China (nation)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 788 Collections and/or Records:
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View from the Shameen, Canton, 1909-01 - 1909-02
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 20/4491
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate (landscape format). In front of the English Church : showing Sampan life.
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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View from top of five-storeyed pagoda : Canton, 1909-01 - 1909-02
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 20/4479
Scope and Contents
Half-plate (landscape format). City Wall [right], Queen of Heavens mountain and Temple [back right], French Cathedral (within the city) with two spires [centre distance], note the water buffalos here [below mountain to left of path]. (Fisher). [Rooftops in the foreground].
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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View from top of five-storeyed pagoda : Canton, 1909-01 - 1909-02
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 20/4480
Scope and Contents
Half-plate (landscape format). View from top of five-storeyed Pagoda : - goes to the left of previous view with which it joins to make 4480/4479 panorama. The Pearl River [a thin strip visible in far distance], The Normal College for training Chinese teachers: a recently new (6 months) building on site of the old examination cells [left back, white with black roof], Chines Govt. cement works (on island of Honam) [centre back in mists]; the mint lies to the left but is, I think, outside the...
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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View of harbour showing the Tamar., 1909-01 - 1909-02
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 20/4518
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate. [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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View of Hong Kong from ferry coming from Kowloon side, 1909-01 - 1909-02
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 20/4541
Scope and Contents
Half-plate (landscape format). [Showing sailing boats and steam boats in the foreground].
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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View of Mount of Queen of Heaven and temple, 1909-01 - 1909-02
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 20/4481
Scope and Contents
From top of five-storeyed pagoda. [Houses in the foreground].
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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View of Shanghai, 1880 - 1889
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30377A/28
Scope and Contents
268 x 212 mm. View looking across the Whangpoo River and along the Shanghai Bund. For notes on the buildings along the waterfront, see Y30377C/13-17 and Y30383B.
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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View of the Creek Canton, 1909
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 19/4469
Scope and Contents
Half-plate (landscape format). On the right is one corner of the Shameen: on the left the suburb Shakee of the city of Canton: in the distance is seen the British Bridge: This view shows some of the small craft of the large river population.
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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View of the Island from Nan-chu-tao, 1908-11
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 17/4060
Scope and Contents
From the File:
The album now contains photographs numbered in the range 4000-4145 (originally there were 142). Added numbers are: 4129A-D; not used: 4067-4069, 4072, 4078, 4084, 4110 and 4129; missing: 4090, 4096 and 4138. Subjects covered in the album are: 'Empress of China' at Woosung; Shanghai. Wei Hai Wei [now known as Weihai]: approach from the sea, view from Government House: Chinese guard; market and street scenes; Nan-Chu-Tao; Chang Fang; Fenglin; Linkungtau Island: distillery and...
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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View taken from ferry boat near Kowloon, showing the Tamar and warships, 1909-01 - 1909-02
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 20/4542
Scope and Contents
Half-plate. [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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View up street: Feng Lin, 1908-11
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 17/4080
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate. Stone screen with flagstaff in front of temple.
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).
Fonds
Views in Australia, Egypt, Aden, Asia and other places chiefly circa 1908-1915
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)
Scope and Contents
The collection was originally housed in seven boxes, four of which were specially made with individual slots for slides. These were numbered 3, 6, 10 and 11 and the remaining boxes were unnumbered. Presumably these formed part of a larger collection, but nothing is known of the original owner or the fate of any other boxes. For conservation reasons, the collection has since been re-boxed. The captions given are normally those which appear on the slides themselves. They have been used as...
Dates:
1908 - 1915
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
Fonds
Views of Hong Kong, China and Japan
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30377C
Scope and Contents
A collection of loose albumen prints. These topographical views cover Hong Kong, the Chinese Treaty ports (a good selection of material from Shanghai) and Japan. Many of the Japanese prints are hand-coloured. It appears in the Supplement to the Library Catalogue published in 1901.
Dates:
1880 - 1900
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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Village band, 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302K/29
Scope and Contents
50 x 53 mm.
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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Village band, 1949
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y302K/31
Scope and Contents
50 x 50 mm.
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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Village of Yung Li Kuang, 1908-11
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 17/4057
Scope and Contents
Near Port Edward, Wei hai wei. [Houses on terraces built of stones above stream].
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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Village scene : Wun Yin, New Territory, 1909-01 - 1909-02
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 20/4537
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate (landscape format). [Adults and children standing around on paved area near wall with bungalow in background and hills behind].
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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Visit of Chinese Governor. In the street on the way to quarters specially prepared for his reception, 1908-11
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 17/4138
Scope and Contents
Half-plate. [No print]. Missing.
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).
Fonds
Visit of His Royal Highness the Duke of Edinburgh to Hongkong [i.e. Hong Kong] in 1869
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3038B
Scope and Contents
A printed book compiled from local journals and other sources, with prints of photographs by John Thomson inserted.Prince Alfred, Duke of Edinburgh (1834-1900), second son of Queen Victoria, served in the Royal Navy, and in 1866 was promoted Captain. From 1867-68 he commanded HMS 'Galatea' on an extensive cruise which was cut short when he was wounded in Sydney. After returning to the U.K., 'Galatea' sailed for the Far East, and in the course of this cruise visited Hong Kong from...
Dates:
1869
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
File
Volume XIX : Borneo and Hong Kong, January 1909, 1909-01
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 19
Scope and Contents
The album now contains photographs numbered in the range 4312-4476 (originally there were 155). Added numbers are: 4340A, 4353A and 4462A; not used: 4322, 4381, 4394, 4396, 4401, 4415, 4418, 4425-4427, 4450, 4466 and 4467; missing: 4320, 4358, 4455 and 4456. Subjects covered in the album are: North Borneo: Kampong Binai and Tenon: sports; road making; tobacco growing; Dyaks; Penotal Gorge; Orang Outang; rubber planting: sago factory, Membakut; pitcher plant; Jesselton; Imanan...
Dates:
1909-01
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
Volume XVII : Wei Hai Wei, November 1908, 1908-11
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 17
Scope and Contents
The album now contains photographs numbered in the range 4000-4145 (originally there were 142). Added numbers are: 4129A-D; not used: 4067-4069, 4072, 4078, 4084, 4110 and 4129; missing: 4090, 4096 and 4138. Subjects covered in the album are: 'Empress of China' at Woosung; Shanghai. Wei Hai Wei [now known as Weihai]: approach from the sea, view from Government House: Chinese guard; market and street scenes; Nan-Chu-Tao; Chang Fang; Fenglin; Linkungtau Island: distillery and...
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).
File
Volume XX : China and Hong Kong, January-February 1909, 1909-01 - 1909-02
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 20
Scope and Contents
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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Wardley Street, Hong Kong, 1909
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 19/4457
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate. The building on the left is the H.K. and S Bank: shows also Queens Statue from the back. [Showing man pulling a rickshaw on right of street and man (blurred) standing at left].
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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Washing clothes in a stream, 1908-11
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 17/4135
Scope and Contents
Half-plate (landscape format). Outside south gate of Wei hai wei city. [Showing groups washing in the stream beside road under the city walls].
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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Washing clothes in stream outside south gate of Weihaiwei City, 1908-11
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 17/4143
Scope and Contents
Half-plate (landscape format). [Group sitting under tree with a road and city wall behind them. Man standing watching photographer by anther tree. Reeds and the stream 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).