Historic Images of Sri Lanka
A water buffalo working on the rice paddy in Sri Lanka
Traditionally Water buffaloes were used to plough muddy paddy fields for thousands of years in Sri Lanka, nowadays buffaloes have been replaced by tractors (with small powered ploughs).
Photographer/Publisher: Plate & Co, Ceylon
Weighing fresh Ceylon Tea Leaf #010 Weighing the fresh tea leaf, high country tea plantation Ceylon – tea estate workers Skeen & Co. Date: Early 1900’s
Baling cinnamon in Sri Lanka Late 1800s Showing five workers tying cinnamon cane into cylindrical bundles was destined for export. Photograph by W L H Skeen and Co Sri Lanka is the largest producer of Cinnamon in the world accounting for about 65 – 70 % of the global production, with Seychelles, Madagascar, India and […]
Pounding Ceylon Coffee, Late 1870’s #004 Photographer/Publisher: Charles T. Scowen (Scowen & Co. Ceylon) Date: Late 1870’s Location: ?