
Kataragama Kataragama Maha Dêvalê in 1966
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Posted by admin on 03.08.2012 at 7:29 am// Tagged: Post-Colonial , Ceylon Pictorials

Port building at Colombo harbour 1960s #IMG785
Port building at Colombo harbour was built in 1928. This is used to be the passenger jetty, later building was transformed into office complex for Colombo port authority.
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Posted by admin on 05.14.2011 at 1:58 am// Tagged: Post-Colonial

Gafoor Building on Main Street, Colombo c.1950s #IMG773
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Posted by admin on 02.13.2011 at 6:31 am// Tagged: Post-Colonial , Ceylon Pictorials

1952 Prime Minister D.S Senanayake Ceylon #IMG769
The Death of a great commonwealth statesman.
Published in The Illustrated London News on March 29, 1952.
A wise statesman looked upon by his countrymen as “The father of the Nation”; The late MR. D.S. Senanayake, Prime minister of the dominion of Ceylon. Who died on March 22 from injuries received when he was thrown from the his horse on the previous day.
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Posted by admin on 01.26.2011 at 8:00 am// Tagged: Post-Colonial

Grand Oriental Hotel luggage label, Ceylon early 1900s #IMG754
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Posted by admin on 01.03.2011 at 8:21 am// Tagged: Post-Colonial

Brazen Palace - Anuradhapura Sri Lanka #IMG740
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Posted by admin on 10.10.2010 at 6:10 pm// Tagged: Post-Colonial