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Georgetown (inhabited place)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 11 Collections and/or Records:

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Demarara Georgetown, 1880 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307A/71
Scope and Contents

240 x 188 mm. A view looking south west over the Georgetown roof tops from the Cathedral. The Town Hall and St Andrews Kirk can be seen on the skyline. The road at the right of the photograph is King Street.

Dates: 1880 - 1889
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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Demarara Georgetown Market Square, 1880 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307A/73
Scope and Contents

242 x 192 mm. A view looking south from the Market Square, with the open square, pedestrians and a horse tram in the foreground and Lombard Street beyond. The Demerara River can just be seen in the distance at the right of the photograph.

Dates: 1880 - 1889
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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Demarara Victoria Lilies, 1880 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307A/72
Scope and Contents

248 x 195 mm. A view looking south along Camp Street. The street is divided in two by a wide canal in which are growing the huge pads of the Victoria Lily.

Dates: 1880 - 1889
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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Demerara High Street Georgetown, 1880 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307A/74
Scope and Contents

184 x 106 mm. A view looking along High Street in the west of the city and showing the two halves of the street divided by a canal with grassy-banks (see Y307A/72).

Dates: 1880 - 1889
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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Demerara The Gardens, 1880 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307A/79
Scope and Contents

237 x 192 mm. A view looking along a tree-shaded path in the Botanical Gardens at Vlissengen in the east of Georgetown.

Dates: 1880 - 1889
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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Demerara Town Hall, Georgetown, 1880 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307A/75
Scope and Contents

248 x 199 mm. A view showing the Georgetown Town Hall in High Street, a mock-gothic affair with a decorative tower, completed in 1889. See also Y307A/76.

Dates: 1880 - 1889
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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Demerara Town Hall Georgetown, 1880 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307A/76
Scope and Contents

108 x 162 mm. Another view of the Town Hall. Some sort of ceremony is about to take place, with a small crowd in front of the Town Hall gates and one or two flags and banners in evidence.

Dates: 1880 - 1889
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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Demerara Upper Water Street, Georgetown, 1880 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307A/77
Scope and Contents

184 x 108 mm. A view looking along Upper Water Street, which runs parallel to the Demerara River in the west of the city, and showing commercial premises. With a horse tram in the foreground.

Dates: 1880 - 1889
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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Demerara Water Street from Market Tower, 1880 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y307A/78
Scope and Contents

185 x 123 mm. A view looking north along Water Street from the tower of the Stabroek Market. The Demerara River can be seen at the left of the picture in the distance.

Dates: 1880 - 1889
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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Indian banana seller, Georgetown, British Guiana [i.e. Guyana], 1900 - 1909

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011W/2
Scope and Contents

59 x 102 mm. Full length portrait of an Indian woman standing in front of the premises of the Royal Mail Steam Packet Company in Georgetown. West India Committee photograph.

Dates: 1900 - 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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Origin of Georgetown’s district and street names, 1908 - 1915

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/RCMS 259/6/19
Scope and Contents

From 'The Daily Argosy'.

Dates: 1908 - 1915
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).