Historic Images of Sri Lanka
P.25 – Click on Image to View Full-size Photograph
Colhetty (Kollupitiya) Road Mt Lavinia Carts Colombo Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
Colpetty or Kollupitiya Bazaar, Colombo
Photography/Publisher:The Colombo Apothecaries
Date/Era: c.1910
PLUMBAGO or Graphite Preparation PLUMBAGO (from Lat. plumbum, lead), a name frequently applied to graphite, “Miniran” in sinhala Languge. When Chemistry was in its early days and the graphite was thought to be a form of lead. Because of this, it was called “plumbago” (Latin for “acts like lead”). The black core of pencils is […]
Pearl Drilling, Fishing Ceylon 1909 #003 Date: c.1909 Photographer/Publisher: Andree, Ceylon Location: Ceylon
Is this Galle Road?
My ancestors lived in Mount Lavinia. There was no such dense housing in Mount Lavinia. My grandad used to tell me how it was before Galle Road expansion by British.