North and Central America (continent)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 5483 Collections and/or Records:
Item
[Bison with calves], 1903
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309993C(LS)/116
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
A collection of glass lantern slides, 82 x 82 mm, mostly of Samoa, taken by John Snowden Smithson. Smithson visited Samoa on holiday and presumably the remaining slides (5 of them unidentified, 13 of Yosemite National Park and 10 of Ceylon), together with a map, date from the same period. None of the slides are captioned, but the first 91 slides have numbers on their left hand corners, running from 20/10 to 30/9, with a few gaps, and presumably represent the sequence in which the...
Dates:
1903
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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[Bison with calves], 1903
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y309993C(LS)/117
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
A collection of glass lantern slides, 82 x 82 mm, mostly of Samoa, taken by John Snowden Smithson. Smithson visited Samoa on holiday and presumably the remaining slides (5 of them unidentified, 13 of Yosemite National Park and 10 of Ceylon), together with a map, date from the same period. None of the slides are captioned, but the first 91 slides have numbers on their left hand corners, running from 20/10 to 30/9, with a few gaps, and presumably represent the sequence in which the...
Dates:
1903
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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Black Bay, Plymouth, 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302K/136
Scope and Contents
130 x 80 mm. postcard.
Dates:
1949
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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Black Canyon Tunnel No 2, 1885
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3069B/10
Scope and Contents
245 x 191 mm. A view showing the line entering a tunnel carved through the rocky hillside, with timber and unused rails lying beside the track. The Black Canyon lies on the Fraser River just south of Hellgate on one of the most difficult sections of the line.
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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Black River, 1880 - 1889
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307A/22
Scope and Contents
217 x 135 mm. A view looking along a street in Black River with a bridge in the background. Shops line the road (with ‘The Model Grocery’ in the foreground) with Jamaicans sitting or standing on the verandahs. The town of Black River is on the south west coast of Jamaica where the Black River reaches the coast.
Dates:
1880 - 1889
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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[?Blackfoot man], 1890 - 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062S/44
Scope and Contents
85 x 135 mm. Showing a standing man holding a walking stick before him. He wears a hat and layered robe.
Dates:
1890 - 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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[Bloodhound, 64 foot yawl, runner up in class A, Blue Water Classic 1852], 1952
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011XX/62
Scope and Contents
125 x 205 mm. The caption on the reverse reads: 'Largest of the six British entries and runner-up in class A: M. D. N. Wyatt's 64 foot yawl Bloodhound. Blue Water Classic 1952 No. 4)
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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Blue Hole, Port Antonio, 1900 - 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3073B/29
Scope and Contents
228 x 177 mm. A view looking down on an enclosed stretch of water with palm trees in the foreground and two cabins on the small island in the centre of the photograph.
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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Blue Mountain Peak (7,335 ft), 1887
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3073G/10
Scope and Contents
178 x 228 mm.
Dates:
1887
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
/
Picturesque Jamaica
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Bluff East of Tunnel No 6, Hope, 1885
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3069A/15
Scope and Contents
245 x 192 mm. A view looking along the line, with a sheer granite cliff to the left of the track. On the line itself four railwaymen pose for the camera on and beside a trolley. Hope lies on the Fraser River (glimpsed at the right of the photograph) south of Yale.
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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Bluffs three miles above Yale, 1885
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3069A/11
Scope and Contents
245 x 193 mm. A view looking along the line which curves around a large granite outcrop with the Fraser River to the right of the track. Photograph probably taken near Sailors' Bar.
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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Bo-water's Newfoundland Pulp and Paper Mills Ltd., Corner Brook , 1950 - 1967
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062E/15
Scope and Contents
A view looking across the factory buildings to the town of Corner Brook beyond, with the sea at the right of the picture.
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
/
Photographs of Canada
File
Bodleian notes, 1908 - 1915
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 259/14/12
Scope and Contents
Bibliographical notes and references to literature of possible interest.
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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Bog Walk, 1900 - 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3073B/18
Scope and Contents
231 x 178 mm. Showing a horse and buggy driving along a country road beside the Rio Cobre, with forest on either side.
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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Bog Walk, Sp. Town, 1880 - 1889
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307H/18
Scope and Contents
217x133mm. View looking along the gorge at Bog Walk in the opposite direction to Y307H/15.
Dates:
1880 - 1889
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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Bog Walk, Spanish Town, 1880 - 1889
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307H/15
Scope and Contents
219x133mm. View looking along the wooded gorge of the Rio Cobre, with the road running alongside. Bog Walk is near Spanish Town, the name being a corruption of boca de agua (water's mouth).
Dates:
1880 - 1889
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).
Item
Boiling the sap to get the maple syrup, near Joliette, 1909
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 14/2835
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate.
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).
Item
Boiling the sap to get the maple syrup, near Joliette, 1909
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 14/2836
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate.
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).
Item
Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland, 1950 - 1967
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062E/6
Scope and Contents
Bonavista Bay, Newfoundland.
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
/
Photographs of Canada
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Booby Peak. Grand Cany[on], 1918
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/3/112
Scope and Contents
48 x 68 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).
Fonds
Boosé Scrapbooks
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011YY
Scope and Contents
A collection of scrapbooks containing press cuttings, correspondance, photographs, tickets, invitations, menus and programmes.
Dates:
1912 - 1922
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Boots at Cobalt, 1909
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 15/3181
Scope and Contents
From the File:
The album now contains photographs numbered in the range 3012-3188 (originally there were 159). Added numbers are: 3164A, 3165A; spoiled: 3143-3149; not used: 3022, 3024, 3046-3048, 3094, 3097, 3129, 3133, 3139, 3140, 3153 and 3182; missing: 3172. Subjects covered in this album are:Canada: Royal Canadian Regiment Halifax; Halifax; Lunenberg; Bridgewater; Springfield; Muscauna Lake; Frog Lake; Shellcamp: lumbering; copy of photographs of natural gas explosion, Sarnie, 1902;...
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).
Item
Boston Tech, 1918-05
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/3/98
Scope and Contents
75 x 52 mm.
Dates:
1918-05
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).
Item
Boston Tech, 28/6/18, 1918-06-28
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/1/60
Scope and Contents
75 x 50 mm. A view of the building, with 'Archimedes' clearly visible in the stonework.
Dates:
1918-06-28
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).
Item
Botanic Garden, Castleton, 1887
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3073G/22
Scope and Contents
178 x 228 mm.
Dates:
1887
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
/
Picturesque Jamaica