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Termite or ant hill broken by an anteater or ant-bear with Karoo bushes in the background

Friday, October 31, 2025 - 14:35

Identifier

Coll-1434/32

Date

1870s-1930s

Creator

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

Description

Photograph of a termite or ant hill broken by an anteater or ant-bear with Karoo bushes in the background in the early 20th century.

White Ant

Friday, October 31, 2025 - 14:35

Identifier

Coll-1434/33

Date

1870s-1930s

Creator

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

Description

Illustration of various types of White-Ant: a) Queen white-ant read to deposit eggs; b) Working neuter; c) Soldier neuter; d) Male pupa; e) Female pupa; f) Winged white-ant

Eland Bull

Friday, October 31, 2025 - 14:35

Identifier

Coll-1434/34

Date

1870s-1930s

Creator

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

Description

Photograph of an Eland bull, a plains antelope from Eastern and Southern Africa, standing in front of some trees.

Wheat Crop of the World

Friday, October 31, 2025 - 14:35

Identifier

Coll-1434/35

Date

1870s-1930s

Creator

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

Description

Table of the number of bushels per county between 1900 and 1903 from Europe, Asia, North America, the Middle East, Central America, South America, and Australasia.

Portrait of Sir Wilfrid Laurier

Friday, October 31, 2025 - 14:35

Identifier

Coll-1434/36

Date

1870s-1930s

Creator

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

Description

Portrait photograph of Sir Wilfrid Laurier, the seventh Prime Minister of Canada (1896-1911).

Portrait of the Earl of Aberdeen, "The Father of the 'Dry Belt' - Fruit Farming in British Colombia"

Friday, October 31, 2025 - 14:35

Identifier

Coll-1434/37

Date

1870s-1930s

Creator

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

Description

Portrait photograph of the Earl of Aberdeen who purchased a large number of orchards for fruit farming in British Columbia in the 1890s. Slide developed by the London Stereoscopic Company.

Exterminating White Ants. Rantau Panjang Estate.

Friday, October 31, 2025 - 14:35

Identifier

Coll-1434/38

Date

1870s-1930s

Creator

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

Description

Photograph of two men exterminating white ants from beneath a tree on the Rantau Panjang Estate, Malaysia in the early 20th century

Mycelium on Hevea Root (1/2 natural size)

Friday, October 31, 2025 - 14:35

Identifier

Coll-1434/39

Date

1870s-1930s

Creator

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

Description

Photograph of mycelium on a Hevea root.

Haymaking, Wollongbar Farm, New South Wales, Australia

Friday, October 31, 2025 - 14:35

Identifier

Coll-1434/4

Date

1870s-1930s

Creator

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

Description

Men in a field loading hay onto a wagon pulled by a horse in the early 20th century.

Plantation Rubber Washing Machine

Friday, October 31, 2025 - 14:35

Identifier

Coll-1434/40

Date

1870s-1930s

Creator

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

Description

Illustration of a plantation rubber washing machine.

Barley, Flax and Rye [Crop Tables}

Friday, October 31, 2025 - 14:34

Identifier

Coll-1434/41

Date

1870s-1930s

Creator

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

Description

Yearly average table showing the number of acres and bushels for barley, flax and rye crops from 1883 to 1904.

Return of Crops as Given in Provincial Reports of Ontario, Manitoba, New Brunswick and the Territories: Province of Ontario

Friday, October 31, 2025 - 14:34

Identifier

Coll-1434/42

Date

1870s-1930s

Creator

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

Description

Yearly average table of wheat, barley, and oats by acres, bushels and yields from 1882-1904 in Ontario, Canada.

Number of Fruit Trees, Bearing and Non-bearing, and Quantity of Fruit Yielded, according to Censuses of 1901 and 1891

Friday, October 31, 2025 - 14:34

Identifier

Coll-1434/43

Date

1870s-1930s

Creator

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

Description

Table of number of fruit trees, primarily grapes, bearing and non-bearing, and quantity of fruit yielded, according to the censuses of 1901 and 1891 in Canada.

Portrait of Earl Grey

Friday, October 31, 2025 - 14:34

Identifier

Coll-1434/44

Date

1870s-1930s

Creator

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

Description

Photographic portrait of Albert Grey, 4th Earl Grey who was the Governor General of Canada from 1904 to 1911.

Map of the North West of Canada Showing the Distribution of the Population in 1904 and the Racial Origins of the Immigrants

Friday, October 31, 2025 - 14:34

Identifier

Coll-1434/45

Date

1870s-1930s

Creator

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

Description

Colour map of the North West of Canada showing the distribution of the population in 1904 and the racial origins of the immigrants with key on right side of the map.

Area and Yield of Principal Crops in Manitoba - Oats

Friday, October 31, 2025 - 14:34

Identifier

Coll-1434/46

Date

1870s-1930s

Creator

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

Description

Table of year, average by acres, yield by bushels, and total yield of oat crops in Manitoba, Canada from 1883 to 1904.

Butter Trade in Canada from 1895-1904

Friday, October 31, 2025 - 14:34

Identifier

Coll-1434/47

Date

1870s-1930s

Creator

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

Description

Comparative table taken from the British Returns illustrates Canada's success in securing a larger share of the butter trade in the years between 1895 and 1904.

On the Hay River

Friday, October 31, 2025 - 14:34

Identifier

Coll-1434/48

Date

1870s-1930s

Creator

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

Description

Photograph of men camping with horses amongst the pine trees on the Hay River [Northwest Territories, Canada] on 23 October 1912.

Scenes showing our Beauty Spots and the Richness of our Soil

Friday, October 31, 2025 - 14:34

Identifier

Coll-1434/49

Date

1870s-1930s

Creator

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

Description

Image of a forest overlooking a river with buildings and mountains in the background.

Harvesting ['Magui'] at Piesse's

Friday, October 31, 2025 - 14:34

Identifier

Coll-1434/5

Date

1870s-1930s

Creator

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

Description

Image of a man standing next to a horse-drawn wagon filled with hay or wheat with many stacks in the background in the early 20th century.

Para Rubber "Biscuits" being dried in a Tea-leaf Withering House, Ceylon

Friday, October 31, 2025 - 14:33

Identifier

Coll-1434/51

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 tea-leaf withering house in Ceylon [now, known as Sri Lanka] which has rows of para rubber rounds lying on the floor and on shelves being dried.