Associated Press Photo from New York “Business street in Colombo”
This is Prince Street, A business thoroughfare in Colombo, Ceylon, British crown colony on which the Japanese made a fierce assault on 05 April 1942.
Date: 06th April 1942
Prince Street, Colombo, Ceylon 1942
The shot here is not of price street, Its of Sir Baron Jayatileke Mawatha, dont know if the name of the road was different in the 1940s’
Prince street is now called “Sir baron Jayathilaka Mawatha”
Amazing!
I think we all Sri Lankans miss the good old Ceylon.
Thanks for sharing this magnificent picture!