North and Central America (continent)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 5483 Collections and/or Records:
Item
Dumping on the 'La Rose' Mine, Cobalt, 1909
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 16/3191
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate. The mined rock is brought in small cars from the bottom of the shaft ; the car is put on what is called a hoist and brought to the surface : then it is run out along rails and emptied as in these views. The rock... [lost by water stain] 'concentrates' the waste removed, and the finer 'silver' ... reduced to a size that permits shipment.
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
Dunn’s River, St Ann’s, 1879 - 1886
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3073D/47
Scope and Contents
234 x 183 mm. A view showing cascades on Dunn’s River in St Ann’s Parish, with jungle vegetation on the banks.
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).
Item
Durham Shorthorns, near Rosthern, 1908-08 - 1908-09
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 10/2299
Scope and Contents
Landscape format.
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).
Item
Durham Shorthorns, near Rosthern, 1908-08 - 1908-09
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 10/2300
Scope and Contents
Landscape format.
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).
Item
During coronation days of King George V, Belize [i.e. Belize City]. 22.6.11, 1911-06-22
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3078B/31
Scope and Contents
137 x 87 mm. A postcard (original photograph) by Avery showing crowds of school children and others on the lawn of Government House, with a marching band entering the foreground of the picture. Government House looks on to the Belize City waterfront which can be seen in the background.
Dates:
1911-06-22
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
Dwellings of the poor in St John's, Antigua, 1915
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011J/24
Scope and Contents
77 x 105 mm. Close up view of a wooden hut, with a man standing in front of the doorway.
Dates:
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).
Item
Dwellings of the poor in St John's [i.e. Saint Johns], Antigua, 1915
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011J/23
Scope and Contents
103 x 78 mm. Showing small wooden hits in St John's.
Dates:
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).
Fonds
E.A. Gay collection on Grenada
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30771A
Scope and Contents
Prints showing a variety of scenes in town and country. They are listed in manuscript on a sheet of paper inserted at the front of the album and these descriptions have been transcribed as found.
Dates:
1890 - 1893
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
Item
Eagle Pass Landing, 1885
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3069B/1
Scope and Contents
245 x 192 mm. A view showing the settlement of Eagle Pass Landing, a gathering of wooden cabins and tents on the shores of Lake Shuswap. Here were the homes of the railway navvies who completed the last miles of track from the western end of the line, up the Gold Range towards the meeting place of Craigellachie. Eagle Pass landing later became the town of Sicamous.
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).
Item
Earl of Home in Montreal, 1956-05-23
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 389/12/1
Scope and Contents
245 x 195 mm black and white photograph showing Home signing a visitor’s book, flanked by Smedley and Mayor Jean Drapeau.
Dates:
1956-05-23
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).
File
Early photographs, 1917 - 1920
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/1
Scope and Contents
Photographs from 5 Squadron R.F.C., France, 1917; the British Aviation Mission, U.S.A., 1918; the R.A.F. School of Navigation, Andover, 1919; and the Cape Flight, January-March 1920.
Dates:
1917 - 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).
Item
East and west of Albert Canyon, 1909
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 13/2720
Scope and Contents
From the File:
The album now contains photographs numbered in the range 2661-2834 (originally there were 165). Added numbers are: 2785A and 2807A; not used: 2680, 2681, 2699, 2701, 2702 and 2782; missing 2714, 2785A and 2812. The photographs are not arranged totally in numerical order within the album so that 2785A follows after 2785. Subjects covered in this album are: Canada: Victoria: typical houses, harbour scenes; Esquimalt Dockyard; cattle near Edmonton; train journey: Revelstoke,...
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
East and west of Albert Canyon, 1909
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 13/2721
Scope and Contents
From the File:
The album now contains photographs numbered in the range 2661-2834 (originally there were 165). Added numbers are: 2785A and 2807A; not used: 2680, 2681, 2699, 2701, 2702 and 2782; missing 2714, 2785A and 2812. The photographs are not arranged totally in numerical order within the album so that 2785A follows after 2785. Subjects covered in this album are: Canada: Victoria: typical houses, harbour scenes; Esquimalt Dockyard; cattle near Edmonton; train journey: Revelstoke,...
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
East and west of Albert Canyon, 1909
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 13/2722
Scope and Contents
From the File:
The album now contains photographs numbered in the range 2661-2834 (originally there were 165). Added numbers are: 2785A and 2807A; not used: 2680, 2681, 2699, 2701, 2702 and 2782; missing 2714, 2785A and 2812. The photographs are not arranged totally in numerical order within the album so that 2785A follows after 2785. Subjects covered in this album are: Canada: Victoria: typical houses, harbour scenes; Esquimalt Dockyard; cattle near Edmonton; train journey: Revelstoke,...
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
East and west of Albert Canyon, 1909
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 13/2723
Scope and Contents
From the File:
The album now contains photographs numbered in the range 2661-2834 (originally there were 165). Added numbers are: 2785A and 2807A; not used: 2680, 2681, 2699, 2701, 2702 and 2782; missing 2714, 2785A and 2812. The photographs are not arranged totally in numerical order within the album so that 2785A follows after 2785. Subjects covered in this album are: Canada: Victoria: typical houses, harbour scenes; Esquimalt Dockyard; cattle near Edmonton; train journey: Revelstoke,...
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
East and west of Albert Canyon, 1909
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 13/2724
Scope and Contents
From the File:
The album now contains photographs numbered in the range 2661-2834 (originally there were 165). Added numbers are: 2785A and 2807A; not used: 2680, 2681, 2699, 2701, 2702 and 2782; missing 2714, 2785A and 2812. The photographs are not arranged totally in numerical order within the album so that 2785A follows after 2785. Subjects covered in this album are: Canada: Victoria: typical houses, harbour scenes; Esquimalt Dockyard; cattle near Edmonton; train journey: Revelstoke,...
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
East and west of Albert Canyon, 1909
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 13/2725
Scope and Contents
From the File:
The album now contains photographs numbered in the range 2661-2834 (originally there were 165). Added numbers are: 2785A and 2807A; not used: 2680, 2681, 2699, 2701, 2702 and 2782; missing 2714, 2785A and 2812. The photographs are not arranged totally in numerical order within the album so that 2785A follows after 2785. Subjects covered in this album are: Canada: Victoria: typical houses, harbour scenes; Esquimalt Dockyard; cattle near Edmonton; train journey: Revelstoke,...
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
East and west of Albert Canyon, 1909
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 13/2726
Scope and Contents
Landscape format.
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
East Caribbean Federation Conference Opens in London, 1962-05
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/COI/A/182
Scope and Contents
157 x 203 mm. Mr. Reginald Maudling, Britain’s Secretary of State for the Colonies, speaking at the opening session of the East Caribbean Federation Conference at Marlborough House, London.
Dates:
1962-05
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
East Indian in Trinidad, B.W.I [i.e. British West Indies], 1900 - 1909
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011W/3
Scope and Contents
79 x 135 mm. Full length portrait of an Indian man standing in front of a tree. West India Committee photograph.
Dates:
1900 - 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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
/
Portraits, circa 1900s
Item
East of Twin Battle, 1909
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 13/2713
Scope and Contents
From the File:
The album now contains photographs numbered in the range 2661-2834 (originally there were 165). Added numbers are: 2785A and 2807A; not used: 2680, 2681, 2699, 2701, 2702 and 2782; missing 2714, 2785A and 2812. The photographs are not arranged totally in numerical order within the album so that 2785A follows after 2785. Subjects covered in this album are: Canada: Victoria: typical houses, harbour scenes; Esquimalt Dockyard; cattle near Edmonton; train journey: Revelstoke,...
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
Edith Cavell area, Jasper National Park, Alberta , 1950 - 1967
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062E/179
Scope and Contents
Showing two skiers with mountains peaks in the background.
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
Item
Edmonton, 1908-08 - 1908-09
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 10/2247
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate (landscape format). (From top of Dowler Hill on the East Side of the Saskatchewan River).
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).
Item
Edmonton is a striking example of western progressiveness, 1910 - 1912
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y306861A/4
Scope and Contents
166 x 116 mm. A view showing the garden (with wicker chairs and folding table set out) of T.W. Lines, 466 Sixth Street and surrounding properties in a prosperous part of Edmonton.
Dates:
1910 - 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).
Item
Edmonton is the centre of Canada’s largest coal area, 87 mines are in operation (December 1912) in Edmonton Territory, 1910 - 1912
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y306861A/7
Scope and Contents
166 x 115 mm. An interesting industrial photograph showing mine buildings with power supplied by a steam engine standing in front.
Dates:
1910 - 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).