Canton (inhabited place)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 59 Collections and/or Records:
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View from the same part of the Wall, 1909
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 19/4472
Scope and Contents
Landscape format. Looking towards the Flowery Pagoda, and on the extreme left the Kus-yam-san, or Queen of Heavens mountain, and the five storeyed pagoda. [View over roof tops].
Dates:
1909
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 the Shameen, Canton, 1909-01 - 1909-02
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 20/4491
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate (landscape format). In front of the English Church : showing Sampan life.
Dates:
1909-01 - 1909-02
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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View from top of five-storeyed pagoda : Canton, 1909-01 - 1909-02
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 20/4479
Scope and Contents
Half-plate (landscape format). City Wall [right], Queen of Heavens mountain and Temple [back right], French Cathedral (within the city) with two spires [centre distance], note the water buffalos here [below mountain to left of path]. (Fisher). [Rooftops in the foreground].
Dates:
1909-01 - 1909-02
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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View from top of five-storeyed pagoda : Canton, 1909-01 - 1909-02
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 20/4480
Scope and Contents
Half-plate (landscape format). View from top of five-storeyed Pagoda : - goes to the left of previous view with which it joins to make 4480/4479 panorama. The Pearl River [a thin strip visible in far distance], The Normal College for training Chinese teachers: a recently new (6 months) building on site of the old examination cells [left back, white with black roof], Chines Govt. cement works (on island of Honam) [centre back in mists]; the mint lies to the left but is, I think, outside the...
Dates:
1909-01 - 1909-02
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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View of Mount of Queen of Heaven and temple, 1909-01 - 1909-02
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 20/4481
Scope and Contents
From top of five-storeyed pagoda. [Houses in the foreground].
Dates:
1909-01 - 1909-02
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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View of the Creek Canton, 1909
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 19/4469
Scope and Contents
Half-plate (landscape format). On the right is one corner of the Shameen: on the left the suburb Shakee of the city of Canton: in the distance is seen the British Bridge: This view shows some of the small craft of the large river population.
Dates:
1909
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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Within the British Yamen inside the City of Canton (in part of the Tartar General's enclosure), 1909-01 - 1909-02
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 10/5/4494
Scope and Contents
350 x 250 mm.
Dates:
1909-01 - 1909-02
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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Within the British Yamen inside the old city of Canton, 1909-01 - 1909-02
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 20/4495
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate (landscape format). Formerly a part of the Tartar General's Palace Grounds. [Part of a formal garden with steps leading up to wooded area].
Dates:
1909-01 - 1909-02
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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Within the Yamen inside the old city of Canton, formerly a part of the Tartar General's Palace Grounds, 1909-01 - 1909-02
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 20/4494
Scope and Contents
Half-plate (landscape format). Right-hand corner blank. [A view of the garden with carved stone lion].
Dates:
1909-01 - 1909-02
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).