Rest house at Gampola, Sri Lanka in 1894

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Rest house at Gampola, Sri Lanka in 1894 #IMG153

Rest house at Gampola, Sri Lanka. Photograph originally taken by William Henry Jackson for the World Transportation Commission in 1894.

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