Sri Lanka (nation)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 1242 Collections and/or Records:
Item
Surf boats, 1886
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y303P/14
Scope and Contents
274x212mm.
Dates:
1886
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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Tabebuia rosea, beautiful flowering tree, 1890 - 1899
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y303E/139
Scope and Contents
92 x 128 mm.
Dates:
1890 - 1899
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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Talagala Rubber Est; Ceylon, 1910 - 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/399
Scope and Contents
Inspection of a rubber tree on the estate.
Dates:
1910 - 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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Talipot palm, 1870 - 1879
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022G/14
Scope and Contents
195 x 247 mm. Captioned on negative ‘Corypha umbraculifera’. Photograph by Scowen & Co.
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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Talipot Palm Avenue in the Royal Botanic Gardens, Peradeniya, Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka], 1920 - 1929
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC India/135
Scope and Contents
The postcard is addressed to Mrs Roma Detwold (or Detmold). It contains a brief note and is signed 'GW' or 'GD'.
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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Talipot Palm Avenue, Peradeniya, 1907
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 1/87
Scope and Contents
Half-plate. (Mr Willis, the Director in foreground). [John Christopher Willis (1868-1958), Senior Assistant in Botany, Glasgow University 1894-1896; Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Peradeniya 1896-1911; Director of the Botanic Gardens, Rio de Janeiro 1912-1915; author of various botanical publications].
Dates:
1907
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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Talipot palm in flower, Ceylon, 1870 - 1900
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302A/16
Scope and Contents
212 x 266 mm. View from a hillside looking out over a valley, with a flowering talipot palm in the foreground. Exact location unknown. Photographer unknown, either Scowen & Co. or W.L.H. Skeen & Co.
Dates:
1870 - 1900
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).
File
Talipot palm shelter, 1984
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 365/5/20
Scope and Contents
508 x 381 mm. watercolour. It illustrates a rough talipot palm hut, which often was the only shelter enjoyed by pioneer tea and coffee planters before a more comfortable hut or log cabin could be built.
Dates:
1984
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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Tamil, 1886
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y303P/23
Scope and Contents
94x140mm.
Dates:
1886
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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Tamil, 1870 - 1879
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022G/19
Scope and Contents
92 x 137 mm. Full length studio portrait of a woman.
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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Tamil, 1870 - 1879
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022G/20
Scope and Contents
91 x 144 mm. Full length studio portrait of a bearded Cinghalese wearing a ‘skirt’ of patterned cloth and a circular hat of woven straw. Photograph by Scowen & Co.
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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Tamil, 1870 - 1879
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022G/29
Scope and Contents
90 x 138 mm. Half length seated studio portrait of a Tamil woman. Photograph by Scowen & Co.
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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Tamil children, 1886
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y303P/19
Scope and Contents
131x95mm.
Dates:
1886
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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Tamil children, 1870 - 1879
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022G/32
Scope and Contents
130 x 96 mm. Group portrait. Photograph by Scowen & Co.
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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Tamil funeral procession, Kandy, 1907
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 1/107
Scope and Contents
Quarter- plate.
Dates:
1907
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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[Tamil girl, Sri Lanka], 1880 - 1889
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302B/56
Scope and Contents
214 x 267 mm. Three quarter length portrait of a Tamil girl running her fingers through her hair. Photograph by W.H.L Skeen and Co.
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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Tamil woman grinding rice in a stone mortar outside a house near Kandy, 1907
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 1/80
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate. Negative useless. [No print].
Dates:
1907
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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Tamil woman picking Arabian coffee, 1880 - 1920
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y303E/83
Scope and Contents
136 x 202 mm.
Dates:
1880 - 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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Tamils, 1886
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y303P/22
Scope and Contents
96x142mm.
Dates:
1886
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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Tapping para rubber trees 60 ft high, 1890 - 1920
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y303E/176
Scope and Contents
110 x 152 mm.
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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Tea and rubber estate factory, 1900
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 365/4/9
Scope and Contents
285 x 235 mm.
Dates:
1900
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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Tea and rubber estate, two year old rubber clearing, 1880 - 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 365/4/5
Scope and Contents
285 x 235 mm.
Dates:
1880 - 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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Tea and rubber estate, two year old rubber clearing, factory, 1900
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 365/4/10
Scope and Contents
285 x 235 mm.
Dates:
1900
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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Tea at the wharf, ready for shipment, 1880 - 1920
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y303E/24
Scope and Contents
278 x 211 mm. Showing crates of tea being loaded onto a crane on the wharf at Colombo, with lighters and other shipping at anchor in the harbour beyond.
Dates:
1880 - 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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Tea Bushes, 1880 - 1920
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y303E/1
Scope and Contents
210 x 179 mm. Showing a spray from a tea plant, with ripe blossoms, buds and leaves.
Dates:
1880 - 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).