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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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View in Kingston, Jamaica, with the Long Mt, Port Royal Hills and a glimpse of the Blue Mts., 1879 - 1886

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3073D/46
Scope and Contents

229 x 181 mm. A view showing a corner of the Parade Gardens at the left of the print with the churches and houses of Kingston beyond and mountains in the distance.

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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View in Roseau Valley, 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30745B/8
Scope and Contents

288 x 173mm. A view looking down into the Roseau Valley showing the lush and hilly scenery of the Dominica interior. The Roseau River can be seen on the valley floor.

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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View in Stann Creek [i.e. Dangriga], 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3078B/7
Scope and Contents

127 x 101 mm. Showing Honduran women posing for the camera on the bank of the river at Stann Creek.

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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View in the Parade Garden, Kingston, 1879 - 1886

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3073D/18
Scope and Contents

240 x 179 mm. A view showing a mixed European and Jamaican band posing for the camera in the Parade Garden Grounds. In the background stands the Coke Methodist Church.

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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View is from the same [west] end of Main St, 1955

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30685A/3
Scope and Contents

130 x 80 mm. Showing a small portion of the south side of the street.

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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View looking back across the base of the Asulkan Glacier., 1908-08 - 1908-09

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 10/2217
Scope and Contents

[No print]. Missing.

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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View looking back across the base of the Asulkan Glacier, 1908-08 - 1908-09

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 10/2218
Scope and Contents From the File: The album now contains photographs numbered in the range 2176-2336 (originally there were 163). Added numbers are: 2214A, 2214B and 2306A; not used: 2242; missing: 2184, 2217 and 2227. Subjects covered in the album are: Canada: mountain scenes in Kootenay district; British Columbia: Saddleback Mountain, Moraine Lake, Emerald Lake, Summit Lake, Yoho Valley, Wapta Glacier, Illecilliwaet Glacier; Edmonton: agricultural scenes in area, Clover Bar farms and school; Fort...
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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View looking down the St. John River, 1908-09 - 1908-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 12/2542
Scope and Contents

Half-plate (landscape format). Taken from same position as no. 2541.

Dates: 1908-09 - 1908-10
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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[View looking out across the bay ], 1951 - 1953

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011XX/80
Scope and Contents

A view looking towards the sea from a point overlooking an unnamed bay, with several aloe vera plants in the foreground and jagged coral rocks on the beach. Exact location unknown. The reverse of the print is stamped with 'Bermuda News Bureau'.

Dates: 1951 - 1953
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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View looking over Fredericton, New Brunswick, 1908-09 - 1908-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 12/2541
Scope and Contents

Half-plate (landscape format). Across the St. John River and I.C.R. Bridge, taken from roof of University of New Brunswick.

Dates: 1908-09 - 1908-10
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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View looking over Petty Harbour, 1908-09

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 11/2451
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate (landscape format). From above.

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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View looking towards the dam and saw mill, 1908-09 - 1908-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 12/2599
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate (landscape format).

Dates: 1908-09 - 1908-10
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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View looking up the Asulkan Glacier, 1908-08 - 1908-09

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 10/2219
Scope and Contents From the File: The album now contains photographs numbered in the range 2176-2336 (originally there were 163). Added numbers are: 2214A, 2214B and 2306A; not used: 2242; missing: 2184, 2217 and 2227. Subjects covered in the album are: Canada: mountain scenes in Kootenay district; British Columbia: Saddleback Mountain, Moraine Lake, Emerald Lake, Summit Lake, Yoho Valley, Wapta Glacier, Illecilliwaet Glacier; Edmonton: agricultural scenes in area, Clover Bar farms and school; Fort...
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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View near Kingston, 1900 - 1950

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

This is a reproduction of a sepia drawing by General Edward Frome, numbered 192, now missing from his collection of artwork, RCMS 40.

Dates: 1900 - 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).
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View near Salmon Arm, Shuswap, 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3069B/5
Scope and Contents

245 x 191 mm. A view showing the railway curving round a newly constructed embankment with felled timber beside the track and forest beyond. Two men can be seen on a railroad trolley at the left of the photograph. Salmon Arm lies at the southernmost corner of Lake Shuswap, about 20 miles south-west of the Sicamous Narrows.

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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[View of a ruin], 1951 - 1953

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011XX/83
Scope and Contents

A view of a ruin (possibly a British army fort), looking over the sea to another Island. Exact location unknown.

Dates: 1951 - 1953
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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View of Bow River from Banff, 1908-07 - 1908-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 9/2163
Scope and Contents

Half-plate (landscape format).

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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View of Bow River from Banff, 1908-07 - 1908-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 9/2164
Scope and Contents

Half-plate (landscape format).

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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View of Buildings at the Government Cinchona Plantations, [Bellevue, Blue Mountains] Jamaica, 1881

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3073D/1
Scope and Contents

242 x 182 mm. A view looking across a small valley towards the plantation bungalows. In the foreground are allotments of young plants protected by wooden fencing.

Dates: 1881
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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[View of burnt out building], 1911-01-15

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30681A/4
Scope and Contents

108 x 165 mm. Mounted. A view from the street showing a small section of the building the day after the fire covered with ice and icicles from the water used to fight the blaze.

Dates: 1911-01-15
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).
 Sub-Fonds

View of English Harbour, Antigua, 1952

 Sub-Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 240/24
Scope and Contents

A Christmas card from Barclays Bank (Dominion, Colonial and Overseas), 1952, depicting a view of English Harbour (now called Saint Johns), Antigua, from Great George Fort on Monk's Hill in 1830. There is an accompanying undated photograph of the same scene and a short note describing the card.

Dates: 1952
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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View of Fraser River showing tunnels 11, 12 and 13, 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3069B/14
Scope and Contents

245 x 192 mm. A view looking along the Fraser Canyon showing the railway to the left of the river piercing three large granite outcrops. The Cariboo Road is on the other side of the 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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View of Harbour, Bridgetown, 1900 - 1920

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3072D/2
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

Packet of '12 Real Photograph Snap-Shots' showing views of Barbados, British West Indies. The matt sepia photos measure 60 x 85mm each, and the captions are printed on the backs. Produced by Raphael Tuck and Sons ltd.

Dates: 1900 - 1920
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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View of house with verandah, 1902 - 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3061E/78
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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View of house with verandah, 1902 - 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3061E/79
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).