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Port Louis (inhabited place)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 30 Collections and/or Records:

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Port Louis Races, August 1916, 1916-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011J/52
Scope and Contents

200 x 123 mm. Showing Bell and other racegoers grouped in front of the grandstand on the Champ de Mers. Photograph probably by (? William) Baretti.

Dates: 1916-08
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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Races, Port Louis, 1919 - 1921

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011K/38
Scope and Contents

98 x 72 mm. Showing a race in progress at the Champ de Mars, with spectators in the foreground.

Dates: 1919 - 1921
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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Statue of Bertrand François Mahé, Comte de Bourdonnais, French Governor and founder of Port Louis, 1960 - 1969

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30483B/1
Scope and Contents

241 x 193 mm. The statue is by the French sculptor Augustin Dumont, and was unveiled in the Place d'Armes, Port Louis, in 1859.

Dates: 1960 - 1969
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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['Temple de l'amour' built by Hesketh Bell], 1922-03-25

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011G/108
Scope and Contents

79 x 126 mm. Showing the slender pavilion built by Bell on the lake at Government House, Port Louis. The caption (written on the negative) reads 'Petit temple de l'amour, érigé par Sir Hesketh à la memoire du gouverneur David 'Le Reduit' 25.3.22.' The temple was designed by Bell and constructed in 1921.

Dates: 1922-03-25
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 Royal Salute. Mauritius Volunteers on opening session of Council of Government, 1916, 1916

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011J/46
Scope and Contents

98 x 71 mm. Showing troops on parade outside Government House, Port Louis.

Dates: 1916
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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