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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Gafoor Building on Main Street, Colombo c.1950s #IMG773
1952 Prime Minister D.S Senanayake Ceylon #IMG769
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.
Grand Oriental Hotel luggage label, Ceylon early 1900s #IMG754
Brazen Palace - Anuradhapura Sri Lanka #IMG740
Hotel Ceylon Inter-continental Colombo Sri Lanka 1979 #IMG733
Ceylon Intercontinental Hotel was open in 1973, built by Mr. U. N. Gunasekera and the hotel owned by Hotel Services (Ceylon) Ltd. The Ceylon Inter-continental was the first five star hotel to be built in Sri Lanka.
Andrée Anon Anuradhapura Apothecaries Ceylon Pictorials Ceylon Tea Francis Fiebig Henry Salt John & Co Kandy Lawton Lionel Wendt Plâté Robert Knox Sadoon Scowen Skeen Uduman VOC William Henry
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