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A tollkeeper with his badge of office, Ceylon

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The plantation Tamils of Ceylon

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Loading plumbago barrels into bullock carts for shipping

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Ladies riding the rickshaws in Ceylon c.1880

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Primitive Gemstone Cutting Technique in Ceylon
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Primitive Gemstone Cutting Technique in Ceylon

Primitive Gemstone Cutting Technique in Ceylon 1903 This evocative photograph…

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Roadside native fruit seller near Colombo Sri Lanka

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Sinhalese Children on Kandy Road Ceylon

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A group of golf caddies at Nuwara Eliya, Ceylon 1903

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Group of native boys (golf caddies) at Colombo, Ceylon

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Man in a Bullock Hackery

A Singalese man in a Bullock Hackery followed by a…

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Snake Charmers, Ceylon

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Native children Climbing a coconut palm tree

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