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Jaffna Tamil Girl Ceylon 1910

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Rickshaws & drivers in Ceylon

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Bullock carts transport Tea from factory, Ceylon 1890s

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Street scene Colombo, Ceylon c.1890

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Government House Peons at Nuwara Eliya, Ceylon
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Government House Peons at Nuwara Eliya, Ceylon

Artist / photographer: F.J. Wooton-Isaacson Date: 1927

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Tea Estate workers in Ceylon 1870s

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Tea planters & their clubhouse in the central hills of Ceylon 1880

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Natives washing in the lake at Colombo, Ceylon

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Drying grounds for coffee, Ceylon

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A road scene near Kandy, Ceylon 1910

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A native family, Ceylon 1880 – 1890

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Native fishermen and their Catamaran, Ceylon 1890

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