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Hong Kong (island)

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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 124 Collections and/or Records:

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The Peak, Hong Kong, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 19/4421
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate (landscape format). [With sailing boats in centre 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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The Peak Tramway, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/175
Scope and Contents

A copy of a half-tone photograph showing a tramcar ascending Victoria Peak on the steep track which runs from near St John's Cathedral up to the Peak Hotel. The line was opened in 1888.

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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[The Peak Tramway], 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/176
Scope and Contents

A view showing a lower section of the tramway with residential houses in the 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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(the same) [Hong Kong street], 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 19/4424
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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The Straits Team, Interport Cricket, Hong Kong, November 1897, 1897

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 1/79
Scope and Contents 275 x 212 mm (mounted on card). A team photograph, mounted on card with identifications and scores in letterpress. Figures in the photograph are: J.A. Healing (Negri Sembilan); C. Glassford (Selangor); G.P. Stevens (Singapore); J.G. MacTaggart (Singapore); Frederic William Talbot (Negri [i.e. Negeri] Sembilan) b. 1865, State Auditor of Negri Sembilan; Lieut. A.J. Woodroffe, R.E. (Singapore); Mr Justice Andrew John Leach (Singapore) b. 1851, Puisne Judge, Straits Settlements; Captain...
Dates: 1897
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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The Straits Team, Interport Cricket, Hong Kong, November, 1897, 1897

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/BAM 1/80
Scope and Contents

277 x 215 mm (mounted on card)

Dates: 1897
Conditions Governing Access: Not available for use.
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The Supreme Court, Hong Kong, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/172
Scope and Contents

A copy of the half-tone photograph showing the west façade of the Law Courts from Chater Road.

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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The trade routes of South China, 1898

 Sub-Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 63/23
Scope and Contents

'The trade routes of South China and their relation to the development of Hongkong', a paper read to the Royal Colonial Institute, 24 May 1898.

Dates: 1898
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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Under many flags: my pilgrimage

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 15
Scope and Contents

An account of a journey undertook in 1953-1954 to Hong Kong, Thailand, Japan, Manila, North Borneo, Indonesia, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Sierra Leone, the Gold Coast and the U.S.A. The volumes are undated, but the last entry in the epilogue is dated 1957.

Dates: 1957
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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[Unidentified building, Hong Kong], 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/178
Scope and Contents

A view showing an unidentified flat-iron shaped building in Victoria.

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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University of Hong Kong, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/170
Scope and Contents

A copy of a half-tone photograph showing the imposing façade of the university, founded by Lord Lugard and formally opened in March 1911.

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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[Victoria and Kowloon], 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/179
Scope and Contents

A view looking down on Victoria from Victoria Peak with Kowloon in the distance.

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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Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong, c. 1925

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30383A/7
Scope and Contents 1348 x 230 mm. A panoramic view of Victoria Harbour, Hong Kong, with large fuel storage tanks in the foreground (bottom-left), and looking out across the water towards Victoria Peak and the Kowloon Peninsula. The panorama was probably published by the Inter National Photo Co., Hong Kong, as it is very similar in style and photographic process to Y30383A/6. It is therefore thought to date from c. 1925 (source: Klaus Liphard, contributor to Gwulo: Old Hong Kong). The photographer has not been...
Dates: c. 1925
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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Victoria Recreation Club, Hong Kong, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 19/4454
Scope and Contents

Half-plate (landscape format). [Overlooking sea with launch Pearl at bottom of harbour steps, with steamer in the distant haze].

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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Victoria, the Harbour and the Kowloon Peninsula from Victoria Peak (Hong Kong), c. 1925

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30383A/6
Scope and Contents 1353 x 227 mm. A panoramic view taken from Victoria Peak looking down on the city of Victoria and across the Harbour to the Kowloon Peninsula. Printed ‘No. 4’ and ‘Inter National Panorama Photo Co., Hong Kong’ (in bottom right-hand corner of panorama). The photographer has not been identified. The Kowloon Canton Railway Terminus and Clock Tower, completed in 1916, can just be seen on the Kowloon Peninsula. The Peninsula Hotel, which opened in 1928, does not appear in the photograph. On the...
Dates: c. 1925
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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Victoria Waterfront, Hong Kong, 1926 - 1930

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30383A/5
Scope and Contents 716 x 194 mm. A panoramic view of the Victoria water-front showing very grand, stone ornamental quay-side buildings. The tallest building displays the sign ‘Asia Life’ and to its left the building flying a flag displays the date 1897 in stone. Two buildings to the right of the Asia Life building are the Hong Kong Club, and next to that, in Statue Square, is the Cenotaph erected in 1923 and a statue of Queen Victoria. To the right of Statue Square, and set back from the waterfront, is the...
Dates: 1926 - 1930
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 back of car of Peak Tramway : coming down, 1909-01 - 1909-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 20/4514
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate. [Misty scene of line and buildings].

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 Battery Path, 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 19/4459
Scope and Contents

Half-plate. On the way up to Government Offices. [Looking down to rickshaws parked in the shade of trees with stone buildings on the left with pillars].

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 from the Park], 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/182
Scope and Contents

A view from the Ladies Recreation Ground looking across the Albany Filter Beds and along the side of Victoria Peak. The houses at the left are the mansions along MacDonnell Street.

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 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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Volume XIX : Borneo and Hong Kong, January 1909, 1909-01

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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).
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Volume XX : China and Hong Kong, January-February 1909, 1909-01 - 1909-02

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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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