Historic Images of Sri Lanka
Victoria Memorial Eye & Ear Hospital, Colombo c1910s
The Victoria Memorial Eye and Ear Hospital was established in 1906, it was named in honor of Queen Victoria’s Diamond Jubilee in 1897. This red-brick colonial building is in the Indo-Saracenic style and it was designed by Colombo based architect Edward Skinner.
Photographer: Plate & Co, Colombo
Polonnaruwa Rest House 1920-1925 Photograph by Plate #IMG787 Built in the 1870’s as a circuit Bungalow for British Government Agents (GA), with the first British GA occupant being with Mr. W. Harington, the Polonnaruwa Rest House was carefully refurbished in the style of the early 1950’s, whilst retaining its colonial charm, after been taken over […]
4th Cross Street Pettah Colombo c.1900-1910
An old Medium size manual (Human Powered) crane with a pivoted boom at Colombo Docks dispatching Tea in 1885.
Cinnamon Gardens Police Station, Colombo c.1910 #IMG790 Cinnamon Gardens Police Station in Colombo, photograph taken around 1910 by Skeen.
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The Victoria Memorial Eye and Ear Hospital was established in 1906. This beautifully designed building faces a roundabout known as Lipton’s Circus in Colombo, named after the tea company that helped bring tea from Ceylon to the rest of the world.
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