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Month: April 2009

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Tea plantations near Devon Falls, Ceylon 1870

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  • People & Lifestyle

Group of Tamil Coolie Women

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Cadet Battalion, Royal College, Colombo

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Railway going up from the plains of Colombo to Kandy, Ceylon

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  • People & Lifestyle

Natives Riding an Elephant near Kandy

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  • Ruins & Religious

Ruwanweli Dagoba and elephant wall (before restoration) in Ceylon 1927

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View of the harbour at Galle from the east, Ceylon

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Travellers Palm, Ceylon

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The sea shore at Mount Lavinia, Ceylon 1880 – 1890

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View of Thuparama Dagoba 1905 – 1909

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  • People & Lifestyle

Tapping Rubber in Ceylon early 1900s

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Undergoing constructions of a Tunnel, Colombo – Kandy Railway Line, c. 1860

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