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Nassau (inhabited place)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 85 Collections and/or Records:

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A scene in Grantstown, 1890 - 1895

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3071A/34
Scope and Contents

229 x 173 mm. Showing a woman standing outside her small thatched house. Grantstown is a suburb of Nassau on the south of the city.

Dates: 1890 - 1895
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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A Scene in Grantstown, 1890 - 1895

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3071A/35
Scope and Contents

225 x 177 mm. A view looking along an unsurfaced lane in Grantstown with a small thatched house at the left of the picture and a European and a Bahamian (dressed in suit and bowler hat) standing in the foreground.

Dates: 1890 - 1895
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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A Sponge Yard, Packing, 1890 - 1895

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3071A/28
Scope and Contents

229 x 173 mm. Showing a sponge yard with a pile of sponges in the foreground, workers with packed bales of sponges in the middle ground and a large residential house in the background.

Dates: 1890 - 1895
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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A Sponge Yard, Trimming, 1890 - 1895

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3071A/27
Scope and Contents

225 x 177 mm. Showing Bahamian women at work in a shady courtyard, with sponges and trimmings on the ground around them.

Dates: 1890 - 1895
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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A tropical garden, 1890 - 1895

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3071A/44
Scope and Contents

224 x 176 mm. Showing a bearded European in a pith helmet standing among palms and other tropical plants, possibly in the Botanic Gardens.

Dates: 1890 - 1895
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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A tropical garden, Nassau, 1890 - 1895

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3071A/45
Scope and Contents

244 x 176 mm. Duplicate of Y3071A/44.

Dates: 1890 - 1895
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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Almond Avenue, Winter, 1890 - 1895

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3071A/10
Scope and Contents

225 x 177 mm. A view looking along the treelined avenue.

Dates: 1890 - 1895
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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Along the shore, East of Nassau, 1879 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307G/3
Scope and Contents

211 x 170 mm. A view looking along a dirt road with a wooden thatched hut in the foreground and the sea beyond.

Dates: 1879 - 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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[Arrival of H.R.H the Duke of Edinburgh's ship in Nassau Harbour], 1959-04-24 - 1959-04-28

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011XX/179
Scope and Contents

255 x 200mm. A view from a window looking out at Nassau harbour at the arrival of the ship carrying the Duke of Edinburgh. A lighthouse can be seen on the headland, variously known as Nassau Harbor Lighthouse, Paradise Island Lighthouse and Colonial Beach Lighthouse.

Dates: 1959-04-24 - 1959-04-28
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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Avenue of Spanish Laurel, near Library, 1879 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307G/13
Scope and Contents

226 x 175 mm. A view in a Nassau park showing a row of Spanish Laurels. Pencilled caption on the reverse reads: 'Indian fig trees (ficus netida) Nassau Bahamas'.

Dates: 1879 - 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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Bay St Near Esplanade, 1890 - 1895

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3071A/6
Scope and Contents

212 x 177 mm. A view at the eastern end of Bay Street showing fields, palm trees and a rather dilapidated verandahed house.

Dates: 1890 - 1895
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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Bay Street, Nassau, 1890 - 1895

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3071A/5
Scope and Contents

223 x 176 mm. A view looking along Bay Street with commercial premises on the left hand side and rather more homely dwellings on the right. For a more modern view of Bay Street, which runs along the Nassau waterfront and is the shopping and commercial centre of the city, see Y3071C/8.

Dates: 1890 - 1895
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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[Bell in carriage], 1890 - 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011G/70
Scope and Contents

102 x 74 mm. Showing Bell seated in a small horse carriage outside an unidentified building, probably in Nassau in the 1890's.

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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Bread Fruit Tree, 1879 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307G/7
Scope and Contents

210 x 169 mm. A view showing a breadfruit tree growing beside a path, with thatched huts in the background.

Dates: 1879 - 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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Cocoanut [i.e. coconut] tree in full bearing, 1879 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307G/11
Scope and Contents

176 x 226 mm. A view showing a coconut tree heavily laden with fruit.

Dates: 1879 - 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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Columbus Statue, Nassau, 1890 - 1895

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3071A/17
Scope and Contents

178 x 226 mm. Showing the nineteenth-century statue of Columbus which stands in front of Government House and was presented to the Colony by Governor Sir James Carmichael Smyth (Governor 1829-33).

Dates: 1890 - 1895
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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Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Nassau, Oct. 1985: group photo taken on board the Royal Yacht ‘Britannia’, showing Queen Elizabeth II and the Duke of Edinburgh with heads of government, 1985

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CC/1112
Scope and Contents

253 x 172 mm.

Dates: 1985
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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Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting, Nassau, Oct. 1985: opening of the meeting showing Sir Lynden Pindling speaking before the assembled leaders, 1985

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CC/1113
Scope and Contents

303 x 119 mm. colour print with key.

Dates: 1985
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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Distant view of Nassau, 1890 - 1895

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3071A/2
Scope and Contents

226 x 176 mm. A view from inland looking over flat scrubland towards Nassau with a thatched cottage in the foreground. Nothing of the town itself can be seen.

Dates: 1890 - 1895
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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[Fort Charlotte], 1956-04-01 - 1960-06-14

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011XX/221
Scope and Contents A view from one of the archways at Fort Charlotte of a canon. The typescript caption attached to the reverse of the print reads: 'The bright red coats of the english gun crews that once served the cannon of Nassau's Fort Charlotte are only dim ghosts now, but the old fort that has never seen a shot fired in anger is still a favourite with visitors who explore every nook and cranny of the citadel both above and below ground. -30-.' The caption also reads: 'From: Bahamas News Bureau,' and...
Dates: 1956-04-01 - 1960-06-14
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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Government House, Garden, Nassau, 1879 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307G/2
Scope and Contents

224 x 176 mm. A view showing lawns and shrubs in the gardens with two figures standing in the centre of the picture; possibly the Governor and his ADC, the men have not been positively identified (possibly Sir Ambrose Shea, Governor 1887-1895).

Dates: 1879 - 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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[Government House gardens], 1956-04-01 - 1960-06-14

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011XX/216
Scope and Contents

A view of the gardens at Government House, with a patio and pond.

Dates: 1956-04-01 - 1960-06-14
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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[Government House gardens], 1956-04-01 - 1960-06-14

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011XX/217
Scope and Contents

Another view of the gardens at Government House, showing the patio, pond and a long stepped path running beside them and then into the gardens.

Dates: 1956-04-01 - 1960-06-14
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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[Government House gardens], 1956-04-01 - 1960-06-14

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011XX/218
Scope and Contents

A more expansive view of the gardens at Government House (than Y3011XX/216-217), including a long straight path and palm trees.

Dates: 1956-04-01 - 1960-06-14
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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[Government House gardens], 1956-04-01 - 1960-06-22

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011XX/219
Scope and Contents

Showing a view through wrought iron gates (possibly the Entrance gates to Government House) and along a tree-lined avenue.

Dates: 1956-04-01 - 1960-06-22
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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