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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 486 Collections and/or Records:

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On the road to Penticton, 1908-09 - 1908-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 12/2582
Scope and Contents From the File: The album now contains photographs numbered in the range 2500-2660 (originally there were 157). Numbers not used are: 2532, 2553, 2630 and 2649; missing: 2512, 2527, 2528, 2624 and 2634. Subjects covered in this album are: Newfoundland: Bell Island (Mines) and Portugal Cove; Grand Falls: paper mills, Humber River and Great Rabbit Lake. Canada (general): Esquimaux dog at North Sydney; Truro; Fredericton; train journey west: Hosmer, Fernie, Moyie; Lake Kootenay, B.C.; Nelson:...
Dates: 1908-09 - 1908-10
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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On the road to Penticton, 1908-09 - 1908-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 12/2583
Scope and Contents

Approaching storm.

Dates: 1908-09 - 1908-10
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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On the Trail, 1919

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062Q/112
Scope and Contents

Coloured, 100 x 150 mm. by Carl Rungins.

Dates: 1919
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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One of boats of the Beaver, 1908-09 - 1908-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 12/2629
Scope and Contents

One of the first ships to round Cape Horn, Stanley Park.

Dates: 1908-09 - 1908-10
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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Orchard of Ben Davis apples, 1908-09 - 1908-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 12/2600
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate. On the Coldstream Estate.

Dates: 1908-09 - 1908-10
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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Orchard of Ben Davis apples, 1908-09 - 1908-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 12/2601
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate. On the Coldstream Estate.

Dates: 1908-09 - 1908-10
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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Orchard of Ben Davis’s apples on the Coldstream Estate, Okanagan Valley, 1908-09 - 1908-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 10/5/2600
Scope and Contents

350 x 250 mm.

Dates: 1908-09 - 1908-10
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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Orchard Tunnel, 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3069A/17
Scope and Contents

245 x 192 mm. A view looking along the line towards a tunnel blasted through a rock outcrop that projects into the river or lake at the left of the print. Exact location unidentified, possibly on Kamloops Lake.

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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Ox teams and freight wagons at Yale, 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3069A/14
Scope and Contents

245 x 192 mm. A view showing two covered wagons, each drawn by a team of ten oxen with their drivers standing beside the wagons. In the background the houses of Yale can be partially seen, with a sheer, rocky hillside beyond.

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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Packing apples, 1908-09 - 1908-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 12/2587
Scope and Contents

At Kelowna.

Dates: 1908-09 - 1908-10
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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Parsons Peak, 1908-08 - 1908-09

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 10/2185
Scope and Contents

From shore of Summit Lake.

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).
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Passenger steamer, 1908-09 - 1908-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 12/2589
Scope and Contents

Landscape format. On Lake Okanagan, nearing Okanagan Landing.

Dates: 1908-09 - 1908-10
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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Path on opposite side of valley from which 2205 was taken, 1908-08 - 1908-09

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 10/2206
Scope and Contents From the File: The album now contains photographs numbered in the range 2176-2336 (originally there were 163). Added numbers are: 2214A, 2214B and 2306A; not used: 2242; missing: 2184, 2217 and 2227. Subjects covered in the album are: Canada: mountain scenes in Kootenay district; British Columbia: Saddleback Mountain, Moraine Lake, Emerald Lake, Summit Lake, Yoho Valley, Wapta Glacier, Illecilliwaet Glacier; Edmonton: agricultural scenes in area, Clover Bar farms and school; Fort...
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).
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Peachland : on Okanagan Lake, 1908-09 - 1908-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 12/2585
Scope and Contents

Landscape format.

Dates: 1908-09 - 1908-10
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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Peachland : on Okanagan Lake, 1908-09 - 1908-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 12/2584
Scope and Contents From the File: The album now contains photographs numbered in the range 2500-2660 (originally there were 157). Numbers not used are: 2532, 2553, 2630 and 2649; missing: 2512, 2527, 2528, 2624 and 2634. Subjects covered in this album are: Newfoundland: Bell Island (Mines) and Portugal Cove; Grand Falls: paper mills, Humber River and Great Rabbit Lake. Canada (general): Esquimaux dog at North Sydney; Truro; Fredericton; train journey west: Hosmer, Fernie, Moyie; Lake Kootenay, B.C.; Nelson:...
Dates: 1908-09 - 1908-10
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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[Peeling potatoes by the Edmonton, Dunvegan and British Columbia railway], 1910 - 1930

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011DDD(LS)/43
Scope and Contents

Annotated 'Greene'.

Dates: 1910 - 1930
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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Penticton, B.C., 1919

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062Q/109
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: A limp-bound book, number 36 of a numbered edition of 100, containing photogravure plates and coloured illustrations by various artists. Each page is preceded by a sheet containing the title and description; in most cases only the title is given in the typescript catalogue. Unless otherwise stated, the illustrations are full-page sepia photogravure, approximately 225 x 175 mm; the half-page coloured illustrations are c.125 x 85 mm.The title page reads 'His Royal Highness the Prince...
Dates: 1919
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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[People queuing before the British Columbia Parliament], 1919

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062S/117
Scope and Contents

150 x 100 mm. This photograph probably relates to the visit of the Prince of Wales to Victoria in Oct. 1919.

Dates: 1919
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

Photographs of Vancouver Island, British Columbia c.1912

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30695A
Scope and Contents

A collection of loose prints measuring approximately 250 x 200 mm., with pencilled captions on the reverse of the prints.

Dates: 1912
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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Photographs of Victoria and British Columbia, 1890 - 1939

 Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062S/39-202
Scope and Contents

Many of these images were taken by Chapman in his role as official photographer, chronicling the visits of the British Royal Family and other distinguished individuals to Victoria.

Dates: 1890 - 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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Piermont, Sidney Pitt Esqs residence, 1908-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 13/2679
Scope and Contents

Victoria.

Dates: 1908-10
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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Pinehurst : Dr G.L. Milnes house off Dallas Road, 1908-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 13/2665
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate (landscape format). Dr Milne is Dominion Immigration Officer.

Dates: 1908-10
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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Place where the engine left the track above Keefers, 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3069A/6
Scope and Contents

245 x 192 mm. A view looking down from the line along the drop into the Fraser River. This is presumably the accident described by Pierre Berton: 'An unexpected slide near Keefers Station was struck by a train with such impact that the locomotive became detached. It hurled over a 250-foot embankment, did a full somersault, and landed upright at the river's edge. The fireman and engineer climbed out, unhurt' (Berton, 1971 p. 192).

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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Planting tree at Beacon Hill Park, 1920 - 1936

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062S/79
Scope and Contents

140 x 85 mm.

Dates: 1920 - 1936
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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Pleasure craft at Kitsilano, Vancouver, British Columbia , 1950 - 1967

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062E/228
Scope and Contents

Showing small boats at anchor.

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).