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India (nation)

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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 7962 Collections and/or Records:

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View of the ruins, 1860 - 1869

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022D/29
Scope and Contents 297 x 232 mm. View looking SW across the ruins of the city towards the Buland Darwazah (Gate of Victory), the S gateway into the mosque precinct (see QM 4/55). The view appears to be taken from the top of the Diwan-i-Khas or Private Audience Hall, and shows the Panch Mahal or Five Storey Palace (at left of print, with the open space of the 'Pachisi' court in front) and the domes of the Rajah Birbali's house (right background). Fatehpur Sikri did not remain the imperial capital for any great...
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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View of the snows, Darjeeling, 1870 - 1879

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022S/51
Scope and Contents

272 x 205 mm. (Oval print). View looking north from Darjeeling towards the Himalayas, with Kanchenjunga visible to the left of centre.

Dates: 1870 - 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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View of the Taj across the Jumna [Yamuna], 1902 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022R/225
Scope and Contents From the Series: An album, labelled on the spine, containing prints of various sizes. The prints are of two types; large professional photographs, chiefly of Benares, Delhi, and Agra, and smaller amateur prints. presumably by Davies, relating both to these places and to Kashmir - river and mountain scenes. These are chiefly on left hand pages, with professional photographs on the right, and are captioned. Towards the end of the album, after a series of Agra scenes, there is a group of interesting...
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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View of the Taj from the riverside, 1902 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022R/231
Scope and Contents From the Series: An album, labelled on the spine, containing prints of various sizes. The prints are of two types; large professional photographs, chiefly of Benares, Delhi, and Agra, and smaller amateur prints. presumably by Davies, relating both to these places and to Kashmir - river and mountain scenes. These are chiefly on left hand pages, with professional photographs on the right, and are captioned. Towards the end of the album, after a series of Agra scenes, there is a group of interesting...
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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View of the Taj Mahal from the main gateway, 1874

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 21/1/39
Scope and Contents

215 x 135 mm. (p. 311).

Dates: 1874
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 Turkish Gate and Entrance Gate of Imambara, Lucknow, 1920 - 1929

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC India/64
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series: 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).
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View on same rack railway up to Coonoor, 1907-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 2/256
Scope and Contents

Taken from front of train - engine behind.

Dates: 1907-12
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 on same railway up to Coonoor, 1907-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 2/254
Scope and Contents

Taken from front of train - engine behind.

Dates: 1907-12
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 on same route, 1907-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 2/251
Scope and Contents

[With Indians grouped at the side of the track].

Dates: 1907-12
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 on the Goomtee Gumti , Lucknow, 1880 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022L/45
Scope and Contents

274x208mm. View looking along the bank of the Gumti River at Lucknow, with boats loaded with wood moored in the foreground and a substantial two storey dwelling beyond.

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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View on top of the Tower of Victory, 1908-02 - 1908-03

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 6/919
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate. Showing one of the incised slabs, and in the disance the Tower of Fame.

Dates: 1908-02 - 1908-03
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 over the ‘Narbadda’ near Jabalpur, G.I.P.R., 1869, 1869

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022S/53
Scope and Contents

240 x 176 mm. General view of the railway bridge over the River Warbada near Jubulpur, a girder bridge resting on masonry spans.

Dates: 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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View, probably of the same courtyard [Y3022II/7], with fountains playing, and woman with a bowl on her head in the foreground, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022II/8
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: Collection of silver prints, originally in an album. No date or other details are known of the origin of the album. The photographs, of high quality, were taken by K.L. Syed, State Photographer, Palanpur, and show scenes in Udaipur, but there are no captions. Each print has a number preceded by 'V' on the back. Collections of photographs and published works have been used to caption these views of the complex of magnificent palaces and other buildings of and adjoining the Pichola lake,...
Dates: 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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View showing the corner of the Jessamine Tower, 1908-01 - 1908-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 4/647
Scope and Contents

And also Jehanghirs Throne, The Fort, Agra. Notice white Throne of Jester opposite the black throne of Jehanghir. The elephant fights were carried on in a ditch between the wall and the river, visible from the throne. (Fisher).

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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View taken in Northern Assam just where the Sanpo river enters India and becomes the Branmaputra, 1889 - 1901

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022V/110
Scope and Contents

110 x 80 mm.

Dates: 1889 - 1901
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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Views, 1895

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3029C/76-189
Scope and Contents

A series of prints showing views, mainly of Kalewa and steamers on the Chindwin, but with a few of India. The prints measure approximately 100 x 75 mm and are mostly uncaptioned. Many are of poor amateur quality.

Dates: 1895
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

Views at the Marble Rocks, Jubbulpoore [i.e. Jabalpur], 1860s

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022CC
Scope and Contents

A collection of loose prints mounted on stout card with handwritten captions beneath. The captions have been used as titles and have been recorded as found.

Dates: 1860 - 1869
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).
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Views from top of Rajabase Clock Tower, Bombay, 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 7/941
Scope and Contents

Half-plate (landscape format). Temple of Sri Babul Nath, Parsee Tower behind - Church Gate Station - B.B. and C.I. Rly. Administration offices - White statue of Lord Sandhurst, Governor of Bombay - Sir Richard Temple, white statue. (Fisher). (Looking north-west).

Dates: 1908
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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Views from top of Rajabase Clock Tower, Bombay, 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 7/942
Scope and Contents

Half-plate (landscape format). St Xavier's College - Cinematograph Tent - Parade Maidan - Gokul Das Tej Pal Hospital - The High Court - Angaman Islam School - General Post Office - Officer, Bombay Municipal Corporation - G.I.P. Railway Administration Offices. (Fisher). (Looking north-east) .

Dates: 1908
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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Views from top of Rajabase Clock Tower, Bombay, 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 7/943
Scope and Contents

Half-plate (landscape format). Cross Island - Works in connection with new Docks. (Fisher). (Looking east-north-east).

Dates: 1908
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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Views from top of Rajabase Clock Tower, Bombay, 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 7/944
Scope and Contents

Half-plate (landscape format). St thomas Cathedral - bombay Port Trust Offices - Butchers Island - Pumping engine of New Docks - Bombay Arsenal - Chief Signal Flagstaff - Bombay Customs - Bombay Central Press - Opium warehouses. (Fisher). (Looking east).

Dates: 1908
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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Views from top of Rajabase Clock Tower, Bombay, 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 7/945
Scope and Contents

Half-plate (landscape format). Opium warehouse - Uran Island - Govt. Dockyards Jetty - Fort - P. and O. boat - St Andrews Church - Govrnment Docks extend all along this line. (Fisher). (Looking south-east).

Dates: 1908
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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Views from top of Rajabase Clock Tower, Bombay, 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 7/946
Scope and Contents

Half-plate (landscape format). White boat, Royal India Marine - Sailors Home - Taj Mahal Hotel - Elphinstone College - The Crescent - Foundation Stone of Prince of Wales Western India Museum - Watsons Hotel. (Fisher). (Looking south-south-east).

Dates: 1908
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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Views from top of Rajabase Clock Tower, Bombay, 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 7/947
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate (landscape format). Taj Mahal Hotel - Secretariat of Govt. of Bombay - Bandstand Oval (Fisher). (Looking south).

Dates: 1908
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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Views from windows in the Kashmiri Bazaar, Agra of the procession of the Tazias, Moharam time, 1908-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 5/672
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate. Some of these turbans should be a warm green as in painting 682. (Fisher).

Dates: 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).