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Colombo Harbor & Breakwater Ceylon by Scowen 1890s

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Sinhalese man, Ceylon c1900’s

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Lion’s Mouth Colombo Kandy Line

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Clearing forests to plant Tea, Late 1800?s Ceylon

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Diyaluma falls near Haputale, Sri Lanka

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View of a cocoa plant with cocoa fruits, Ceylon

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Lankarama Dagoba, ruined temple in Anuradhapura, Ceylon 1905 – 1909

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Avenue beside Lake at Kandy, Ceylon

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Main Street Colombo, Ceylon Late 1800s

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The Lake at Kandy, Ceylon C.1880

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Coolies at work in a tea factory 1890

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Colombo to Kandy Railway Ceylon c.1880

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