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Kandy lake bund, near Temple of the tooth late 1800s #IMG774 Kandy Lake is a lake in the heart of the city of Kandy, Sri Lanka. Built in 1807 by King Sri Vikrama Rajasinha of Sri Lanka next to the Temple of the Tooth. B & W Photograph by Skeen Hand-coloured photograph (manually added colors […]
Lady Havelock Hospital, Colombo c.1910
- Bawantha
- January 25, 2012
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Photograph showing the Lady Havelock Hospital around 1910 Established in 1895 as the Lady Havelock Hospital for Women and Children, it was christened the Lady Ridgeway Hospital for Children in 1910. These distinguished ladies were the respective wives of British Governors in Ceylon – Sir Arthur Havelock and Sir Joseph West Ridgeway. The Lady Ridgeway […]