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China (nation)

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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 785 Collections and/or Records:

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Same stream with cow [near Tai-wo-shi, New Territory], 1909-01 - 1909-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 20/4534
Scope and Contents

Half-plate (landscape format). [Same view with cow being led to drink at the far side].

Dates: 1909-01 - 1909-02
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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Sampans at Aberdeen, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 19/4434
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate (landscape format). Hong Kong Island.

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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Sandeman, Grant, Fagg [Fogg ?], Wales, [14 illegible names], Gô-Pé, May 25.93, fine, F16[?], 8'', 1893-05-25

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30377H/41
Scope and Contents Showing four Europeans and fourteen Chinese men. All are identified beneath the photograph but the text is now very hard to read. Three of the Europeans were missionaries: Dr Grant, Rev. T.E. Sandeman, at Amoy 1892-1896, and George Wales. Wales left a stockbroker's office in 1890 to become a lay evangelist. Until 1893 he was at Chuan-Chow, moving to Amoy (Xiamen) where he remained until retiring in 1927. He was ordained in 1898 and his business training made him a valuable Secretary and...
Dates: 1893-05-25
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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Sang Kam Bay, 1908-11 - 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 17/4013
Scope and Contents

Landscape format. In the yellow sea on way up to Wei Hai Wei - near Yung Ching promantory.

Dates: 1908-11 - 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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Saw away; a long way to go! Tradesman at work, 1949

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3038E/24
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: A series of thirty-two photographs taken by Douglas Moore in 1949, depicting views and aspects of the lives and conditions of the inhabitants of Hong Kong. The photographs were printed and mounted for an exhibition at the North Staffordshire Polytechnic in the 1980s. The average size of each print (inner mount measurement) is 290 mm x 360 mm. The photographs are each individually captioned on the reverse and are accompanied by Mr Moore’s introductory caption for the exhibition:Hong...
Dates: 1949
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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Sawing timber, 1908-11

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 17/4041
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate.

Dates: 1908-11
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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Sawing timber by main street, 1908-11

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 17/4040
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate (landscape format). Port Edward: this timber has all been brought from the Galu.

Dates: 1908-11
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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Scene at Shau Kiwan, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 19/4451
Scope and Contents

Landscape format. In foreground note timbers for making masts. [A misty scene].

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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Scene in street: market day, 1908-11

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 17/4053
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate (landscape format).

Dates: 1908-11
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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[Scene looking across headland to sea], 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30382A/2
Scope and Contents

With buildings in foreground. Probably Port Edward.

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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Selling paper money in Mienchie [?] market, 1937

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 19/8
Scope and Contents From the File:

A collection of captioned glass negatives illustrating the CMS's work, many dated 1937.

Dates: 1937
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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Servants at Mienchow Mission House, Western China mission, 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 32/35
Scope and Contents From the Sub-Series:

82 x 82 mm. glass slides with brief, largely undated captions.

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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Shanghai, 1870 - 1920

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302A/93
Scope and Contents

254 x 193 mm. View looking along an unidentified street in the Chinese quarter of Shanghai.

Dates: 1870 - 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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Shanghai, 1909-01 - 1909-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 20/4561
Scope and Contents

Landscape format. [Scene on the river].

Dates: 1909-01 - 1909-02
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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Shanghai, 1909-01 - 1909-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 20/4562
Scope and Contents

Landscape format. [Scene on the river].

Dates: 1909-01 - 1909-02
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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Shanghai, 1909-01 - 1909-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 20/4563
Scope and Contents

Landscape format. [Scene on the river].

Dates: 1909-01 - 1909-02
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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Shanghai, 1909-01 - 1909-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 20/4564
Scope and Contents

Landscape format. [Scene on the river].

Dates: 1909-01 - 1909-02
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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Shanghai, 1909-01 - 1909-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 20/4565
Scope and Contents

Note wheelbarrow men waiting. [Street scene].

Dates: 1909-01 - 1909-02
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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Shanghai, 1908-11 - 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 17/4008
Scope and Contents

Landscape format.

Dates: 1908-11 - 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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Shanghai : a wheelbarrow, 1909-01 - 1909-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 20/4558
Scope and Contents From the File: The album now contains photographs numbered in the range 4477-4567 (originally there were 85). Added numbers are: 4541A and 4542A; not used: 4484, 4492, 4503, 4508, 4513, 4515, 4549 and 4550; missing: 4483, 4488, 4490, 4498, 4518, 4522, 4523, 4529, 4535, 4536 and 4542. The photographs are not arranged totally in numerical order within the album so that 4541A and 4542A follow 4520. Subjects covered in the album are: China: Canton; Hong Kong: general and harbour, Kowloon,...
Dates: 1909-01 - 1909-02
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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Shanghai Bund foreshore [1890s], 1890 - 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30377C/16
Scope and Contents

281 x 220 mm. View looking north along the Shanghai Bund from the bank of River Whangpoo. The clock tower of the Customs House can be seen above the trees lining the Bund in the left middleground.

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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Shanghai Bund looking north. Shanghai Club in foreground [1890s], 1890 - 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30377C/15
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274 x 205 mm. View looking along the Bund, with the clock tower of the Customs House visible in the distance. The building in the immediate foreground is unidentified; the Shanghai Club is the next one along. All that can be seen of the building is the projecting central portion above the entrance, topped by a pediment.

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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Shanghai Cathedral [1890s], 1890 - 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30377C/77
Scope and Contents

207 x 273 mm. View looking towards the east end of the Cathedral, with the tower and spire at the north east corner. Photograph by Sze Yuen Ming & 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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Shanghai Racecourse, circa 1870

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30377E
Scope and Contents

Albumen prints mounted on card and measuring approximately 275 x 200 mm. Photographer unknown.

Dates: 1870
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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Shanghai Railway Station, 1890 - 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30377C/24
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281 x 217 mm. View looking along the platform towards the brick built station, with passengers about to board a train. Although various railway schemes had been proposed from as far back as the 1860s, it was not until the end of 1895 that the Imperial authorities agreed to the building of a line between Shanghai and Soochow. The twelve miles from Shanghai to Woosung was opened for traffic in 1898.

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).