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Mussoorie (inhabited place)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 27 Collections and/or Records:

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Chateau Kapurthala Mussoorie, Sept 1899, 1899-09

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022HH/12
Scope and Contents

297 x 208 mm. Group portrait of European and Indian children standing on the steps of the Chateau Kapurthala, the European style palace of the Maharaja of Kapurthala at Mussoorie (see Y3022HH/24). A photograph presumably taken at some kind of children’s entertainment.

Dates: 1899-09
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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Dandy, Mussoorie [1890s], 1890 - 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022HH/2
Scope and Contents

273 x 213 mm. Showing four Indian bearers posed with a dandy, a wooden chair attached to poles and carried like a sedan chair.

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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Entrance to Cemetery, Mussoorie, 1890 - 1901

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022HH/22
Scope and Contents

Postcard view (by T.A. Rust).

Dates: 1890 - 1901
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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Glenthorne, Mussoorie [c 1900], 1900

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022HH/17
Scope and Contents

202 x 160 mm. View of the bungalow ‘Glenthorne’, with a badminton court in the foreground. Glenthorne was situated to the west of the Happy Valley (see Y3022HH/1).

Dates: 1900
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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H.H. Kapurthala’s rickshaw and dandy, Mussoorie, 1890 - 1901

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022HH/25
Scope and Contents

Postcard view by T.A. Rust.

Dates: 1890 - 1901
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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H.H. The Maharaja Kapurthala’s Palace, Mussoorie, 1890 - 1901

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022HH/24
Scope and Contents

Postcard view by T.A. Rust. The building is in the French style modelled after the central portion of the palace at Versailles. It was built by Sir Jagajit Singh (1872-1949), Maharaja of Kapurthala 1890-1942. See Charles Allen, ‘Lives of the Indian Princes’ (London, 1984).

Dates: 1890 - 1901
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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Landour and the castle from ‘Woodville’, 1860 - 1869

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022I/16
Scope and Contents

304 x 186 mm. View looking towards the military headquarters on the summit of a steep hill between Mussoorie and Landour. Photograph by Bourne, no. 1584.

Dates: 1860 - 1869
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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Landour, Mussoorie, 1908-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 5/782
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate (landscape format).

Dates: 1908-02
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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Mussoorie and camels back, 1908-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 5/785
Scope and Contents

Quarter-plate (landscape format). From the Mall, Landour

Dates: 1908-02
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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Mussoorie and Landaur [Landour], view from Waverley Hill, 1860 - 1869

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022I/13
Scope and Contents

313 x 285 mm. Photograph by Bourne, no. 1576.

Dates: 1860 - 1869
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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Mussoorie, the convent, &c. from Waverley Hill, 1860 - 1869

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022I/19
Scope and Contents

306 x 176 mm. View of the convent from Waverley Hill. Photograph by Bourne, no. 1579.

Dates: 1860 - 1869
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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Mussorie hill station, 1902 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022R/279
Scope and Contents From the Series: An album, labelled on the spine, containing prints of various sizes. The prints are of two types; large professional photographs, chiefly of Benares, Delhi, and Agra, and smaller amateur prints. presumably by Davies, relating both to these places and to Kashmir - river and mountain scenes. These are chiefly on left hand pages, with professional photographs on the right, and are captioned. Towards the end of the album, after a series of Agra scenes, there is a group of interesting...
Dates: 1902 - 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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Mussorie hill station, 1902 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022R/280
Scope and Contents From the Series: An album, labelled on the spine, containing prints of various sizes. The prints are of two types; large professional photographs, chiefly of Benares, Delhi, and Agra, and smaller amateur prints. presumably by Davies, relating both to these places and to Kashmir - river and mountain scenes. These are chiefly on left hand pages, with professional photographs on the right, and are captioned. Towards the end of the album, after a series of Agra scenes, there is a group of interesting...
Dates: 1902 - 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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[Rickshaw, Mussoorie, 1890s], 1890 - 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022HH/9
Scope and Contents

273 x 215 mm. Studio photograph showing four uniformed bearers posed with a rickshaw.

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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Rowbury’s Hotel, Mussoorie, 1902 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022R/58
Scope and Contents From the Series: An album, labelled on the spine, containing prints of various sizes. The prints are of two types; large professional photographs, chiefly of Benares, Delhi, and Agra, and smaller amateur prints. presumably by Davies, relating both to these places and to Kashmir - river and mountain scenes. These are chiefly on left hand pages, with professional photographs on the right, and are captioned. Towards the end of the album, after a series of Agra scenes, there is a group of interesting...
Dates: 1902 - 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).
 Sub-Series

Scenes from amateur theatrical productions by the British community in Mussorie, 1907

 Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022Q/46-51
Scope and Contents

Davies features in Y3022Q/47-51. Y3022Q/51 shows the cast of 'The Country Mouse' and Y3022Q/52 of 'The New Boy'.

Dates: 1907
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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Sharanpur, the house where I was born, 1893, 1893

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022HH/11
Scope and Contents

282 x 220 mm. General view of a substantial thatched bungalow. The couple standing in the verandah are presumably Miss Ward’s parents.

Dates: 1893
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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Skating rink, interior and exterior, Mussoorie, 1890 - 1901

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022HH/23
Scope and Contents

Postcard view by T.A. Rust.

Dates: 1890 - 1901
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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Sunset Mussorie [Mussoorie], 1902 - 1910

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022Q/128
Scope and Contents From the Series:

An album, labelled on the spine, containing prints of various sizes. The numbering is sequenced from 1 to 131, but 101 is omitted. 14 of these prints are loose (118-131) , and are kept in a separate envelope in the album. Some of the prints are good quality professional work. Some of the photographs are captioned in ink; in other cases the titles have been derived from duplicate copies in Davies' other Indian album or from other photographs of the same scenes.

Dates: 1902 - 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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The Batta Waterfall [below Mussoorie], 1860 - 1869

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022I/17
Scope and Contents

98 x 111 mm. Photograph by Bourne, no. 1611.

Dates: 1860 - 1869
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 Happy Valley, Mussorie [1890s], 1890 - 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022HH/1
Scope and Contents

272 x 216 mm. View looking down onto the race course at Mussoorie, a hill station in the foothills of the Himalayas nine miles north of Dehra. The Happy Valley is situated to the north-west of the town proper; this view looks north-west along the valley from above the road leading back into the town, with the Charleville Hotel on the hillside to the right. Photograph by S.H.

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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The Mall, Mussoorie, 1890 - 1901

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022HH/21
Scope and Contents

Postcard view (by T.A.Rust).

Dates: 1890 - 1901
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 Mall, north side of Camel’s Back [Mussoorie], 1860 - 1869

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022I/15
Scope and Contents

98 x 110 mm. View of a steep wooded hill. Photograph by Bourne, no. 1610.

Dates: 1860 - 1869
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 peep from Landaur [Landaur], 1860 - 1869

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022I/18
Scope and Contents

95 x 99 mm. Photograph by Bourne, no. 1608.

Dates: 1860 - 1869
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 Church showing Library, Mussoorie, 1890 - 1901

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3022HH/20
Scope and Contents

Postcard view by T.A. Rust.

Dates: 1890 - 1901
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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