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Prome (inhabited place)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:

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Irrawaddy Flotilla Co. Steamer on River Irrawaddy at Prome, 1890 - 1899

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3029D/13
Scope and Contents

146 x 101 mm. Showng a two funnelled paddle steamer with a lighter or 'flat' for carrying cargo attached to its side, on the Irrawaddy at Prome, 150 miles north-north-west of Rangoon. The annotation on the reverse states 'Photo by J. Jackson, Rangoon'.

Dates: 1890 - 1899
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 river at Prome seen through early morning mist, 1903 - 1921

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3029E/14
Scope and Contents From the Fonds: An album containing photographic prints and coloured reproductions. Prints 2-62 are coloured reproductions from Kelly, R. Talbot (1905) Burma painted and described, London : Adam and Charles Black. The remainder are original photographs by Thomas Harry Goldsworthy Stevens. The prints mainly measure approximately 100 x 75 mm, although some are larger. The album is interleaved with sheets on which are typed captions, up to print 261. Photographs beyond this point are uncaptioned. The...
Dates: 1903 - 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).