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    Natives on thier way to Kandy Ceylon

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    Busy Street Scene at Main Street Pettah, Colombo, Ceylon 1900′s

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    Pettah Market in Colombo, Ceylon c1880s

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    Street Scene Colombo Ceylon

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    Street scene Pettah Colombo Late 1800s

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    Electric Tramways on Main Street Colombo Ceylon Early 1900s

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    Rickshaw near Beire Lake, Colombo by Plate

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    Galle from the Harbour in Ceylon C.1870

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    Queen street Colombo fort early 1900s Ceylon

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    Pettah Street Scene, Colombo, Ceylon 1880

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    Cadet Battalion, Royal College, Colombo

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    Bathing Pavilion, Mount Lavinia Hotel, Colombo

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    Street view Colombo, Sri Lanka in 1890

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    Vegetable Stalls at Borella Market Colombo Ceylon 1938

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    Natives washing in the lake at Colombo, Ceylon

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    Jaffna Police Force Under the Command of Geo. C. Feanchela

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    Native life in Kollupitiya Bazaar, Colombo, Ceylon

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    Native quarters in Colombo, Ceylon in Late 1800s

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    Queen Street Colombo, Ceylon 1905

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    Street Scene at Maradana, Colombo, Ceylon

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    River Bathing Near Colombo Ceylon

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    Native workmen arriving alongside the “Jervis Bay” at Colombo

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    Cotta Road near Borella 1890-1900s

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    View of Cotta Road near Borella, Colombo 1915

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    View of Ratnapura town and its people, c.1910

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    Street Scene, Native Shops near Colombo

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    Bullock Cart and Driver, Ceylon

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    Bullock Hackery, Ceylon

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    Bullock cart – common local transport

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    Man in a Bullock Hackery

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    Ladies riding the rickshaws in Ceylon c.1880

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    Bullock Hackery Ceylon by Skeen & Co.

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    Native bullock hackery, late 1800′s

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    Singhalese Race Bull and cart – colombo

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    The most common form of transportation

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    Colombo Rickshaw drivers

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    Riding on Rickshaws, Ceylon

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    Bullock Wagons Colombo 1930s

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    Bullock Hackery Colombo Ceylon

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    Rickshaws or rickshas, Colombo Sri Lanka

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    A Group of Women Playing Raban (Tom-Tom)

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    Villagers Native Huts Ceylon

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    Dwelling of Buddhist priests, Ceylon

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    Traditional Devil Dancers in Sri Lanka

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    Tom Tom (drums) beating in Sinhalese new year

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    Natives Riding an Elephant near Kandy

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    Native house boats Ceylon

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    Padda Boats on the Negombo Canal, Ceylon

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    View along the Kelani River near Colombo

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    Canal View at Grand Pass, Ceylon 1880 – 1890

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    Transportation network of Canals Colombo 1890

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    Crossing a river in Ceylon

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    View on the Kalani River

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    Ferry boat, Ceylon 1910

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    View of a Canal Colombo Ceylon 1890

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    Ferry boat over Negombo lagoon, Ceylon c.1880s

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    A houseboat on the River Kelani, Ceylon

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    Old Dutch canal and Native boats 1860-1880

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    Native Ferry Boat Ceylon

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    Padda Boats on Hamilton Canal, Ceylon 1890

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    Crossing the River by Scowen

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    Natives with their canoe, Ceylon by LIONEL WENDT

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    River Scene Ratnapura Ceylon

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    Houseboats at Ratnapura River

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    Bridge of Boats over Kalani Ganga at Grand Pass 1880s

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    Houseboats at Kelani River

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    River Transport at Ratnapura Ceylon

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    Ferry across the estuary at Trincomalee, Ceylon 1925

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    Natives boats on Dutch canal, near Colombo Ceylon 1890

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    Kalani Ganga (Boat Bridge) near Grand Pass

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    Making Coconut Oil in Sri Lanka

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    Lace Making, Ceylon

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    Sinhalese Carpenters Colombo Sri Lanka Early 1900

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    Sinhalese Potters Colombo 1913

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    Carriage Maker, Moratuwa, Ceylon

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    Hand Crafting Brass metal ornaments, Colombo, Ceylon
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    Cinnamon Peeling using Traditional method,Sri Lanka Late 1800s

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    Pearl Drilling, Fishing Ceylon 1909

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    Tea processing, Ceylon c.1880

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    A Ceylon Tea Estate.

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    Manufacture of Tea ‘The Withering Loft’ in a tea factory, Ceylon

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    A tea factory Mariawatta Tea Estate, Ceylon

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    A Tea Planter at Gampola, Ceylon

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    Weighing fresh Ceylon Tea Leaf

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    A Tea factory, 1880′s

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    Tea Sampling and Tasting, Rosita Tea Factory

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    Tamil Women at the Well. The Mariawatta Tea Estate.

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    Ceylon Tea Pluckers Early 1900′s

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    Coolies Sorting Tea Leaves

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    Surveyors at a tea estate, surrounded by Coolies

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    Workers at the Lipton Bandara Eliya Tea Estate in, Ceylon

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    Group of Tamil Coolie Women

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    Estate Coolies returning from picking tea, Ceylon

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    Coolies at work in a tea factory 1890

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    Tea planters & their clubhouse in the central hills of Ceylon 1880

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    Tea Estate workers in Ceylon 1870s

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    Tea Planters Bungalow Haputale Estate 1870

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    Bullock carts transport Tea from factory, Ceylon 1890s

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    Hill scen, Ceylon, late 1800s

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    Tea Pluckers in Ceylon 1800-1890

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    Tea plantations, Ceylon late 1800?s

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    Street Scene, Singhalese shops at Kandy

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    Typical market scene at Trincomalee

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    Famous Nuwara Eliya Golf Course, Ceylon 1920s

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    Railway Station at Talawakelle Sri Lanka

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    Travel by cart near Kanthale Tank, Ceylon 1897

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    Sigiriya Rest House, Ceylon 1920s

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    Bandarawela main street, Sri Lanka c.1920-1930s

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    A Ceylon Tea Factory Early 1900s

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    Tea Pluckers in Sri Lanka early 1900s

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    A Tea Plantation & the Factory in Ceylon 1860

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    Loading Tea in to Double Bullock Carts

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    A Tea Plantation, Ceylon 1860

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    Tea Export and Transportation in Ceylon 1912

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    Early image of Native Sinhalese girls

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    Native Sinhalese Girls, Ceylon

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    Kandyan Chiefs, Ceylon

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    Government Official with the Local Headman

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    Native Singhalese Peons 1910

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    ative Boy with Jak fruit near Kandy, Ceylon



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    Police stations & officers, Ceylon c.1930-40s

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    Group of low country noblemen Ceylon

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    Fleet of Native Fishing boats Ceylon

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    Native canoes used for fishing in Mount Lavinia Ceylon

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    Fishermen and their boats Ceylon 1880

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    Fisherman Sail Boat near Colombo, Ceylon

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    Native fishermen and their Catamaran, Ceylon 1890

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    Native Sinhalese boats in Sri Lanka ca.1852

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    Boatmen and Catamarans on the coast of Ceylon

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    Fishermen with their nets at Galle, Ceylon 1903

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    Catamarans & Fishermen Ceylon c1880

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    A fishing boat at Mutwall near Kotahena in Colombo, Ceylon 1880 – 1905

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    Fishing canoes at Mt. Lavinia beach, Ceylon – Sri Lanka

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    Ancient Map of Ceylon – Taprobana

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    VOC Antique map of Ceylon

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    Old map of Pollonaruwa – Sri Lanka

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    Ancient map of Anuradhapura – Sri Lanka 1938

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    Old map of Anuradhapura – Sri Lanka 1909

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    Old map of Colombo – Sri Lanka 1895

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    Early Map of Ceylon, Ceilan c.1623

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    Early Map of Ceylon, Taprobana.

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    Isle of Zeilan, Old Map of Taprobana

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    Old Map of Sri Lanka

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    Map of Point De Galle Ceylon, Sri Lanka.

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    Map of Colombo, Pettah, Ceylon in 1901

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    VOC Map of Colombo & surrounding area 1750-1800

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    A Bertius map of South India and Sri Lanka

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    Bird’s eye view map of the city of Gale

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    17th Century Map of the fort at Galle Sri Lanka 1790

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    Map of the fort at Galle, Ceylon 1787

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    Colombo dockyard and port plan, Ceylon 1909

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    Antique map of Galle fort, Sri Lanka 1726

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    Antique map of Mannar Dutch Fort Sri Lanka 1726

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    Antique map of Jafnapatnam Ceylon 1744

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    Antique print of Fort Baticalo, Ceylon

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    Antique VOC map of Jaffna

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