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Sri Lanka - Elephants (with their Mahouts) bathing in riverSri Lanka - Elephants (with their riders) bathing in river. Ann elephant rider, trainer, or keeper is known as a Mahout. Date: circa 1920s
Boy scouts fundraising, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), WW2Boy scouts in Ceylon (Sri Lanka). They are collecting waste paper and old tins to help raise money for the War Fund, probably during the Second World War
Leader speaking to scouts and cubs, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)A leader speaking to a large group of scouts and cubs on an outdoor activity in Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: 20th century
Portrait of a boy scout, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: 20th century
Cub pack in Colombo, Western Ceylon (Sri Lanka)Cub pack known as the Husseinea in Colombo, Western Ceylon (Sri Lanka), photographed on 14 March 1933. Seen here with leaders outside a building. Date: 1933
Boy scouts in Danowita, Western Ceylon (Sri Lanka)A group of boy scouts outside the Scout Shop in Danowita, Western Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1920s
Beach scene, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1890s
Colombo harbour, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1890
Woman of Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1890s
Roadway, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)Roadway with trees in Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1890s
Sri Lanka - Colombo - Hindu Juggernaut ProcessionHindu Juggernaut Procession - Ceremony at Colombo, Sri Lanka. The word juggernaut is derived from the Sanskrit Jagannatha (meaning Lord of the universe)
Grand Oriental Hotel, Colombo, Sri Lanka Date: circa 1910s
Entrance to Queens House, Fort, Colombo, Sri LankaQueen Street, showing the entrance to Queens House, Fort, Colombo, Sri Lanka. Date: circa 1910s
Street Scene - Pettah, Colombo, Sri LankaStreet Scene - Pettah, a neighbourhood in Colombo, Sri Lanka located east of the City centre Fort. The Pettah neighbourhood is famous for its open air bazaars and markets. Date: circa 1905
Sri Lanka - Hindu Temple, Colombo Date: circa 1910s
The shore at Mouth Lavinia, Colombo, Sri Lanka. Date: early 1910s
A Gentleman of Colombo, Sri Lanka. Date: 1892
Sri Lankan Hearse - on way to a cremation. Date: circa 1910s
Bristol Hotel, Colombo, Sri Lanka - Best Cuisine in the East - Curries a Speciality. Date: circa 1910s
Sri Lanka - Isurumuniya Temple, Anuradhapura. The temple was built by King Devanampiya Tissa who ruled in the ancient Sri Lankan capital of Anuradhapura. Date: circa 1910s
Tame working elephants bathing - Sri Lanka Date: 1937
Exporting Ceylon Tea at Colombo Docks - Sri Lanka Date: circa 1920s
Ceylon Tea - withering the green leaf - Sri Lanka Date: circa 1920s
Sorting and weighing tea leaves - Sri LankaSorting and weighing tea leaves at the Great Western Tea Factory - Sri Lanka Date: circa 1920s
Tea Factory - Sri LankaGreat Western Tea Factory - Sri Lanka Date: circa 1920s
Women picking tea - Sri Lanka Date: circa 1920s
Lady Havelock Hospital, Colombo, Sri Lanka Date: circa 1904
Sri Lanka - Villager in his dugout canoe Date: circa 1910s
Ceylon (Sri Lanka) - Colombo - Tram. The writing on this card is rather amusing: " Excuse me sending no letter - news is so scarce and there is nothing worth writing about." Date: 1905
Colombo, Sri Lanka - view of the harbour 1935
Low Country Sinhalese Woman - Sri Lanka. She appears to have a pile of interestingly-shaped fruit or veg in her lap, which defies identification.... Date: circa 1908
Sri Lanka - Colombo - Main StreetSri Lanka - Colombo - The busy Main Street with a tram, rickshaws and a host of pedestrians getting on with their lives. Date: circa 1920
Colombo, Sri Lanka - Veddhas TribesmenSurvival International say that as of February 2010, there are less than 2000 surviving members of this Tribe - the Veddhas (also known as Wanniyala-Aetto or Forest People)
Sri Lanka - Colpetty Road, Colombo - Rickshaw drivers and tall palm trees. Date: 1927
Sri Lanka - Giant Bamboo PlantsGiant Bamboo Plants at the Royal Botanical Garden, Peradeniya, close to the city of Kandy in the Central Province of Sri Lanka. Date: 1932
Sri Lanka - Fruit SellerA Fruit Shop in Sri Lanka Date: 1932
A Local Covent Garden - Colombo, CeylonA Local Covent Garden (!) - Colombo, Sri Lanka Date: 1910s
Fishermen - Sri LankaFishermen returning home with their catch - Sri Lanka Date: circa 1934
Kandyan Chiefs - Sri Lanka Date: circa 1910s
Memorial pilar on Swami Rock, Tricomalee, Sri LankaSwami Rock, Tricomalee, Sri Lanka. Pillar erected in memory of Francina Van Rhede in 1687. She was the daughter of a gentleman of high office in the Dutch service
Racial / Sri Lanka 1880Two Sri Lankan couples: the men wear ornate hats Date: 1880
Racial / Sri Lanka / DancersTwo Sri Lankan Devil Dancers accompanied by a barrel drum. Their hands are held in detailed positions (mudras) which have symbolic & narative meaning. Date: circa 1890
Colombo - The Bristol HotelColombo, Sri Lanka (Ceylon) - The Bristol Hotel, boasting the " Best Cuisine in the East - Curries a speciality"
A man and woman of Ceylon (Sri Lanka). A book of national types and costumes from the early 19th century
Sri Lanka - Picking and weighing teaPicking and weighing Green Tea in Sri Lanka
The Wharf - Colombo, Sri Lanka
Sri Lankan ChiefA Sri Lankan Kandyan chief in his finery
Sri Lanka - Pettah Mosque, Colombo