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Newfoundland (island)

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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 89 Collections and/or Records:

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Grand Falls Dam, 1908-09 - 1908-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 12/2513
Scope and Contents

Half-plate (landscape format). Dam 882 ft [i.e. feet] long, with wing walls 1600 ft. Average height above river bed is 20 ft.

Dates: 1908-09 - 1908-10
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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Home Sweet Home, 1934

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3061D/1
Scope and Contents

A view of Saint John's.

Dates: 1934
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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In St. John's Habour, 1908-09

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 11/2450
Scope and Contents

Landscape format. Fishing boat, and behind a fish carrier which is just starting for Labrador with a cargo of fish.

Dates: 1908-09
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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It's a long way to Terra Nova, 1914

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3061D/6
Scope and Contents

'S.S. Florizel' in St John's Harbour ready to sail for Europe.

Dates: 1914
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's Birthday, 1908, 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3070A/18
Scope and Contents

117 x 95 mm. A snapshot of Engineer Commander D.P. Green in full dress uniform and cocked hat standing on the deck of HMS 'Cornwall'.

Dates: 1908
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's Birthday, 1908. St. John's [i.e. Saint John's] Newfoundland, 1908

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3070A/17
Scope and Contents

119 x 94 mm. Showing three officers from HMS 'Cornwall' in full dress uniform and cocked hats, posing on the deck. They are from left to right: Engineer Commander D.P. Green, Captain W.R. Hall and Lieutenant F.W. Talbot-Ponsonby.

Dates: 1908
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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Leaving work, 1908-09 - 1908-10

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 12/2521
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate (landscape format). Grand Falls.

Dates: 1908-09 - 1908-10
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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Logy Bay, 1908-09

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 11/2491
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate. East of St. Johns.

Dates: 1908-09
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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Maddox Cove, 1908-09

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 11/2454
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate (landscape format. Near Petty Harbour.

Dates: 1908-09
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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Middle Cove, 1908-09

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 11/2495
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate (landscape format). East of St. John's.

Dates: 1908-09
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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Middle Cove, 1908-09

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 11/2496
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate (landscape format). East of St. John's, Newfoundland.

Dates: 1908-09
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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Middle Cove, 1908-09

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 11/2497
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate (landscape format). East of St. John's, Newfoundland.

Dates: 1908-09
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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No. 18. Codroy Valley, 1880 - 1904

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3061B/30
Scope and Contents

290 x 243 mm. A view near Morris in south-west Labrador showing the timber railway bridge over the Codroy River.

Dates: 1880 - 1904
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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No. 23. Squidding, Burin. Taken at dawn, 1880 - 1904

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3061B/8
Scope and Contents

283 x 235 mm. Showing a group of rowing boats congregated together before setting off on a squidding expedition.

Dates: 1880 - 1904
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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No. 48. Little Bay Islands, 1880 - 1904

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3061B/22
Scope and Contents

286 x 235 mm. A view looking out across Little Bay Islands with the township encircling the bay and with Notre Dame Bay in the distance.

Dates: 1880 - 1904
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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No. 50. Bonne Bay, 1880 - 1904

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3061B/23
Scope and Contents

292 x 224 mm. Showing neatly ordered houses and gardens at Bonne Bay with the harbour in the background and mountains in the distance.

Dates: 1880 - 1904
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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No. 74. Burin, South Coast, 1880 - 1904

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3061B/27
Scope and Contents

275 x 228 mm. A view looking down on the town and harbour of Burin with fishing vessels at anchor in the bay. Burin is considered the best harbour in Newfoundland.

Dates: 1880 - 1904
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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No. 80. Placentia, 1880 - 1904

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3061B/26
Scope and Contents

288 x 243 mm. A view looking across neat little houses and gardens towards the harbour in the distance. The photograph is taken from the quarries. Situated on the other side of the Avalon Peninsula to St. John's, Placentia was the first and most important of the French settlements in Newfoundland and was founded in 1622.

Dates: 1880 - 1904
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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No. 208. Herring Neck, Notre Dame Bay, 1880 - 1904

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3061B/24
Scope and Contents

288 x 232 mm. A view from a hillside above the bay showing a small township and one of the arms of land in the bay, 'This bay gains its name from the fact that it is so cut up by arms as to resemble the bones in a herring's neck'. (Holloway 1905).

Dates: 1880 - 1904
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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No. 212. The Geat Codroy Valley, 1880 - 1904

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3061B/29
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291 x 241 mm. A view looking across the fertile Codroy Valley with a river (presumably the Little Codroy River) meandering in the middleground.

Dates: 1880 - 1904
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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No. 296. Iceberg, 1880 - 1904

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3061B/1
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180 x 118 mm. A view from seawards showing the huge iceberg (height 150 feet, length 600 feet) which remained stranded outside the harbour mouth of St. John's for three weeks.

Dates: 1880 - 1904
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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No. 358. Saint Paul's Inlet, West Coast, 1880 - 1904

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3061B/15
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205 x 152 mm. A view looking along the inlet, with mountains on all sides and a small sailing boat in the foreground.

Dates: 1880 - 1904
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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No. 454. A typical scene, Little Bay Islands, 1880 - 1904

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3061B/21
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203 x 153 mm. Showing part of the town and harbour of Battle with a large iceberg in the foreground.

Dates: 1880 - 1904
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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No. 677. The Boat Run, Pauch [i.e. Pouch] Cove, 1880 - 1904

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3061B/18
Scope and Contents

204 x 151 mm. A view from the cove looking towards the steep wooden slipway at the bottom of which are crowded about 25 rowing boats.

Dates: 1880 - 1904
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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No. 2041. Old time sealers forcing through the Narrows, 1880 - 1904

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3061B/9
Scope and Contents

205 x 151 mm. Showing two steam vessels forcing their way through into the frozen harbour of St. John's.

Dates: 1880 - 1904
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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