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 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 200 Collections and/or Records:

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[Mount Watkins and Mirror Lake], 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089C/75
Scope and Contents

110 x 183 mm. A similar view to Y3089C/74, with the mountain and trees reflected in the lake.

Dates: 1885
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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Mrs Langtry at Glacier Point, 3300 feet above valley, 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089C/80
Scope and Contents 191 x 236 mm. A view from a little below Glacier Point, showing Lily Langtry in silhouette standing on the small finger of rock which reaches out over the valley. The picture looks out across the valley, with the Half Dome (8852 feet) at the left of the picture, and snow-capped peaks of the Sierra Nevada in the distance. Lily Langtry’s presence in the photograph would date it to between 1882-3, at which time she went on her tour of America having become a professional actress the year before...
Dates: 1885
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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Nevada and Vernal Falls, Yosemite, 6/10, 1918-10-06

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/1/211
Scope and Contents

50 x 70 mm.

Dates: 1918-10-06
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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Nevada and Vernal Falls, Yosemite Valley, 6/10, 1918-10-06

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/1/165
Scope and Contents

50 x 70 mm. A view looking down through the trees at Nevada and the Vernal Falls.

Dates: 1918-10-06
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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[Nevada Fall, 700 feet], 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089C/77
Scope and Contents

A view from one side of the falls, looking at the rush of water beyond the pine trees in the foreground.

Dates: 1885
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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Nevada Falls. Yosemite, 1918

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/3/135
Scope and Contents

69 x 49 mm.

Dates: 1918
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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Nevada Falls, Yosemite, 6/10/18, 1918-10-06

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/1/201
Scope and Contents

50 x 70 mm.

Dates: 1918-10-06
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).
 Fonds

Newscuttings on New Zealand immigration

 Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 307
Scope and Contents A newspaper cuttings book originating from New Zealand, containing articles on immigration to New Zealand, 1849 and 1850; letters to newspaper editors, 1852; and articles and letters on the settlement of New Zealand, 1866-1868. There are also a few articles on immigration to Van Diemen's Land, Australia, New Brunswick, California, Natal and Chile. The latter discusses the 1868 South American earthquake. Some of the cuttings are mounted on loose cardboard. Near the back of the book are a...
Dates: 1849 - 1868
Conditions Governing Access: 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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Prospect Pt. Yosemite, 1918

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/3/142
Scope and Contents

48 x 69 mm.

Dates: 1918
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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Sacramento, 14/10/18, 1918-10-14

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/1/237
Scope and Contents

150 x 90 mm. Showing Tymms speaking to a woman. There is a cart loaded with luggage or supplies behind them. Tymms is holding a booklet entitled 'Air Currants'.

Dates: 1918-10-14
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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Sacramento, 14/10/18. Major Stevenoe, 1918-10-14

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/1/4
Scope and Contents

150 x 90 mm. Showing Major Stevenoe and another standing before a train. Stevenoe is holding a booklet entitled 'Air Currants'.

Dates: 1918-10-14
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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San Diego. Coronado Beach, 1918-09-15

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/3/42
Scope and Contents

69 x 48 mm.

Dates: 1918-09-15
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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[San Francisco Airport], 1948

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/19/183
Scope and Contents

74 x 69 mm. Frederick Tymms in front of the airport.

Dates: 1948
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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San Francisco night, 1963

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Marnham M/13
Scope and Contents

[A closer view, with outline of buildings discernable].

Dates: 1963
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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[Sentinel Rock, 3270 feet], 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089C/66
Scope and Contents

110 x 184 mm. A view looking along towards the summit of the Sentinel Rock, from a point above the valley floor.

Dates: 1885
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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Signal Peak camp, Wawona, 11/10, 1918-10-11

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/1/212
Scope and Contents

40 x 60 mm. A view of a man posing amidst the supplies and trappings of a camp. Signal Peak may now be known as Devil Peak.

Dates: 1918-10-11
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).
 Person

Smith, Camilla H., fl. 1960s-1970s (Photographer)

 Person
Dates: Existence: 1969 - 1973
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Stairway on Clouds’ Rest, 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089C/79
Scope and Contents

110 x 183 mm. An interestingly composed view showing part of the zigzag path up the mountainside, with cliffs on either side and a horse sanding on the path.

Dates: 1885
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).
 Organization
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The Dead Giant. 4/10/18, 1918-10-04

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/1/230
Scope and Contents

70 x 110 mm. A view of an automobile parked in the tunnel cut through the base of a Giant Sequoia, the 'Dead Giant', the first tree to be tunnelled (1878). Tymms and two women are stood posing for the camera.

Dates: 1918-10-04
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 Domes, and Merced River, Yosemite, Cal, 1885

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3089C/70
Scope and Contents

302 x 204 mm. A view from the valley floor looking along the river towards the cliffs in the distance.

Dates: 1885
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 Domes, from near Nevada Falls, 6/10/18, 1918-10-06

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/1/192
Scope and Contents

50 x 70 mm.

Dates: 1918-10-06
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 Domes near Nevada Falls, 1918

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/3/49
Scope and Contents

48 x 69 mm.

Dates: 1918
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 Fallen Monarch, 9/10, 1918-10-09

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 20/2/1/236
Scope and Contents

70 x 110 mm. A view of a woman on horseback stood before a fallen tree. A man, also mounted on horseback, is stood on the actual trunk of the tree, directly above her.

Dates: 1918-10-09
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).