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Ismailia (inhabited place)

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

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Ecluse amont a Ismailia up-stream lock at Ismailia, 1870 - 1889

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3042B/10
Scope and Contents

261 x 204 mm. General view looking down onto one of the locks at Ismailia. Duplicate at Y302B/23 (signed by Zangaki).

Dates: 1870 - 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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[Ismailia Station], 1911 - 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3041B/58
Scope and Contents

133 x 84 mm. A view showing dignitaries on the platform of Ismailia Station, awaiting the arrival of the royal train. Photographer unknown, probably Henry Williamson.

Dates: 1911 - 1912
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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[Ismailia Station], 1911 - 1912

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3041B/59
Scope and Contents

135 x 82 mm. A view showing the welcoming party clustering around the royal train at Ismailia Station. A photograph taken from the footbridge over the track. Photographer unknown, probably Henry Williamson.

Dates: 1911 - 1912
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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Mubin Sheppard and F.B.ff.S on shore Ismailia Egypt, 1928-01

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3031P/1
Scope and Contents

Mubin Sheppard, possibly with brother.

Dates: 1928-01
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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[Suez Canal construction work Ismailia], 1905 - 1906

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3041B/39
Scope and Contents

299 x 239 mm. A view showing Egyptian labourers at work shifting earth with horse drawn railway trolleys under the supervision of an European overseer. In the background can be seen the funnels of numerous large steamers, and it seems likely that this is Port Ismailia, where Henry Williamson worked as a canal constructor after work had finished on the Aswan Dam. Y3041B/38 may also have been taken in this area.

Dates: 1905 - 1906
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).