Freetown (inhabited place)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 137 Collections and/or Records:
Item
Freetown Harbour, 1895 - 1911
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30446L/26
Scope and Contents
225 x 175 mm. Some foliage can be seen to the left, and there is a faint outline of the shore in the background.
Dates:
1895 - 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).
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Freetown Harbour, 1938
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448O/10
Scope and Contents
85 x 60 mm.
Dates:
1938
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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Freetown - Howe Street, 1890 - 1929
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Sierra Leone/25
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Postcards showing views in Sierra Leone. Numbers 25-31 are tinted, 32-34 are sepia. Numbers 25-28 appear to be by the same publisher, 29-32 by another and 33-34 possibly by a third.
Dates:
1890 - 1929
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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Freetown - Kroo Town, 1890 - 1929
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Sierra Leone/28
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Postcards showing views in Sierra Leone. Numbers 25-31 are tinted, 32-34 are sepia. Numbers 25-28 appear to be by the same publisher, 29-32 by another and 33-34 possibly by a third.
Dates:
1890 - 1929
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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Freetown - Market and Customs, 1890
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Sierra Leone/27
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Postcards showing views in Sierra Leone. Numbers 25-31 are tinted, 32-34 are sepia. Numbers 25-28 appear to be by the same publisher, 29-32 by another and 33-34 possibly by a third.
Dates:
1890
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).
Sub-Series
[Freetown postcards], 1920 - 1929
Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Sierra Leone/1-12
Scope and Contents
Monochrome postcards showing views in Freetown. Photographer and publisher unknown.
Dates:
1920 - 1929
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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[Freetown, showing the famous cotton tree, before the Law Courts were built on the grassy patch to the left], 1895 - 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30446L/24
Scope and Contents
150 x 210 mm. A large tree dominates the scene (see Y30446L/59-60); two women are in the foreground.
Dates:
1895 - 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).
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Freetown. The famous John Brown in his topper, 1938
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448K/1
Scope and Contents
African in canoe: Christopher Fyfe cannot identify this individual.
Dates:
1938
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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[Freetown: the rising ground on the left is the ridge of Wilberforce Village], 1895 - 1911
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30446L/3
Scope and Contents
225 x 175 mm.
Dates:
1895 - 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).
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Freetown - View from the Hill, 1890 - 1929
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Sierra Leone/26
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Postcards showing views in Sierra Leone. Numbers 25-31 are tinted, 32-34 are sepia. Numbers 25-28 appear to be by the same publisher, 29-32 by another and 33-34 possibly by a third.
Dates:
1890 - 1929
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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Freetown - Waterloo excursion, 1905 - 1953
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Sierra Leone II/13
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Postcards showing views in Sierra Leone, particularly in Free Town. The majority are by the Lisk-Carew Brothers, number 14 is by the Sierra Leone Government, Raphael Tuck and Sons Ltd, and number 15 is by Ceylon Pictorials. Numbers 20 and 30 give no indication as to the photographer.
Dates:
1905 - 1953
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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[Freetown: waterside buildings from the sea], 1895 - 1911
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30446L/2
Scope and Contents
230 x 175 mm.
Dates:
1895 - 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).
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[Garden Party at Government House], 1911-06-22
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30446L/63
Scope and Contents
207 x 146 mm. Mounted on album page with Y30446L/61 on the reverse. This is a duplicate of Y30446B/43, which has the same light blemish. It is there identified as probably the Garden Party of June 22 1911. See the catalogue of Y30446B for more details of this and other photographs of the same event.
Dates:
1911-06-22
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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[Garden Party at Government House], 1911-06-22
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30446L/64
Scope and Contents
208 x 150 mm. A duplicate of Y30446B/44, showing the same event as Y30446L/63.
Dates:
1911-06-22
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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Gate outside the Treasury Building, Freetown, 1961
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/CMS/11/6/9
Scope and Contents
179 x 212 mm. glossy print.
Dates:
1961
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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[General view of Hill Station], 1895 - 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30446L/49
Scope and Contents
212 x 148 mm. This is a duplicate of Y30446B/10, q.v. for further details of Hill Station.
Dates:
1895 - 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).
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Gloucester Street Freetown, 1895 - 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30446L/5
Scope and Contents
225 x 170 mm. Written on the back appears to be “Macarthur Street”, but the view is Gloucester St. looking north.
Dates:
1895 - 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).
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Hammock carriers Sierra Leone
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011III/105
Scope and Contents
167 x 114 mm. In Freetown.
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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Harbour Market, 1938
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30448O/11
Scope and Contents
85 x 60 mm.
Dates:
1938
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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Interior of Cathedral, George Street, Freetown, 1895 - 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30446L/6
Scope and Contents
225 x 175 mm.
Dates:
1895 - 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).
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Interior St. George's Cathedral, Freetown, 1905 - 1953
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Sierra Leone II/6
Scope and Contents
From the Series:
Postcards showing views in Sierra Leone, particularly in Free Town. The majority are by the Lisk-Carew Brothers, number 14 is by the Sierra Leone Government, Raphael Tuck and Sons Ltd, and number 15 is by Ceylon Pictorials. Numbers 20 and 30 give no indication as to the photographer.
Dates:
1905 - 1953
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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[Jetty and houses, probably Freetown], 1895 - 1911
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30446L/12
Scope and Contents
235 x 178 mm. Boats are anchored by the jetty, and the houses in the background are on the slopes of a hill.
Dates:
1895 - 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).
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King Jimmy Market. Freetown, 1920 - 1929
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Sierra Leone/8
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Monochrome postcards showing views in Freetown. Photographer and publisher unknown.
Dates:
1920 - 1929
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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King Tom’s Point, Freetown, 1895 - 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30446L/11
Scope and Contents
235 x 180 mm. There are some houses and foliage in the foreground, but nothing visible in the background.
Dates:
1895 - 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).
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Kroo-Bay. Freetown, 1920 - 1929
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC Sierra Leone/4
Scope and Contents
From the Sub-Series:
Monochrome postcards showing views in Freetown. Photographer and publisher unknown.
Dates:
1920 - 1929
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).