Plumbago yard (Graphite) Ceylon c.1910

Plumbago yard Graphite Ceylon c.1910
Workers sorting and packing graphite into barrels for export near Colombo #IMG613


Date: c.1910
Location: Colombo, Ceylon
Photographer: Plate & Co., Colombo

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