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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 7965 Collections and/or Records:

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Snake charmers

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 6/249
Scope and Contents From the File: Contains prints varying in size from approximately 50 x 80 mm to 290 x 249 mm. Captions are handwritten by the Prince of Wales. This records the visit to India of the Prince of Wales (later King George V) and Princess Mary. The front cover is embossed with India 1905-6. Locations depicted include Bombay, Indore, Udaipur, Jaipur, Bikaner, Gajner, Lahore, Peshawar, Rawalpindi, Delhi, Agra, Gwalior, Lucknow, Calcutta, Burma, Madras, Hyderabad and Mysore. There are prints of the arrival of...
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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[Snake charmers] - Delhi, Sunday morning, 1936 - 1938

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/12/38
Scope and Contents

130 x 85 mm. Two snake charmers playing bamboo flutes. There is a cobra on a blanket before one of them, and a smaller snake on the ground before the other.

Dates: 1936 - 1938
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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[Snake charmers] - Delhi, Sunday Morning, 1936 - 1938

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/12/39
Scope and Contents

125 x 80 mm. A snake charmer playing a bamboo flute. There is a cobra on a blanket before him.

Dates: 1936 - 1938
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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Snake charmers [three] 15180, 1850 - 1879

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022A/147
Scope and Contents

200 x 250 mm.

Dates: 1850 - 1879
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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[Snake charming] - Delhi, Sunday morning, 1936 - 1938

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/12/41
Scope and Contents

105 x 85 mm. A view of a cobra on a blanket, presumably as the snake charmer (not visible) plays his bamboo flute.

Dates: 1936 - 1938
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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Snow capped cedars, snowy range in the distance, 1860 - 1869

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022I/72
Scope and Contents

242 x 287 mm. Part of the ‘Simla in winter series’. Photograph by Bourne, no. 1774.

Dates: 1860 - 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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Snow scene, 1902 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022Q/109
Scope and Contents From the Series:

An album, labelled on the spine, containing prints of various sizes. The numbering is sequenced from 1 to 131, but 101 is omitted. 14 of these prints are loose (118-131) , and are kept in a separate envelope in the album. Some of the prints are good quality professional work. Some of the photographs are captioned in ink; in other cases the titles have been derived from duplicate copies in Davies' other Indian album or from other photographs of the same scenes.

Dates: 1902 - 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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Snow scene in the Neela Pass, 1866

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022C/33
Scope and Contents 297 x 237 mm. View showing a snow-filled section of the steep-sided pass, ‘Skirting the edge of the [Buspa] glacier for a short distance I began to ascend the Neela Pass, but had not proceeded more than a mile and a half when I found myself surrounded by such wonderful scenes of ice and snow that I decided to halt for the night (unfavourable as such a place was for encampment) to get some views next day, clouds and mist now obscuring the view. It was bitterly cold, the snow and sleet beat in...
Dates: 1866
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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Snow scene near cave of Amarnath about 12, 000 ft June (Porter in foreground), 1902 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022Q/82
Scope and Contents From the Series:

An album, labelled on the spine, containing prints of various sizes. The numbering is sequenced from 1 to 131, but 101 is omitted. 14 of these prints are loose (118-131) , and are kept in a separate envelope in the album. Some of the prints are good quality professional work. Some of the photographs are captioned in ink; in other cases the titles have been derived from duplicate copies in Davies' other Indian album or from other photographs of the same scenes.

Dates: 1902 - 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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Snowy peaks near Gangootri [Gangotri], from Bhairamghati [Bhagirathi], 1866

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022I/65
Scope and Contents

285 x 237 mm. View looking past conifers along the densely wooded valley towards distant peaks. Photograph by Bourne, no. 1537.

Dates: 1866
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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Solarium at night, 1937-11

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/14/89
Scope and Contents

153 x 102 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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Solon, 1879 - 1880

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022NN/25
Scope and Contents

201 x 159 mm. View showing an unidentified European couple standing with Indian servants on the verandah of a bungalow at Solon, 14 miles S.S.W. of Simla.

Dates: 1879 - 1880
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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Some of the band and drums out, Khudding, 1933

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302M/25
Scope and Contents

78 x 53 mm.

Dates: 1933
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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Some of the noted Indian cattle, 1933

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302M/149
Scope and Contents

105 x 58 mm.

Dates: 1933
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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Some of the old temples, 1906-02-19 - 1906-02-22

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 8/197
Scope and Contents From the File: Contains prints. This appears to have been an official record of the Royal Tour. Each page has a heading for the place and date and most photographs are captioned, probably by a professional calligrapher. The Prince of Wales Feathers are on the cover and 'The Royal Tour of India 1905-1906' on the spine. Locations and periods covered are: Bombay, 9 November- 14 November, 1905; Udaipur, 18 November - 29 November, 1905; Jaipur, 21 November-23 November, 1905; Lahore, 28 November-1...
Dates: 1906-02-19 - 1906-02-22
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).
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Some of the sculptures found at Sarnath, 1908-01 - 1908-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 4/571
Scope and Contents

Half-plate (landscape format).

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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Sonamarg, 1941 - 1944

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/13/54
Scope and Contents

135 x 85 mm. A view of the stony plain, sloping hills and snow covered mountains in the distance.

Dates: 1941 - 1944
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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Sonamarg [Mountains], 1941 - 1944

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/13/47
Scope and Contents

140 x 85 mm.

Dates: 1941 - 1944
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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Sonamarg [Mountains], 1941 - 1944

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/13/48
Scope and Contents

135 x 85 mm. Showing the mountains in the background and felled or fallen trees in the foreground.

Dates: 1941 - 1944
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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Sonamarg [Mountains], 1941 - 1944

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/13/49
Scope and Contents

60 x 100 mm.

Dates: 1941 - 1944
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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Sonamarg [Mountains], 1941 - 1944

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/13/50
Scope and Contents

100 x 95 mm. A view of a camp set up at the base of the mountains.

Dates: 1941 - 1944
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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Sonamarg [Mountains], 1941 - 1944

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/13/51
Scope and Contents

60 x 105 mm.

Dates: 1941 - 1944
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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Sonamarg Post Office, 1941 - 1944

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/13/55
Scope and Contents

135 x 90 mm. A view of a man stood beside his horse, leaning against a wooden post. There are a few stone buildings behind him.

Dates: 1941 - 1944
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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Sonamarg Road, 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/19/41
Scope and Contents

52 x 42 mm. Five Indians walking along the road, with hills visible in the background.

Dates: 1939
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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Sonamarg Road, 1939

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/19/42
Scope and Contents

53 x 51 mm. A view of the road running by a river, with a rider visible to the right and hills in the background.

Dates: 1939
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).