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    View from the Landing Jetty Colombo, Ceylon

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    Colombo Clock Tower c.1880, Ceylon

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    Colombo Main St, Ceylon

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    Galle face colombo, Late 1800′s

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    Colombo Post Office, Royal Mail Truck 1925 Ceylon

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    Galle Face Hotel Colombo Sri Lanka 1800s

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    Galle Face Hotel Ceylon c.1880s

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    Galle face hotel, Colombo 1890′s

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    View of York Street 1910, Colombo

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    Early 1900′s Union Place Colombo Ceylon

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    Dam Street, Colombo – Ceylon

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    Busy York Street, Colombo, Ceylon in 1920′s

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    Colombo Busy Street Scene, Ceylon 1900s

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    General Hospital, Colombo, Ceylon

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    National Museum of Colombo in Late 1800′s

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    York Street Colombo, Ceylon c.1900s

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    York Street Colombo Ceylon c.1920s

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    City of Colombo overlooking the Galle Face & Barracks

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    Old Fort Lighthouse Clock Tower Colombo Ceylon c.1910

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    Busy Streets of Colombo Town Hall Ceylon 1915

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    Baillie Street, Colombo, Sri Lanka c.1910

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    The Jami-Ul-Alfar Mosque in Pettah, Colombo

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    Colombo Harbor Ceylon 1908

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    Colombo harbour, Queen street, Government house & Post Office

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    Colombo Harbour from Queens Street, Ceylon c.1885

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    Colombo harbour 1884, Ceylon

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    Colombo Harbour c1905

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    Panoramic view of Colombo Harbour

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    Colombo harbour & wharf bullock carts, Ceylon

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    Colombo Harbour, Ceylon

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    Colombo Harbour and Landing Jetty, Ceylon

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    Colombo Harbor & Breakwater Ceylon by Scowen 1890s

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    Colombo harbor 1914, Ceylon

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    Steamers & sailing ships at Colombo Harbour

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    Colombo Port Customs Building Sri Lanka

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    Tream crane loading tea boxes at Colombo Harbor

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    General view of Colombo Harbor 1930s

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    Entrance to Colombo Harbour, Sri Lanka 1900s

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    The old Dutch church in Galle, Ceylon 1903


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    Princes street, Colombo Ceylon early 1900s

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    The General Post Office, Colombo 1890′s

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    Prince Street Fort, Colombo, Ceylon 1930s

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    The King’s Pavillion at Kandy, Ceylon 1927

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    The General Post Office (G.P.O) Colombo

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    Trams & Bullock carts on Chatham Street Junction

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    GOH & Victoria Arcade Colombo, Ceylon c.1910s

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    Galle Face Hotel Colombo, Late 1800s

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    Upper York street, Colombo, Early 1900s

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    Gordon Gardens Colombo Sri Lanka c.1924

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    Gordon Gardens Colombo Ceylon 1920-1930s

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    Entrance to Queens House, Colombo, Sri Lanka

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    Panoramic view of Galle face Green, Colombo

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    York Street Colombo early 1900s

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    Prince street colombo early 1900s

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    Gaffoor’s building on Main Street Colombo

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    Prince Street Colombo fort

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    Military Hospital Colombo, Sri Lanka early 1900s

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    Cinnamon Gardens Police Station, Colombo

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    Main Street, Colombo, Ceylon c.1860

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    Early Image of Colombo, Ceylon


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    Image Chatham Street colombo early 1900s


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    Colombo harbor Ceylon


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    Galle Face On the sea shore at Colombo, Ceylon


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    View from Colombo fort, Ceylon c.1880


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    View of Colombo Ceylon c.1880


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    View of Colombo Ceylon c.1880


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    Looking across palm trees to the harbour of Colombo in Ceylon c.1880


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    Colombo Harbor Jetty, Ceylon 1880


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    Government Buildings on Chatham Street Junction


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    View of the Harbour from Clock Tower, Colombo


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    Main Street Colombo, Ceylon Late 1800s


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    York Street Colombo, Ceylon c.1910


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    Queen Street, Colombo, Ceylon 1910s


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    Colombo view from Mutwal, Ceylon


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    The Galle Face drive, Colombo, Showing the Club and Hotel, Ceylon


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    Echelon Barracks & Galle Face, Colombo, Ceylon 1883


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    ClubHouse & Galleface Hotel Colombo in Ceylon


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    Chatham street, Colombo in 1870


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    Colombo Harbour, Ceylon 1880-1890


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    Colombo Harbour, Ceylon 1880-1890


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    Steamers at Colombo harbour Ceylon 1937


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    Colombo Harbour Breakwater 1900-1910


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    Chatham Street, Colombo, Ceylon


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    National Bank of India on Princes’s street


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    Busy Street Scene Colombo, Ceylon


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    Busy road scene Pettah – Colombo


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    Pettah Street Scene, Colombo


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    Main Street Colombo Ceylon




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    Dondra Head Lighthouse near Matara c.1890?s

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    Colombo Fort Lighthouse Clock Tower 1927-8

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    Galle Fort Sri Lanka 1930-1940

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    Galavidaputena – Kadugannawa roadway rock tunnel 1880

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    Peradeniya Railway Station 1880

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    Temple tooth ceylon early c.1900


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    Colombo Street 1925 Kandy – Sri Lanka Ceylon


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    Queens hotel Kandy Ceylon


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    View of Kandy, Ceylon 1894


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    Castle Hill Street, Kandy, Sri Lanka


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    Bogambara Lake Kandy Ceylon


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    Kandy Lake, Ceylon c.1880′s


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    Temple of the tooth across the lake – Kandy


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    A view of Kandy, Ceylon Late 1800s


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    Sri Dalada Maligawa at Kandy, Sri Lanka


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    Kandy Lake, Ceylon 1880 – 1890


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    View of Sri Dalada Maligawa across the lake


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    The entrance to temple of the tooth Kandy, Ceylon 1910


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    City of Kandy, Ceylon 1883


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    Ward Street at Kandy 1920s Ceylon


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    Temple of the Holy Tooth, Kandy, Sri Lanka


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    View Across Kandy Lake, Ceylon


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    Queens Hotel Kandy, 1910 – 1920s Ceylon


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    Colombo Street Kandy c.1900-1910s


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    Kandy Government House – Ceylon


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    General View of Kandy early 1900s


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    Kandy lake bund & steps towards Temple


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    Steam crane unloading coal at Colombo Harbor

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    An old manual crane at Colombo Docks


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    Human powered crane at Colombo Port


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    Steamer in Colombo Harbor 1900-1910s


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    Colombo Harbor Breakwater under construction


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    Men loading Tea Boxes on to a Truck (Lorry)


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    Highway and Railway near Banderawela, Ceylon.

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    A mountain station Ohiya, Ceylon in 1894.

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    Riding railroad hand cars near Ohiya

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    Tunnels on the Railway near Ohiya

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    Sensation Rock, Kadugannawa Incline 1910

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    Steam train 1910 Colombo, Ceylon

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    Tunnels on the Railway near Ohiya

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    Sensation Rock, Kadugannawa Incline 1910

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    Steam train 1910 Colombo, Ceylon

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    Colombo to Kandy Railway Ceylon c.1880

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    Railway going up from the plains of Colombo to Kandy, Ceylon

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    ‘Sensation Rock’ on the incline between Colombo and Kandy, Ceylon

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    Colombo to Kandy Railway, Ceylon

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    Undergoing constructions of a Tunnel, Colombo – Kandy Railway Line, c. 1860

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    Undergoing constructions of Colombo to Kandy Railway 1860

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    Undergoing constructions of Colombo – Kandy Railway tracks 1860

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    A Government Railway bridge in Ceylon

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    Undergoing constructions of Colombo – Kandy Railway Line “Lions Mouth”, Ceylon 1860

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    Kadugannawa Railway Station, Ceylon

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    Construction on Government Railway Line, Ceylon

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    Undergoing constructions of Colombo – Kandy Railroad 1860

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    Colombo Central Railway Station, Ceylon 1860 to 1880

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    Undergoing constructions of Colombo – Kandy Railway Line 1860

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    The Colombo & Kandy main Railway line – Ceylon

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    Train from Colombo to Badulla on the main line at Kadugannawa incline

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    Railway Bridge Over Bentota River, Galle in 1894

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    Lion’s Mouth Colombo Kandy Line

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    Pothuhera Railway Station, Kurunegala, Ceylon 1890′s

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    Ceylon Railway Engine 66 at Kurunegala in 1909

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    Railway tracks to Kandy, Ceylon c1890s

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    Narrow gauge train on the Keleni Valley Line at Kuruwita

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    Narrow gauge railway – Nanuoya to Nuwara Eliya, Sri Lanka

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    Bullock carts pass through Union Place Colombo

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    Street scene in Pettah Colombo, Native Quarters

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    Street view in Colombo Pettah, Ceylon

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    Pettah Scene Colombo, Sri Lanka Early 1900s

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    Horse carriage on York street Colombo

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    Colombo Racecourse Governor’s Cup Day

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    Big Bagatelle, Colombo, Sri Lanka 1865

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    The governors residence at Nuwara Eliya

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    Rest House at Trincomalie (Trincomalee), Ceylon 1911

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    Rest house at Gampola, Sri Lanka in 1894

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    Tea estate bangalow, badulla, ceylon, late 1800′s

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    New rest house at Negombo early 1900s

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    Bandarawela hotel, Sri Lanka 1910-1920s

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    Polonnaruwa Rest House Sri Lanka 1920s

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    Market Street, Nuwera Eliya, Ceylon 1930s

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    View of the Old Kalutara Police Station

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    Trincomalee Kacheri, Sri Lanka Late 1800s

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    The post office at Anuradhapura, Ceylon 1903

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    Galle Harbour – Sri Lanka

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    Bell tower & rickshaws on main street in Pettah

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    York Street looking towards the Landing Jetty, Colombo

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    Chatham Street Colombo 1890-1900

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    Bambalapitiya road Colombo c.1900s

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    Tram car on York Street Colombo 1900-1910

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    View of the Echelon Barracks, Colombo Sri Lanka 1910

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    British Military Parade in Colombo Late 1800s

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    British Navy cannons at Trincomalee harbour

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    The Gateway at Fort Frederick (built in 1675), Trincomalee, Ceylon

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    The Dutch gateway and coat of arms in Galle, Ceylon 1903

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    Old Dutch Fort at Jaffna c.1910, Ceylon

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    Mounting a naval gun at Trincomalee, Sri Lanka

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