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Cambridge University Library, Royal Commonwealth Society
 
West Road
Cambridge, England, Cambridgeshire CB3 9DR
UK

www.lib.cam.ac.uk/rcs_photo_project/history1.html
rcs@lib.cam.ac.uk
Tel: +44 (0)1223 333146
Fax: +44 (0)1223 333160

 
Some random images from this collection.
 
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Charles Kerry, 1885-1890, Arrival of Station mail, New South Wales, Australia, Albumen print, Cambridge University Library, Royal Commonwealth Society, LL/40118
Unidentified photographer, 1937, Group outside church (?), Colour photograph, Cambridge University Library, Royal Commonwealth Society, LL/96504
Unidentified photographer, 1880-1889, Railway station, Yokohama, Japan, Albumen print, hand-coloured, Cambridge University Library, Royal Commonwealth Society, LL/40113
1910, August, Book cover for H.J. Mackinder, August 1910, India: Eight Lectures prepared for the Visual Instruction Committee of the Colonial Office, (London: London: G. Philip & Son), Book cover, Cambridge University Library, Royal Commonwealth Society, LL/81988
1913, May, Book cover for A.J. Sargent, May 1913, Canada and Newfoundland: Seven lectures prepared for the Visual Instruction Committee of the Colonial Office, (London: London: G. Philip & Son), Book cover, Cambridge University Library, Royal Commonwealth Society, LL/81991
John Thomson, 1878 (taken), The Village Priest, Avgoru [? Avgorou], Woodburytype, Cambridge University Library, Royal Commonwealth Society, LL/86639
Colman Patrick Louis Macaulay (1848-1890, Secretary to the Government of Bengal), 1885, Group at Giagong on the Tibetan Frontier, Tibet, Albumen print, Cambridge University Library, Royal Commonwealth Society, LL/40101
Arthur Bryan Fisher (1867-1955, missionary), 1892-1914, Missionaries' washing day, Uganda, Photographic print, Cambridge University Library, Royal Commonwealth Society, LL/40098
H. Ferdinand Gros, 1880-1881, The publishing office and editor's quarters for News of the Camp, during siege of Pretoria, Transvaal, South Africa, [First Boer War], Albumen print, Cambridge University Library, Royal Commonwealth Society, LL/40134
Angerer, 1884, Proclamation of the British Protectorate at Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, Albumen print, Cambridge University Library, Royal Commonwealth Society, LL/40100
J.E. Middlebrook, 1891, The Floors - sorting the gravel for diamonds, Kimberley, South Africa, Albumen print, Cambridge University Library, Royal Commonwealth Society, LL/40127
George White, 1875, Stopped by the ice off Cape Prescott, Ellesmere Island, Canada, Albumen print, Cambridge University Library, Royal Commonwealth Society, LL/40096
L.P. Vallee, 1870, Town and Citadel of Quebec City, Quebec, Canada, Albumen print, Cambridge University Library, Royal Commonwealth Society, LL/40111
Sir Walter Buchanan Smith (1879-1944, Knight and colonial administrator), 1914-1918, African recruits being sworn in during the First World War, [now Tanzania], Photographic print, Cambridge University Library, Royal Commonwealth Society, LL/40140
C.A. Killie (Presbyterian clergyman), 1900, International gun, 'our Betsy', in the Mongol Market (adjoining the British Legation) during the Boxer Rebellion, Beijing, China, Photographic print, Cambridge University Library, Royal Commonwealth Society, LL/40138
Colonel Henry Eric Hebbert (1893-1980), 1930, Suakin [i.e. Sawakin], Sudan, Gelatin silver print, Cambridge University Library, Royal Commonwealth Society, LL/40114
1912, March, Book cover for A.J. Sargent, March 1912, The Sea Road to the East: Six lectures prepared for the Visual Instruction Committee of the Colonial Office (London: London: G. Philip & Son), Book cover, Cambridge University Library, Royal Commonwealth Society, LL/81989
John Thomson, 1878, Dwelling on the highlands of Kalopanayiotis, Cyprus, Albumen print, Cambridge University Library, Royal Commonwealth Society, LL/40117
1914, May, Book cover for Algernon E. Aspinall, May 1914, West Indies and Guiana: Six lectures prepared for the Visual Instruction Committee of the Colonial Office, (London: London: G. Philip & Son), Book cover, Cambridge University Library, Royal Commonwealth Society, LL/81993
L. Fiorillo, 1882, La Cour Martiale au Palais de Justice, Alexandria, Egypt, [Anglo-Egyptian War], Albumen print, Cambridge University Library, Royal Commonwealth Society, LL/40133
Unidentified photographer, 1906, Tiger shoot, showing the Prince of Wales, Singhpur, Madhya Pradesh, India, Photographic print, Cambridge University Library, Royal Commonwealth Society, LL/40130
L. Fiorillo, 1882, Les batteries de Ras-el-Tin démantelées, Alexandria, [Anglo-Egyptian War], Albumen print, Cambridge University Library, Royal Commonwealth Society, LL/40131
John Thomson, 1878, Greek monks, St. Pantalemoni [? Saint Panteleimon], Cyprus, Albumen print, Cambridge University Library, Royal Commonwealth Society, LL/40122
Skeen & Co., 1920, [Spreading out the tea leaf from the roller before firing], Sri Lanka, Albumen print, Cambridge University Library, Royal Commonwealth Society, LL/40125
Elliott & Fry, 1887, First Colonial Conference, London, England, Albumen print, Cambridge University Library, Royal Commonwealth Society, LL/40104
Unidentified photographer, 1892-1914 (approx.), Quartet of warriors on the march, Photograph, Cambridge University Library, Royal Commonwealth Society, LL/96503
Robert E. Holloway (1850-1904), 1880-1904, A group of Inuit, Labrador, Newfoundland, Canada, Albumen print ?, Cambridge University Library, Royal Commonwealth Society, LL/40106
Unidentified photographer, 1923, Wreckage of Tokyo railway station and other buildings caused by 1923 earthquake and typhoon, Photograph, hand-coloured, Cambridge University Library, Royal Commonwealth Society, LL/96507
Unidentified photographer, 1928, Parsee School, Photograph, hand-coloured, Cambridge University Library, Royal Commonwealth Society, LL/96505
1913, November, Book cover for A.J. Sargent, November 1913, South Africa: Seven lectures prepared for the Visual Instruction Committee of the Colonial Office, (London: London: G. Philip & Son), Book cover, Cambridge University Library, Royal Commonwealth Society, LL/81992
Alfred Hugh Fisher (1867-1945), 1908, Mayo School of Art, Metal Working Department, Lahore, [now Pakistan], Photographic print, Cambridge University Library, Royal Commonwealth Society, LL/40121
Lala Deen Dayal, 1905, Group of Chiefs, Indore, India, Photographic print, Cambridge University Library, Royal Commonwealth Society, LL/40129
Unidentified photographer, 1900, Chief Amoah and his people, Ghana, Albumen print ?, Cambridge University Library, Royal Commonwealth Society, LL/40105
Unidentified photographer, 1900-1912 (approx.), Dr Theodore Leighton Pennell (1867-1912), medical missionary in Pathan dress, Photograph, hand-coloured, Cambridge University Library, Royal Commonwealth Society, LL/96506
Unidentified photographer, 1901, Fireworks display depicting King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra, Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, Silver print, Cambridge University Library, Royal Commonwealth Society, LL/40103
Felice Beato, 1891, Assault on Kyaing-Kwintaung Stockade, Burma, by the 2nd Devon Regt, during the Wuntho Sawbwa campaign, Albumen print, Cambridge University Library, Royal Commonwealth Society, LL/40137
1913, Book cover for A.J. Sargent, 1913, Australasia: Eight lectures prepared for the Visual Instruction Committee of the Colonial Office, (London: London: G. Philip & Son), Book cover, Cambridge University Library, Royal Commonwealth Society, LL/81990
Unidentified photographer, 1900-1910, Amanguba circumcision dance, [now KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa], Photographic print, Cambridge University Library, Royal Commonwealth Society, LL/40123
J.E. Middlebrook, 1891, Diamond mine - flat sheet on 800 level, bottom of rock shaft, Kimberley, South Africa, Albumen print, Cambridge University Library, Royal Commonwealth Society, LL/40126
Unidentified photographer, 1909, Woolsorting and classing, Burrawong, New South Wales, Australia, Photographic print, Cambridge University Library, Royal Commonwealth Society, LL/40128
Unidentified photographer, 1905-1948 (approx.), CMS Church at Pumwani, Photograph, hand-coloured, Cambridge University Library, Royal Commonwealth Society, LL/96502
Vickers-Maxim (Company), 1909, In the working chamber of a 'King Edward VII' type battleship: the shells are here transferred on to another hoist called the loading trayà, Photographic print, Cambridge University Library, Royal Commonwealth Society, LL/40139
Skeen & Co., 1870-1889, Within the gates of the temple: the god Siva, Brahmins, Sri Lanka, Albumen print, Cambridge University Library, Royal Commonwealth Society, LL/40124
Charles Bayliss, 1888-1889, Spearing fish from a 'dug-out', Australia, Albumen print, Cambridge University Library, Royal Commonwealth Society, LL/40119
Unidentified photographer, 1892, Group of clergy on board the mission ship 'Southern Cross', Melanesia, Albumen print, Cambridge University Library, Royal Commonwealth Society, LL/40099
Unidentified photographer, 1886, Tamil children, Sri Lanka, Albumen print, Cambridge University Library, Royal Commonwealth Society, LL/40110
L. Fiorillo, 1882, La Place de Consuls côté droit (ruines), Alexandria, [Anglo-Egyptian War], Albumen print, Cambridge University Library, Royal Commonwealth Society, LL/40132
N.J. Caire, 1886, A prospector's hut, Gippsland, New South Wales, Australia, Albumen print, Cambridge University Library, Royal Commonwealth Society, LL/40116
George White, 1875, Discovery Bay, winter, Ellesmere Island, Canada, Albumen print, Cambridge University Library, Royal Commonwealth Society, LL/40097
   

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