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Great Britain (island)

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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 912 Collections and/or Records:

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Ayr, Sept '22, 1922-09

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/4/114
Scope and Contents

65 x 45 mm

Dates: 1922-09
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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Back of aft 12 in turret and quarter deck : King Edward VII, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 21/5010
Scope and Contents From the File: The album now contains photographs numbered in the range 5002-5184 (originally there were 174). Added number is: 5157A; not used: 5039, 5059, 5076, 5077, 5080, 5092, 5112, 5140, 5146, 5176, 5179; missing: 5088. The photographs are not arranged totally in numerical order within the album so that 5079 follows 5091. Subjects covered in the album are: England: London; Portsmouth: naval scenes, ship building, dockyard, H.M.S. Victory, Dickens' birthplace; Isle of Wight; Salisbury....
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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Bangor - Suspension bridge and Menai Straits, from Anglesea [i.e. Anglesey], No. 1, 1868

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305K/80
Scope and Contents

The photograph is dated 1868 beneath the print.

Dates: 1868
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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Bangor - the Britannia Bridge, from Anglesea [i.e. Anglesey], 1868

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305K/81
Scope and Contents

The photograph is dated 1868 beneath the print, and the caption is numbered '752''.

Dates: 1868
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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Barge of American cotton bales (raw state) on the Leeds and Liverpool Canal at Blackburn, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 16/5287
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate (landscape format).

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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Barrack Clock [Shoeburyness], 1886

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3016A/53
Scope and Contents

130 x 166 mm. A view showing the barrack clocktower and entrance with a guard platoon at attention in front of it.

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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[Bathers], 1932

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/1/66
Scope and Contents

110 x 65 mm. Showing people relaxing by the side of an outdoor pool.

Dates: 1932
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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[Bathers], 1932

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 120/1/1/67
Scope and Contents

70 x 35 mm. Showing a man and two women swimming in the sea.

Dates: 1932
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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Battleship 'Hatsuse', 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011V/21
Scope and Contents

360 x 278 mm. View of the three funnelled battleship 'Hatsuse' under steam. The ship was presumably built in the Newcastle yards for the Japanese Navy. Photograph stamped 'Sir W.G. Armstrong, Whitworth and Co., Ltd.'

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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[Beach scene], 1880 - 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305K/137
Scope and Contents

150 x 100 mm. Showing a large number of people on a beach with white 'cliffs' (man-made?) and a built up area in the background. There are many bathing machines at the waters edge. Exact location unidentified.

Dates: 1880 - 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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Beaumaris Castle, Anglesea [i.e. Anglesey], Wales, 1868, 1868

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y305K/79
Scope and Contents From the Series:

A group of stereoscopic halves each measuring approximately 72 x 72 mm, showing general views of the architecture in the British Isles, Belgium and Paris.

Dates: 1868
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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Berth for building Dreadnoughts and gantry, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 16/5187
Scope and Contents

Half-plate (landscape format). [Different view of berth seen in 5186].

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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Birds-eye view, British Empire Exhibition, 1924

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089EE/1/4
Scope and Contents

Captioned 'Campbell Gray' in bottom right-hand corner.

Dates: 1924
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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Birthplace of Charles Dickens : Portsmouth, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 21/5090
Scope and Contents

Half-plate. [Showing man standing on pavement in front of house on which is painted Charles Dickens Birthplace: February 7th 1812].

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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Birthplace of Charles Dickens : Portsmouth, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 21/5091
Scope and Contents

Half-plate. [Showing man standing on pavement in front of house on which is painted Charles Dickens Birthplace: February 7th 1812].

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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Bishop's Palace, Wells

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/363
Scope and Contents

296 x 88 mm. A panoramic view looking across lawns towards the Bishop's Palace. Photograph presumably by Christy.

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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Blackburn : railway sidings and workmens houses : in the distance the Hollinshead Mill, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 16/5277
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate.

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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Blackburn : work women leaving Imperial Mill, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 16/5288
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate (landscape format).

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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Blackburn : work women leaving Imperial Mill, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 16/5289
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate (landscape format).

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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Blackburn : work women leaving Imperial Mill, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 16/5290
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate (landscape format).

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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Boats at Cowes : from pier, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 21/5026
Scope and Contents

Half-plate (landscape format). [Close up of anchored sailing boats].

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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Boats at Cowes : from pier, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 21/5027
Scope and Contents

Half-plate (landscape format). [Distant view of anchored sailing boats with steam boat in right foreground].

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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Bolton Castle from north, Wensleydale, 1890 - 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y304A/379
Scope and Contents

202 x 133 mm. A view looking across fields towards the ruins of Bolton Castle, with the fells of Wensleydale beyond. Photograph by James Valentine and Co.

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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Boulter's Loch, July 1923, 1923-07

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/4/164
Scope and Contents

105 x 70 mm.

Dates: 1923-07
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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Bows on view of T.S.S. Kedah shortly before launch, July 1927, 1927-07

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 9/1
Scope and Contents

202 x 143 mm. A view looking down the slipway at the Vickers Naval Construction Works at Barrow-in-Furness, with the T.S.S. Kedah resting on blocks just before the launch. The Kedah was built for the Straits Steamship Company for service between Penang and Singapore and was launched on July 16, 1927.

Dates: 1927-07
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).