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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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Tower of the main building, University of the West Indies, Cave Hill campus, 1933 - 1971

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/9/2/3
Scope and Contents

80 x 110 mm.

Dates: 1933 - 1971
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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Town and Citadel of Quebec, 1870

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062B/6
Scope and Contents

230 x 176 mm A view looking across the St Lawrence towards the town and Citadel of Quebec, with shipping at anchor in the river. A photograph taken from the Grand Trunk Railway Depot, Point Levis, probably in 1870. In the foreground railway lines run down to wharves beside the terminal.

Dates: 1870
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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Town and harbour of St George [i.e. Saint George's], Grenada, 1890 - 1893

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30771A/20
Scope and Contents

317 x 231 mm. A view showing the entrance to St George's Harbour from the south-east, with the roadstead in the middle-ground of the picture and Fort St George and the town beyond. In the foreground are the grounds of the Botanical Gardens, created in 1886.

Dates: 1890 - 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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Town of Carbonear, terminus of Shore Line, 84 miles from City, 1899 - 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3061A/25
Scope and Contents

201 x 151 mm A view looking over the town and harbour of Carbonear which lies on the west side of Conception Bay on the Avalon Peninsula.

Dates: 1899 - 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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Town of Falmouth, North Coast, Jamaica, 1879 - 1886

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3073D/58
Scope and Contents

238 x 186 mm. A view looking out over the town.

Dates: 1879 - 1886
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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Town of Flin Flan, 1950 - 1967

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062E/122
Scope and Contents

Flin Flan, a mining town 390 miles northwest of Winnipeg.

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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Town of Paris, Ontario, 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062D/10
Scope and Contents

140 x 85mm. A view looking along the Grand River towards the town of Paris.

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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Town of St John's from the Sea [i.e. Saint Johns, Antigua], 1879 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307G/22
Scope and Contents

187 x 126 mm. A view looking towards the harbour and town of Saint Johns Antigua, with the cathedral visible in the distance. The title is taken from the pencilled caption on the back of the print.

Dates: 1879 - 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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Town of St John's [i.e. Saint Johns, Antigua], 1879 - 1913

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307G/23
Scope and Contents

187 x 126 mm. A view looking over the town of Saint Johns with the cathedral on the skyline. The title is taken from the pencilled caption on the back of the print.

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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Town Shot, showing Breakwater, Bonavista, Newfoundland , 1950 - 1967

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062E/7
Scope and Contents

A view looking across fields towards the town of Bonavista with the bay and breakwater beyond.

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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Tracing of 'Map of fortified places, Barbados', by John Trail, 1746, 1908 - 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 259/6/17
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: 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: 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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Tracts 1640- 61, 1908 - 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 259/14/19
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: 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: 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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[?Traditional healer], 1890 - 1936

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062S/52
Scope and Contents

60 x 105 mm. Image of a First Nations man holding what appear to be two dolls.

Dates: 1890 - 1936
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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Trafalgar square, Bridgetown - Barbados, 1933 - 1971

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304Q/9/2/1
Scope and Contents

110 x 80 mm.

Dates: 1933 - 1971
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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Trail B. Laurentide Inn, 1948

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/19/129
Scope and Contents

128 x 80 mm. Two skiers in the snow. The image is part of a postcard inscribed 'Trail B. Laurentide Inn. Ste Agathe des Monts. P.Q. Canada. 3'.

Dates: 1948
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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Train coming into Montpelier Station, 1900 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3073B/4
Scope and Contents

153 x 103 mm. Showing Jamaicans standing beside the line, with a train approaching in the distance. Photograph by Dr. Sinclair.

Dates: 1900 - 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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Train in Snow, 1869

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062B/13
Scope and Contents

192 x 115 mm. Showing four engines, the leader fitted with a snowplough, moving through a thick bank of snow. Print signed ‘A. Henderson’. ‘Towards C.N.’, (National Archives of Canada, 1972), identified the train as a Grand Trunk Railway locomotive near Quebec in February 1869.

Dates: 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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Transcription of 'The Relacion of Collonell Doyley upon his return from Jamaica' ( Rawlinson MS A 347), 1908 - 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 259/2/41
Scope and Contents

6 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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Transportation, 1665-1667, 1907 - 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 259/3/1
Scope and Contents

7 sheets.

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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Transportation to the West Indies, 1908 - 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 259/6/20
Scope and Contents

6 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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Trap shooting. Columbus Univ., 1918-07-11

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/3/104
Scope and Contents

44 x 68 mm. Men at rifle practice.

Dates: 1918-07-11
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).
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Trappers and dogs, Foster Lake, Saskatchewan , 1950 - 1967

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062E/163
Scope and Contents

Showing a team of dogs pulling a sled over snow-covered ground.

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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Trawler fishing on the great Bank of Newfoundland , 1950 - 1967

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062E/12
Scope and Contents

A view looking over the side of a trawler and showing fishermen hauling in nets loaded with fish.

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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[Tree], 1951

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/20/260
Scope and Contents

80 x 105 mm. Showing a tall lone tree in the snow.

Dates: 1951
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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[Tree], Barbe Rousse, 1948-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/20/37
Scope and Contents

140 x 80 mm.

Dates: 1948-02
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).