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Link to larger image of RCI 1/183
Classmark: RCI 1/183
Originator: Notman, William, 1826-1891, photographer
Title: J.S. O'Halloran
Description: Portrait of Joseph Sylvester O'Halloran. Halloran was appointed the first salaried librarian of the Royal Colonial Institute in 1881.
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Link to larger image of RCS IA/1
Classmark: RCS IA/1
Originator: Maull and Co
Title: Viscount Bury
Description: Portrait of Viscount Bury (1832-94), President of the Colonial Institute/Royal Colonial Institute 1868-71...
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Link to larger image of RCS VA/4
Classmark: RCS VA/4
Originator: London News Agency
Title: 1928
Description: Corner of the inner Royal Commonwealth Society Library, with globes. Miss Winifred Hill, cataloguer, later second wife of P. Evans Lewin, Librarian from 1910 to 1946, and (standing) Miss Oppenheim...
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Link to larger image of RCS VA/5
Classmark: RCS VA/5
Originator: London News Agency
Title: 1928
Description: View of the Royal Commonwealth Society Library, with Miss Oppenheim and (seated) Miss Hill...
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Link to larger image of RCS VC/4
Classmark: RCS VC/4
Originator: Simpson, Donald Herbert, 1920-2002, RCS Librarian
Title: Books drying in the barber's shop
Description: Colour photograph showing the aftermath of the 1980 Royal Commonwealth Society Library Flood.
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Link to larger image of RCS VH/2
Classmark: RCS VH/2
Originator: Bye, Gerry, fl 1994
Title: [Transfer of the Royal Commonwealth Society Library to Cambridge]
Description: A photograph of the official handover of the Royal Commonwealth Society Library to the University of Cambridge...
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