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  • Post-Colonial

Panadura to Ratnapura Road, Sri Lanka 1962

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  • People & Lifestyle

Loading plumbago barrels into bullock carts for shipping

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  • Buildings & Cities

Steamers at Colombo harbour Ceylon 1937

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Punchbowl forces club (RAF) situated in Colombo 1945

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“Grasmere” Situated in Gregory’s Road, Colombo 1945

"Grasmere" Situated in Gregory's Road, Colombo 1945 era and used…

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  • Ruins & Religious

Polonnaruwa Gal Vihara seated Buddha Statue, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)

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  • Nature & Landscape

Clearing forests to plant Tea, Late 1800?s Ceylon

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Up country Teh (Tea) plantation in Sri Lanka 1880

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  • Nature & Landscape

Elephants at Kandy Ceylon Early 1900

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  • Buildings & Cities

ClubHouse & Galleface Hotel Colombo in Ceylon

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Chatham street, Colombo in 1870

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  • People & Lifestyle

Ladies riding the rickshaws in Ceylon c.1880

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