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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 486 Collections and/or Records:

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Saiwash Indians, 1908-09 - 1908-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 12/2594
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate. Returning from work, and in their camp on the Coldstream Estate. Note cut up apples drying on strings over fire for winter use.

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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Saiwash Indians, 1908-09 - 1908-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 12/2595
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate. Returning from work, and in their camp on the Coldstream Estate. Note cut up apples drying on strings over fire for winter use.

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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Saiwash Indians, 1908-09 - 1908-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 12/2596
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate. Returning from work, and in their camp on the Coldstream Estate. Note cut up apples drying on strings over fire for winter use.

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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Saiwash Indians, 1908-09 - 1908-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 12/2597
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate. Returning from work, and in their camp on the Coldstream Estate. Note cut up apples drying on strings over fire for winter use.

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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Salmon Fishing near Vancouver, 1919

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062Q/103
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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Salmon in cannery, 1890 - 1920

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062S/46
Scope and Contents

130 x 85 mm. A view of full vats of fish inside a salmon cannery.

Dates: 1890 - 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).
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Salmon Industry, Vancouver Island, B.C. Can., 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30695A/10
Scope and Contents

247 x 196 mm. Showing a large crate of newly caught salmon on board a fishing boat.

Dates: 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).
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Salmon River Gravel cut looking west, 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3069B/7
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245 x 192 mm. A view showing the line curving downhill along a steep gravel cutting with mountains in the distance. In the foreground railroad workers pose for the photographers in front of a locomotive and flatcars. Exact location unknown, probably taken near Salmon Arm looking towards Granite Peak.

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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Settlers clearing in the Forest, B.C, 1910 - 1930

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011DDD(LS)/45
Scope and Contents

A coloured slide showing cabins in a forest clearing.

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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Ship leaving Ocean Dock, 1908-10-25

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 13/2661
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate (landscape format). From the Outer Harbour, Victoria, B.C. Note also small passenger steamer for local service. In the front is the Winona, H.P. Simpsons motor yacht: note people on beach Oct. 25th.

Dates: 1908-10-25
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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Sicamous, B.C., 1919

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062Q/91
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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Side view of Trestle, Sailor Bar Bluff, 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3069B/15
Scope and Contents

245 x 192 mm. A view looking along the line showing the wooden trestle-work which carried the track round steep granite cliffs beside the Fraser River. Sailor Bar Bluff lies about 15 miles south of Hellgate Rapid.

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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Sinking foundation for piers of steel bridge, 1908-09 - 1908-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 12/2615
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate. Over False Creek, Vancouver, joining the main city to Mount Pleasant. Notice the air escaping from the surface of the water as fresh air is pumped in from above through the air pipe. Five men are at work beneath the water.

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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Sir A. and Lady Geddes, 1922

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062S/121
Scope and Contents

130 x 78 mm. Auckland Geddes served as British Ambassador to the United States.

Dates: 1922
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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Sir A. and Lady Geddes, in Victoria, B.C., 1922

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062S/61
Scope and Contents

140 x 85 mm. Auckland Geddes served as British Ambassador to the United States.

Dates: 1922
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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Sir Austen, Lady Chamberlaine and family, 1928-10-29

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062S/74
Scope and Contents

100 x 150 mm.

Dates: 1928-10-29
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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Sir Esme and Lady Howard, at Victoria, B.C., 1927

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062S/85
Scope and Contents

145 x 95 mm.

Dates: 1927
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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[Sir John Jellicoe], 1919

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062S/118
Scope and Contents

132 x 80 mm. This photograph may have been taken during the tour Jellicoe undertook in 1919 to advise on the creation of dominion navies.

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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[Sir John Jellicoe leaving the Royal Naval College Drawing Office], 1919

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062S/120
Scope and Contents

130 x 82 mm. This may be The Royal Naval College of Canada, which was relocated to the naval dockyard at Esquimalt, British Columbia, in 1918. The visit may form part of Jellicoe's tour in 1919 to advise on the creation of dominion navies.

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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Sir Percy Vincent, Lord Mayor of London, planting tree at Beach Hill Park, 1936-08-19

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062S/66-68
Scope and Contents

150 x 75 mm.

Dates: 1936-08-19
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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Skiing in Alberta, 1950 - 1967

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062E/187
Scope and Contents

Showing three skiers in the foreground with Mount Assiniboine beyond.

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).
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Skiing in Alberta , 1950 - 1967

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3062E/188
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: A collection of loose photographs of Canada, mostly measuring 240 x 190 mm. Most prints are mounted on card with typed captions.The collection has been broken down into geographical locations thus:1-18 Newfoundland19-23 Prince Edward Island24-25 Nova Scotia26-45 New Brunswick46-61 Quebec62-110 Ontario111-140 Manitoba141-166 Saskatchewan167-206 Alberta207-230 British Columbia231-236 General...
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).
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Slocan Station, 1908-09 - 1908-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 12/2566
Scope and Contents

A few miles beyond previous view.

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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Small iron bridge, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 13/2707
Scope and Contents

On line east of 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).
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Smeltery at Nelson, B.C., 1908-09 - 1908-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 12/2557
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Quarter-plate (landscape format). Seen across Lake Kootenay. Above the smeltery to the left a wide straight road seems to have been cut through the fir trees : this is the track of an aerial tramway going 9 miles to the Silver King Copper Mine, and bringing ore thence to the smeltery.

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).