visible, 1902 - 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3061E/96
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: An album of photographs, with some loose insertions, including an annotated map of 'St. John's N.F, 1905', relating to Newfoundland 1902-1912. Most are 100 x 80 mm., but in many cases only part is visible owing to the size and shape of the frame through which they are seen.The collection was studied by Professor Maurice and Mrs Shirley Scarlett in 1985; their information is embodied in the captions to nos. 3, 5-17, 30-51, 53, 55-56, 67, 69, 71, 74-75, 80, 82, 86, 90, 92-93, 95-101,...
Dates: 1902 - 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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Signal Peak camp, Wawona, 11/10, 1918-10-11

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/1/212
Scope and Contents

40 x 60 mm. A view of a man posing amidst the supplies and trappings of a camp. Signal Peak may now be known as Devil Peak.

Dates: 1918-10-11
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).