South Georgia (island)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 78 Collections and/or Records:
Item
Blubber being hoisted, S.G. (?), 1900 - 1905
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30795C/4
Scope and Contents
120 x 70 mm.
Dates:
1900 - 1905
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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[Closer view of the whaling factory], 1920 - 1929
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30795B/64
Scope and Contents
240 x 140 mm. Enlargement, rather faint and of indifferent quality, with two holes punched in top.
Dates:
1920 - 1929
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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[Closer view of the whaling factory], 1920 - 1929
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30795B/65
Scope and Contents
240 x 140 mm. Enlargement, rather faint and of indifferent quality, with two holes punched in top.
Dates:
1920 - 1929
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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[Closer view of the whaling factory], 1920 - 1929
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30795B/66
Scope and Contents
240 x 140 mm. Enlargement, rather faint and of indifferent quality, with two holes punched in top.
Dates:
1920 - 1929
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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[Closer view of the whaling factory], 1920 - 1929
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30795B/67
Scope and Contents
240 x 140 mm. Enlargement, rather faint and of indifferent quality, with two holes punched in top.
Dates:
1920 - 1929
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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[Closer view of the whaling factory], 1920 - 1929
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30795B/68
Scope and Contents
240 x 140 mm. Enlargement, rather faint and of indifferent quality, with two holes punched in top.
Dates:
1920 - 1929
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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Floating factory ‘Southern Princess’ & Transport vessel moving ahead together to avoid growlers coming under sterns, 1920 - 1929
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30795B/13
Scope and Contents
105 x 80 mm.
Dates:
1920 - 1929
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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Floating whale factory ‘Southern Princess’ with transport vessel transferring cargo in shelter of pack ice, 1920 - 1929
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30795B/10
Scope and Contents
105 x 80 mm.
Dates:
1920 - 1929
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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Growlers, 1920 - 1929
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30795B/22
Scope and Contents
105 x 80 mm. In descending order of size, floating pieces of ice are known as ice-bergs, bergy-bits, growlers, and brash ice. ‘Growlers, in rough seas, are often difficult to see and are not apparent on radar,’ R. Headland, ‘The island of South Georgia’, (1984), p 183.
Dates:
1920 - 1929
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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Heavier pack-ice, 1920 - 1929
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30795B/18
Scope and Contents
105 x 80 mm.
Dates:
1920 - 1929
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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Heavy pack-ice, 1920 - 1929
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30795B/17
Scope and Contents
105 x 80 mm.
Dates:
1920 - 1929
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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Iceberg-a break-away from the Great Ice Barrier showing line of rocks & earth pinnacle to water line, 1920 - 1929
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30795B/21
Scope and Contents
105 x 80 mm.
Dates:
1920 - 1929
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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Large icebergs normal formation, 1920 - 1929
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30795B/19
Scope and Contents
105 x 80 mm.
Dates:
1920 - 1929
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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Molly-maulk, 1920 - 1929
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30795B/42
Scope and Contents
140 x 90 mm. Albatross
Dates:
1920 - 1929
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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Molly-maulks, 1920 - 1929
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30795B/41
Scope and Contents
140 x 90 mm. A female albatross with an egg, and two men in the background.
Dates:
1920 - 1929
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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Newly formed pack-ice, 1920 - 1929
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30795B/15
Scope and Contents
105 x 80 mm.
Dates:
1920 - 1929
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
Photographs of South Georgia and whaling activities
Fonds
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30795B
Scope and Contents
Collection of loose prints and one duplicate by various unidentified photographers, most probably dating from the 1920s. The original owner, Hester McGivering, worked for Christian Salvesen Limited. It formed the third shore-based whaling station on South Georgia at Leith Harbour in November 1909 and continued operating there until 1960/61. It is therefore probable that most of the photographs of whaling stations on South Georgia are of Leith Harbour. The photographs vary considerably...
Dates:
1914 - 1929
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).
Found in:
Cambridge University Library
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Postcard views of South Georgia: A Hard Winter (No 14), 1914
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30795B/55
Scope and Contents
140 x 90 mm.
Dates:
1914
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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Postcard views of South Georgia: A Sea Elephant and Harem (No 3), 1914
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30795B/50
Scope and Contents
140 x 90 mm.
Dates:
1914
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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Postcard views of South Georgia: An Angry Sea Elephant (No 4), 1914
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30795B/51
Scope and Contents
140 x 90 mm.
Dates:
1914
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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Postcard views of South Georgia: An Old Male Sea Elephant (No 1), 1914
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30795B/48
Scope and Contents
140 x 90 mm.
Dates:
1914
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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Postcard views of South Georgia: Argentine Whaling Factory (No 11), 1914
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30795B/54
Scope and Contents
140 x 90 mm.
Dates:
1914
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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Postcard views of South Georgia: Two Male Sea Elephants Fighting (No 2), 1914
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30795B/49
Scope and Contents
140 x 90 mm.
Dates:
1914
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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Postcard views of South Georgia: Whale Hunting-Loading the Harpoon Gun. (No 7), 1914
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30795B/53
Scope and Contents
140 x 90 mm.
Dates:
1914
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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Postcard views of South Georgia: Whale Hunting Steady! (No 6), 1914
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y30795B/52
Scope and Contents
140 x 90 mm. Inscription on back: chasing whale. Harpoon Gunner signals instructions to the steersman.
Dates:
1914
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).