China (nation)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 788 Collections and/or Records:
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Lyee mun pass (mun = door or passage), 1909
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 19/4449
Scope and Contents
Landscape format. To left leads to Hong Kong Harbour: to right leads to open sea. Villages here are quarry villages - quarries being leased out - junks are fighting through against the tide.
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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Macao, 1880 - 1889
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30377A/12
Scope and Contents
270 x 209 mm. View looking north across the bay at Macao towards the Fort of San Francisco.
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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Macau, 1900 - 1910
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30383A/8
Scope and Contents
961 x 249 mm. A panoramic view, looking north, of the Portuguese Colony of Macau (also spelt Macao), at the mouth of the Pearl River delta, by an unknown photographer. By the mid-1700s Macau had become the main European trading post on the southern China coast; a position it held until the British took Hong Kong in 1841. During the second half of the nineteenth century it declined as Hong Kong expanded and larger ships favoured the deeper water harbours off Hong Kong. The photograph shows...
Dates:
1900 - 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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Main Street, 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3038E/21
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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Mainland of Weihaiwei from Linkungtau Island, 1908-11
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 17/4100
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate (landscape format). An Italian warship - the Vesuvio - in harbour. [Tiles roofs in the foreground].
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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[Manifesto issued by the General Chamber of Commerce, Shanghai], 1926
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/222
Scope and Contents
A photographic copy of a one page manifesto inspired by the May 30 Movement.
Dates:
1926
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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Mar. 14.95, 5pm, dull, F.11, counted 12, 1895-03-14
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30377H/51
Scope and Contents
Showing a European lady seated with a child on her lap.
Dates:
1895-03-14
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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Market day, 1908-11
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 17/4031
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate (landscape format). Port Edward: Wei hai wei: baskets of turnips, etc.
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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Market Day, 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3038E/26
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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Market Day at Fenglin, 1908-11
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 17/4079
Scope and Contents
Vermicelli: tobacco: wooden cane rakes.
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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Market Day at Fenglin village, 1908-11
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 17/4077
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate. Man smoking: note tobacco pouch hanging on the pipe: people sitting on sacks of grain.
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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Market Street in Tai-wo-shi in Taipo District, New Territory, 1909-01 - 1909-02
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 20/4529
Scope and Contents
[No print]. Missing.
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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Medical and nursing staff, Foochow [Fuzhou], 1900 - 1920
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 32/43
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
82 x 82 mm. glass slides with brief, largely undated captions.
Dates:
1900 - 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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Medley of traffic in Canton, 1908 - 1915
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/218
Scope and Contents
A view showing rickshaws and a motor car in a Canton street.
Dates:
1908 - 1915
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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Middle School, Amoy [i.e. Xiamen], Aug 29.96, 11am, sunny, F45, 1 sec, 1896-08-29
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30377H/74
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
Album of photographs recording Paton's missionary work in China. The photographs are captioned and have been numbered in pencil, but as there are several sequences, and these are not complete, fresh numbers have been given. Plates 68 to 78 show scenes taken in late August 1896 on Kulangsoo, the island south of Amoy (also known as Xiamen). The institutional work of the Amoy mission was centred here as it was found to be healthier than Amoy itself.There are three missing...
Dates:
1896-08-29
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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Mienchow Church interior, 1900 - 1920
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 32/39
Scope and Contents
Colour
Dates:
1900 - 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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Mienchow Mission House, Western China mission, 1900 - 1920
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 32/33
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
82 x 82 mm. glass slides with brief, largely undated captions.
Dates:
1900 - 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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Mienchow Mission House, Western China mission, 1900 - 1920
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 32/34
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
82 x 82 mm. glass slides with brief, largely undated captions.
Dates:
1900 - 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).
Fonds
Miscellaneous views of Hong Kong, 1900s-1920s
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3038A
Scope and Contents
A collection of loose prints of various sizes and by, presumably, various photographers although their identities are unknown. Some are captioned on the reverse. The collection appears to have been assembled from several sources, and includes the following material:1-14 Aftermath of the typhoon of 190615-21 Views in the New Territories22-25 ?Views in the New Territories26-28 Hong Kong waterfront29-31 Fanling32-40 Miscellaneous views41-43 Visit of the...
Dates:
1900 - 1929
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Miss Graham and servants (A-tû, Choá, Khoe-só), Miss Crowther, Messrs Sam-goân, Khê, Chloa, Miss Ramsey and Iio-tek, June 9.90, 3.50pm, sunny, F.32, 3'', 1890-06-09
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30377H/18
Scope and Contents
Group portrait. Miss Lilias Graham, a woman of means, joined the mission at Amoy in 1888; she transferred to Chuan-Chow (Quanzhou ?) in 1889 and opened the Girls' School and later a School for the Blind. She brought out five workers at her own expense, of whom Miss Crowther and Miss Graham remained. Invalided in 1906 (or 1903), she died in 1930 and left £6000 to the Mission, Edward Band, ‘Working his purpose out: the history of the English Presbyterian Mission, 1847-1947' (London, 1948),...
Dates:
1890-06-09
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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Missing. The English Church on the Shameen, Canton, 1909-01 - 1909-02
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 20/4490
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate. [No print].
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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Mission boat, Mienchow, 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 32/37
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
82 x 82 mm. glass slides with brief, largely undated captions.
Dates:
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).
Fonds
Modern Commonwealth photograph collection
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/MC
Scope and Contents
This broad heading has been used to cover a substantial collection of loose prints, dating chiefly from the period 1960-1982, but including a few of earlier date. The majority come from the files of the RCS journal known successfully as ‘United Empire,’ ‘Commonwealth Journal,’ and ‘Commonwealth,’ in which some were published, but there are also items obtained for inclusion in the exhibition ‘Commonwealth in Focus’ in 1982 and these are indicated by CIF and the catalogue number in the...
Dates:
1936 - 1980
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Montage of photographs, 1880 - 1889
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30377A/1
Scope and Contents
271 x 210 mm. Print composed of a montage of photographs stuck to a board and rephotographed. The majority of the prints show Chinese types and occupations, with a few landscapes. The print at the bottom, just to the right of centre showing a female orchestra, is reproduced in Clark Worswick, ‘Imperial China: photographs 1850-1912’ (1978), p. 106.
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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Monthly service Yungchow schools, 1930 - 1939
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS 19/11
Scope and Contents
From the File:
A collection of captioned glass negatives illustrating the CMS's work, many dated 1937.
Dates:
1930 - 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).