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Shorthorn Bull Champion

Monday, November 3, 2025 - 17:09

Identifier

Coll-1434/949

Date

1870s-1930s

Creator

Ewart, James Cossar, 1851-1933 (zoologist and professor of natural history, University of Edinburgh)

Description

Photograph of a Shorthorn bull "[?]ericus," R.P. 5216 (26744), that was the first prize champion in a South American show in the late 19th or early 20th century.

Reserved Champion Shorthorn [Bull], Palermo Show, September

Monday, November 3, 2025 - 17:08

Identifier

Coll-1434/940

Date

1870s-1930s

Creator

Ewart, James Cossar, 1851-1933 (zoologist and professor of natural history, University of Edinburgh)

Description

Photograph of a reserved champion Shorthorn [bull] at the Palermo Show, Buenos Aires, Argentina in September 1903.

Polled Durham [Bull] (Dr. Carcono's) First Prize Buenos Aires Show

Monday, November 3, 2025 - 17:06

Identifier

Coll-1434/924

Date

1870s-1930s

Creator

Ewart, James Cossar, 1851-1933 (zoologist and professor of natural history, University of Edinburgh)

Description

Photograph of a Polled Durham bull owned by Dr. Carcono that won first prize in the Buenos Aires Show in the early 20th century.

Champion Durham Bull, "Ladas", 9th Palermo Show

Monday, November 3, 2025 - 16:50

Identifier

Coll-1434/767

Date

1870s-1930s

Creator

Ewart, James Cossar, 1851-1933 (zoologist and professor of natural history, University of Edinburgh)

Description

Photograph of the champion bull, "Ladas" at the 9th Palermo Show in Buenos Aires, Argentina in September 1903.

Flemenca Bull, First Prize, Palermo Show

Monday, November 3, 2025 - 16:49

Identifier

Coll-1434/764

Date

1870s-1930s

Creator

Ewart, James Cossar, 1851-1933 (zoologist and professor of natural history, University of Edinburgh)

Description

Photograph of a Flemenca bull that won first prize at the Palermo Show in Buenos Aires, Argentina in September 1903.

Shorthorn Year Old Bull, First Prize, Palermo Show

Monday, November 3, 2025 - 16:48

Identifier

Coll-1434/746

Date

1870s-1930s

Creator

Ewart, James Cossar, 1851-1933 (zoologist and professor of natural history, University of Edinburgh)

Description

Photograph of a year old Shorthorn bull that won first prize at the Palermo Show in September 1903.

Shorthorn Heifer, First Prize, Palermo Show

Monday, November 3, 2025 - 16:48

Identifier

Coll-1434/750

Date

1870s-1930s

Creator

Ewart, James Cossar, 1851-1933 (zoologist and professor of natural history, University of Edinburgh)

Description

Photograph of a Shorthorn heifer that won first prize at the Palermo Show in September 1903.

Shorthorn Cow, First Prize, Palermo Show

Monday, November 3, 2025 - 16:47

Identifier

Coll-1434/745

Date

1870s-1930s

Creator

Ewart, James Cossar, 1851-1933 (zoologist and professor of natural history, University of Edinburgh)

Description

Photograph of a Shorthorn cow that won first prize at the Palermo Show in 1903 feeding her calf..

Milkman in Buenos Aires, Argentina

Monday, November 3, 2025 - 16:47

Identifier

Coll-1434/741

Date

1870s-1930s

Creator

Ewart, James Cossar, 1851-1933 (zoologist and professor of natural history, University of Edinburgh)

Description

Photograph of a milkman milking a cow for some children on the street in Buenos Aires, Argentina in the late 19th or early 20th century.

Shorthorn Heifer in Fence of a Palermo Show, September

Monday, November 3, 2025 - 16:47

Identifier

Coll-1434/738

Date

1870s-1930s

Creator

Ewart, James Cossar, 1851-1933 (zoologist and professor of natural history, University of Edinburgh)

Description

Photograph of Shorthorn heifers in fences at the Palermo Show in September 1903.

Champion Hereford Bull, Palermo Show

Monday, November 3, 2025 - 16:47

Identifier

Coll-1434/739

Date

1870s-1930s

Creator

Ewart, James Cossar, 1851-1933 (zoologist and professor of natural history, University of Edinburgh)

Description

Photograph of a champion Hereford bull at the Palermo Show on 19 September 1903.

Hall of Dairy Exhibits, Palermo Show

Monday, November 3, 2025 - 16:47

Identifier

Coll-1434/740

Date

1870s-1930s

Creator

Ewart, James Cossar, 1851-1933 (zoologist and professor of natural history, University of Edinburgh)

Description

Photograph of the interior of a large hall of dairy exhibits at the Palermo Show in Buenos Aires in September 1903.

Fruit Seller, Buenos Aires

Monday, November 3, 2025 - 16:45

Identifier

Coll-1434/720

Date

1870s-1930s

Creator

Ewart, James Cossar, 1851-1933 (zoologist and professor of natural history, University of Edinburgh)

Description

Photograph of a fruit seller with two baskets fruit standing with his wife and children in the doorway of their house in Buenos Aires, Argentina in the late 19th or early 20th century.

B[uenos] A[ires], J Angus, Miss Angus Doll Family

Monday, November 3, 2025 - 16:44

Identifier

Coll-1434/715

Date

1870s-1930s

Creator

Ewart, James Cossar, 1851-1933 (zoologist and professor of natural history, University of Edinburgh)

Description

Photograph of J Angus's daughter inside her doll house with her doll family in Buenos Aires in the late 19th or early 20th century.

Jockey Club, Buenos Aires, Exterior

Monday, November 3, 2025 - 16:44

Identifier

Coll-1434/716

Date

1870s-1930s

Creator

Ewart, James Cossar, 1851-1933 (zoologist and professor of natural history, University of Edinburgh)

Description

Photograph of the exterior façade of the Jockey Club in Buenos Aires, Argentina in the late 19th or early 20th century.

Prensa Office, Buenos Aires

Monday, November 3, 2025 - 16:44

Identifier

Coll-1434/717

Date

1870s-1930s

Creator

Ewart, James Cossar, 1851-1933 (zoologist and professor of natural history, University of Edinburgh)

Description

Photograph of the exterior façade of the [La] Prensa Office [newspaper] in Buenos Aires, Argentina in the late 19th or early 20th century.

Judging Heavy Horses, Buenos Aires Show

Monday, November 3, 2025 - 16:44

Identifier

Coll-1434/718

Date

1870s-1930s

Creator

Ewart, James Cossar, 1851-1933 (zoologist and professor of natural history, University of Edinburgh)

Description

Photograph of heavy horses being judged in a ring at the Buenos Aires Show in 1903.

Jockey Club, Buenos Aires, Interior

Monday, November 3, 2025 - 16:44

Identifier

Coll-1434/719

Date

1870s-1930s

Creator

Ewart, James Cossar, 1851-1933 (zoologist and professor of natural history, University of Edinburgh)

Description

Photograph of the interior of the Jockey Club in Buenos Aires, Argentina in the late 19th or early 20th century. Shows a staircase, first floor and chandelier of the club.

B[uenos] A[ires], J Angus and House

Monday, November 3, 2025 - 16:44

Identifier

Coll-1434/713

Date

1870s-1930s

Creator

Ewart, James Cossar, 1851-1933 (zoologist and professor of natural history, University of Edinburgh)

Description

Photograph of J Angus, his wife and daughter standing on the front steps of their house in Buenos Aires in the late 19th or early 20th century.

B[uenos] A[ires], J Angus and Family

Monday, November 3, 2025 - 16:44

Identifier

Coll-1434/714

Date

1870s-1930s

Creator

Ewart, James Cossar, 1851-1933 (zoologist and professor of natural history, University of Edinburgh)

Description

Photograph of J Angus, his wife and daughter sitting in their parlour in the late 19th or early 20th century, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

William McCall's House

Monday, November 3, 2025 - 12:30

Identifier

Coll-1434/693

Date

1870s-1930s

Creator

Ewart, James Cossar, 1851-1933 (zoologist and professor of natural history, University of Edinburgh)

Description

Photograph of the exterior of William McCall's house in [Buenos Aires, Argentina] with two men, a woman and a horse standing next to it in the early 20th century.

Street Hawker in Buenos Aires

Monday, November 3, 2025 - 12:30

Identifier

Coll-1434/677

Date

1870s-1930s

Creator

Ewart, James Cossar, 1851-1933 (zoologist and professor of natural history, University of Edinburgh)

Description

Photograph of a street hawker selling strainers, pots and pans in Buenos Aires, Argentina in the late 19th or early 20th century.

Conventillo, Buenos Aires

Monday, November 3, 2025 - 12:30

Identifier

Coll-1434/678

Date

1870s-1930s

Creator

Ewart, James Cossar, 1851-1933 (zoologist and professor of natural history, University of Edinburgh)

Description

Photograph of a conventillo, or tenament, in Buenos Aires, Argentina in the late 19th or early 20th century.

Notebook No.3

Thursday, October 2, 2025 - 14:45

Identifier

Coll-203/A1/3

Date

1826 - 1826

Creator

Lyell, Sir Charles, 1797-1875 (1st Baronet | Scottish geologist)

Description

This notebook is written primarily in ink. Subjects include scholarship and university arrangements in other nations, religion, and notes on recent geological discoveries. …