Saint John's (inhabited place)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 83 Collections and/or Records:
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View from Signal Hill by Narrows, into St John’s Harbour, 1902 - 1912
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3061E/14
Scope and Contents
From the Fonds:
An album of photographs, with some loose insertions, including an annotated map of 'St. John's N.F, 1905', relating to Newfoundland 1902-1912. Most are 100 x 80 mm., but in many cases only part is visible owing to the size and shape of the frame through which they are seen.The collection was studied by Professor Maurice and Mrs Shirley Scarlett in 1985; their information is embodied in the captions to nos. 3, 5-17, 30-51, 53, 55-56, 67, 69, 71, 74-75, 80, 82, 86, 90, 92-93, 95-101,...
Dates:
1902 - 1912
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 St. John's Harbour, 1908-09
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 11/2487
Scope and Contents
Half-plate (landscape format). From front of the Roman Catholic Cathedral.
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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Water Street, main thoroughfare looking east, 1900 - 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3061A/12
Scope and Contents
202 x 151 mm. A view looking along Water Street, with horses and carts and groups of pedestrians on the road. The tramlines on the cobbled street date the photograph to after 1900 when the first regular tram service came into operation.
Dates:
1900 - 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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Water Street West showing cabstand near G.P.O., 1899 - 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3061A/16
Scope and Contents
202 x 151 mm. A view looking along Water Street with hansom cabs and pedestrians and the dome of the Post Office visible in the background (opened in 1886 and demolished in the 1950s).
Dates:
1899 - 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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We go to the Governor's reception. King's Birthday 1908. St John's [i.e. Saint John's] Newfoundland, 1908
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3070A/16
Scope and Contents
122 x 94 mm. Showing officers in full dress uniform on the deck of HMS 'Cornwall' about to leave for shore. At the front of the group stands Engineer Commander D.P. Green and behind him 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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Weighing and storing dried cod, 1899 - 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3061A/31
Scope and Contents
202 x 151 mm. Showing workers placing wooden trays piled with dried cod onto a weighing machine.
Dates:
1899 - 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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Weighing Fish, 1908-09
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 11/2466
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate. 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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Winter, Allan mailboat passing iceberg, 1899 - 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3061A/3
Scope and Contents
202 x 150 mm. A view looking out towards the St John’s Harbour mouth where a mail steamer is passing a large iceberg. In the foreground are small fishermen’s houses and fish drying racks.
Dates:
1899 - 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).