India (nation)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 7965 Collections and/or Records:
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[Portrait of Prince of Wales]
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 7/80
Scope and Contents
Full length close up of Prince of Wales standing by a tree with a cigarette in his hand.
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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Post Office, 1880 - 1889
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022L/74
Scope and Contents
246x194mm. View from the south side of Dalhousie Square looking across the Tank towards the Post Office on the west side.
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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Postcards, 1870 - 1950
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 365/3
Scope and Contents
A collection of colour and black and white postcards reproduced by Weatherstone to illustrate his two books on the history of the tea industry.
Dates:
1870 - 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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Weatherstone Collection
Sub-Series
[Postcards of India], 1920 - 1929
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC India/1-144
Scope and Contents
Monochrome postcards. The geographical locations of the cards, together with their publishers, breakdown thus:1-9 Calcutta (various anonymous publishers)10-57 Agra (K. Lall and Co.)58-59 Benares (also known as Varanasi - Saeed Bros.)60-75 Lucknow (Omaid Singh and Sons)76-91 Delhi (Lal Chand and Sons, Dariba, Delhi)92-123 Lahore and Amritsar (Punjab Religious Book Society, Lahore)124-129 Burma130-135 Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) coloured (Plate and...
Dates:
1920 - 1929
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-Series
[Postcards of India], 1900 - 1904
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC India/145-162
Scope and Contents
Miscellaneous monochrome postcards of India. The majority of the photographers and publishers are unknown.
Dates:
1900 - 1904
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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Prabhu Narayan Singh, Maharaja Sir (1855-1931), 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022O/163
Scope and Contents
124 x 173 mm. Maharaja of Benares (U.P.) 1889-1931. Full length standing portrait.
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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Pranamayam
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 26/3
Scope and Contents
From the File:
Contains prints 90 x 130 mm (unless otherwise stated), mounted in an album. The first eight show ritual positions and ceremonies, and descriptive letterpress is inserted opposite each. QM 26/9-QM 26/14 show scenes by the Ganges.
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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Pratap Mahendra Bahadur, Raja Sir 1911, 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022O/178
Scope and Contents
90 x 129 mm. Raja of Dhenkanal (Bengal) 1906-. Half length portrait.
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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Pratap Narayan Singh, Maharaja Sir (1855-1906), 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022O/160
Scope and Contents
121 x 173 mm. Maharaja of Ajodhya c 1875-1906. Half length seated portrait.
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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Pratap Singh, Maharaja Sir (1854-1930)., 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022O/59
Scope and Contents
127 x 172 mm. Maharaja of Orcha 1874-1930. Full length standing portrait.
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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Pratap Singh, Major General Maharaja Sir (1845-1922), 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022O/28
Scope and Contents
115 x 173 mm. Three quarter length standing portrait.
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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Pratap Singh, Major General Maharaja Sir (1850-1925), 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022O/13
Scope and Contents
117 x 171 mm. Maharaja of Kashmir 1885-1925. Full length standing portrait.
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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Pratap Singh, Rana, 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022O/43
Scope and Contents
121 x 173 mm. Rana of Ali-Rajpur 1891-. Head and shoulders portrait.
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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Pratap Singhji, Thakur Sahib, 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022O/98
Scope and Contents
124 x 166 mm. Thakur Sahib of Lathi 1911-. Three quarter length standing portrait.
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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Pratap Villas palace at night, 1937-11
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/14/86
Scope and Contents
152 x 103 mm. The photograph is signed 'M. Parekh'.
Dates:
1937-11
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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Prayer wheels and Votive Poles, 1908-01 - 1908-02
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 4/521
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate. At the Llama Monastery - the linen on the tall masts is covered with carving.
Dates:
1908-01 - 1908-02
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).
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[Premises of Bathgate & Co., Old Court House Street], 1918
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022AA/49
Scope and Contents
282x197mm. View from the roadway of the premises of Bathgate & Co., chemists, at 17-19 Old Court House Street. The shop is a single storey building, with attached Corinthian columns and a covered porch running from the entrance to the street. The firm was established in Calcutta in 1811 and in the later years of the century was also a photographic supplier, (Massey p.60).
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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[Premises of Cooke & Kelvey, Old Court House Street], 1918
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022AA/50
Scope and Contents
287x203mm. Showing the single storey premises of Cooke &Kelvey, jewellers, at 20 Old Court House Street next to Bathgate & Co., with two motor cars parked in the roadway in front of the building. The shop is of plain stone with an ironwork porch running from the entrance to the roadway. The horizontal roofline is broken by a clock above the main entrance set to the right of centre. The date of construction is unknown, but the building was already standing when the firm moved into it...
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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[Premises of Federico Peliti, Government Place East], 1918
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022AA/53
Scope and Contents
286x230mm. View from Government Place of the tea rooms and restaurant of Federico Peliti, a two storey building at 11 Government Place East, with much decorative ironwork and a covered porch leading from the main entrance to the street. Federico Peliti came to India from Italy in 1870 as Chief Confectioner to the Viceroy, Lord Mayo. After Mayo's assassination in 1872 Peliti went into business on his own account, with premises at 11 Esplanade Row. He moved into the buildings seen here in...
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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(Premises of Francis, Harrison, Hathaway & Co., Government Place East], 1918
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022AA/54
Scope and Contents
295x223mm. View from the street showing the new premises of the furnishers and drapers Francis, Harrison, Hathaway & Co. The building, whose Government Place facade is decorated with four Roman Ionic columns supporting two open-bed pediments and with two small domes on the roof, also housed the offices of The Times of India. The building is on the same site as the firm's old premises, and was probably erected at about the same time as Esplanade Mansions, which can be seen in the...
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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[Premises of G.F. Kellner & Co., Wine Merchants, 32 Chowringhee Road], 1918
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022BB/29
Scope and Contents
284x209mm. Showing the Chowringhee Road premises of G.F. Kellner, a handsome two storey building erected on the site of a house damaged in the earthquake of 1897. The business was founded c.1857 and later became proprietors of and caterers to refreshment rooms and dining cars on several Indian railways, (Massey p.106).
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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[Premises of Hall and Anderson, Department Store, junction of Chowringhee Road and Park Street], 1918
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022BB/28
Scope and Contents
285x192mm. View from Chowringhee Road looking S., with the premises of Hall and Anderson at the junction with Park Street. The store is a two storey brick building and was, according to Massey, the first shop to be built in this area, completed about 1911. It was erected on the site of the godown of a French liquor agent named Dollet. The firm of Hall and Anderson was founded in 1891, (Massey p.109).
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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[Premises of Hamilton & Co., 8 Old Court House Street], 1918
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022AA/42
Scope and Contents
292x241mm. View from the street of the imposing facade of the jewellers Hamilton & Co., a three storey white building, with pedimented windows separated by Ionic pilasters, and with much decorative ironwork on the verandah and covered entrance. The firm was founded in 1808 and run by the Remfrey family from 1835-1900. It became a limited company in 1919. As one of the premier jewellers in Calcutta, Hamilton's were responsible in the early years of the19th century for the auctioning of...
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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[Premises of John Dewar & Sons, Ltd., 12 Hare Street], 1918
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022AA/20
Scope and Contents
288x195mm. Head-on view from the street of the flat-roofed, single storey premises of John Dewar & Sons, Ltd., the whisky distillers. Previously the building had been occupied by Old Moore's Investment Rooms, (Massey p.82). Photographer unknown, probably Johnston and Hoffman.
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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[Premises of Lawrence & Mayo, Old Court House Street], 1918
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022AA/48
Scope and Contents
295x208mm. View from the street showing the frontage of Lawrence & Mayo, opticians, with a horse and carriage parked in the roadway. The graceful single storey building has a raised verandah with an entablature resting on eight Corinthian columns. The iron railings of the verandah have lifebuoys hanging from them announcing the firm's position as 'marine opticians', with the firm's trademark in the centre (an unidentified bird, presumably an eagle, grasping a large pair of spectacles)....
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).