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North and Central America (continent)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 5483 Collections and/or Records:

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The village of Carbet, 1902

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307E/6
Scope and Contents

191 x 127 mm. A view from offshore showing the wrecked waterside village, with hills in the background. Mount Pelée can be seen in the far 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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The village of St Placide, 1908-07 - 1908-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 9/2051
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate (landscape format). On the Lake of Two Mountains.

Dates: 1908-07 - 1908-08
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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The war memorial, 1955

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30685A/9
Scope and Contents

130 x 80 mm. This cenotaph is constructed of rock with a steel cement base. It has three plaques which bear the names of the men who lost their lives in the two World Wars. The third plaque is made of bronze with an inscription which reads in part 'In memory of those who gave their lives and were members of the Armed Forces from the Loreburn district'. This cenotaph is situated in a corner of the school yard.

Dates: 1955
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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The waterfront looking north, 1902

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307E/13
Scope and Contents

191 x 127 mm. A general view looking along the waterfront, with the beach in the foreground and burnt-out buildings behind.

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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The waterfront looking south, 1902

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307E/14
Scope and Contents

203 x 152 mm. A view showing smoking ruins on the waterfront with the hills behind the city in the background.

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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The waterfront Promenade, 1902

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307E/12
Scope and Contents

191 x 127 mm. A view showing the burnt-out shells of buildings on the waterfront. For a view of the waterfront before the eruption of Mount Pelée see Y307A/63-66.

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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The Welland Canal, 1908-09

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 11/2419
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate (landscape format). From Niagara Street Bridge, St. Catharines.

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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The Western Main and the Armada of 1588, 1908 - 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 259/4/16
Scope and Contents

10 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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The whaling steamers, 1908-09

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 11/2480
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate (landscape format). Note swivel guns. 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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The Whaling Steamers, 1908-09

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 11/2481
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate (landscape format). Note swivel guns. 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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The Wharf, Bridgetown, Barbados, 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3072C/1
Scope and Contents

239 x 191 mm. View showing waterfront buildings lining the Careenage at Bridgetown. At the extreme left of the print are the premises of Da Costa and Co., one of the oldest established firms in Barbados. Originally trading as Barrow and Dummett, the business was bought by David Da Costa in 1868. Next to Da Costa and Co. is the Harbourmaster's Office.

Dates: 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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The Whirlpool and Spanish Railway, Niagara, 1918

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/1/79
Scope and Contents

75 x 50 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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The Whirlpool, Niagara. 30/6/18, 1918-06-30

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/1/62
Scope and Contents

75 x 50 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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The widest part of Lake of Two Mountains, 1908-07 - 1908-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 9/2057
Scope and Contents

Landscape format. On the St Lawrence about 15 miles wide.

Dates: 1908-07 - 1908-08
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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The widest part of Lake of Two Mountains, 1908-07 - 1908-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 9/2056
Scope and Contents

Landscape format. On the St Lawrence about 15 miles wide.

Dates: 1908-07 - 1908-08
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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The Windward Islands, 1908 - 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 259/4/5
Scope and Contents

Probably the draft of an historical article or chapter in Davis's projected book.

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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The Windward Islands, 1907 - 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 259/2/37
Scope and Contents

Probably the draft of an historical article or chapter in Davis's projected book.

Dates: 1907 - 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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The Windward Islands Constitutional Conference in London Ends, 1966-04

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/COI/A/630
Scope and Contents

163 x 155 mm. Mr. Frederick Lee, Secretary of State for the Colonies, signs the joint agreement issued at the closing ceremony of the Windward Islands Conference in London.

Dates: 1966-04
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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The Windward side Saba, 1400 ft above sea level, 1879 - 1913

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307G/39
Scope and Contents

186 x 224 mm. A view showing a settlement, with a steep mountain beyond, on the island of Saba in the Netherlands Antilles (Dutch West Indies) north-west of Saint Kitts. The peak seen here is the extinct volcano which is all that the island consists of.

Dates: 1879 - 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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The Yoho Glacier, 1919

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062Q/80
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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The Yoho Valley from the Railway, 1919

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062Q/72
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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Their Excellencies taken up the gorge, 1901

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062S/62
Scope and Contents

150 x 95 mm. The caption continues: 'Escorted by Indians in their canoes.' Possibly taken during the visit by Auckland Geddes featured in Y3062S/61.

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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Their majesties touring Canada 1939 - Scene nr Mt Robson, 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011DDD(LS)/5
Scope and Contents

A coloured slide showing King George VI and Queen Elizabeth waving from an observation car of their train during their Canadian tour. At the bottom of the slide is written 'THE TIMES Photograph'.

Dates: 1939
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

'These tremendous years'

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062S
Scope and Contents Photographs, most measuring approximately 195 x 145 mm or 150 x 95 mm, which were originally housed in an album presented by Chapman to King George V and Queen Mary during the 1930s. They have been disbound for conservation reasons. Many of the photographs are stamped on the reverse with Chapman's official stamp. Not all are his own work, however. Some photographs are captioned on the reverse, but many are not, and some scenes and individuals remain unidentified. Uncaptioned prints have...
Dates: 1890 - 1939
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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This familiar sight along the Jamaican countryside shows the effect of the lethal yellowing disease which devastated the coconut industry in the 1970s. The Jamaica Tall as a commercially viable variety of coconut was completely wiped out, 1959 - 1982

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3073E/20
Scope and Contents

250 x 200 mm. Daily News photograph by Charles Kinkead.

Dates: 1959 - 1982
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).