Ceylon Collection (page 5)

1st Btn Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders boarding HMS Ceylon
Photograph: 1st Btn Argyll & Sutherland Highlanders boarding HMS Ceylon, Hong Kong, August 1950 (at the same time as the 1st Btn Middlesex Regt. boarded the aircraft carrier Unicorn at Hong Kong)

Busy street scene, Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka) circa 1890. Date: circa 1890

Sinhalese Buddhist Priests, Ceylon, Sri Lanka, circa 1880s. Date: circa 1880s

Sri Lanka - Devil Dancers. Date: circa 1910s

Sinhalese boy golf caddy, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1910

Tea plantation workers, Sri Lanka (Ceylon). Date: circa 1920s

Sinhalese man, and indigenous Vedda man from Sri Lanka.. Handcolored lithograph from Friedrich Wilhelm Goedsches Complete Gallery of Peoples in True Pictures, Meissen, circa 1835-1840

Boy scouts on bicycles, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), WW2
Boy scouts on bicycles, 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. Date: circa 1940s

Boy scouts at Jamboree, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
Boy scouts enjoying an outdoor activity at a Jamboree in Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: 1952

Galle Face Hotel, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1890s

Sinhalese man, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1890s

Men with cattle at Gampola, Sri Lanka
Men with cattle in a shallow stream at Gampola, Sri Lanka. Date: 1920

Sri Lanka - Queens Hotel - Kandy Date: 1937

Kandian Chief and family, Sri Lanka Date: circa 1910

Reduviidae, assassin bug
An assassin bug (Reduviidae) with prey, Sri Lanka

Anomala sp. chafer beetle
A shining leaf chafer beetle photographed in Sri Lanka. These beetles feed on leaves, flowers, or flower parts

SRI LANKA. Mihintale. Golden Temple. Sitting Buddha

SRI LANKA. Polonnaruwa. Gal Vihara or Rock Temple

Tapping a rubber tree in Sri Lanka Date: circa 1910s

Wild Men (Veddahs) - Sri Lanka
Wild Men (Veddahs or Veddas) - Sri Lanka. The pure Veddhas, are related to the Austro-Asiatic peoples found scattered today in many parts of southern Asia

Pericopsis mooniana, or Nandu Wood
Pericopsis mooniana (Nandu Wood, Nedun Tree), also known as Dalbergia lanceolaria, Dalbergia mooniana, Derris ponapensis, Ormosia villamilii, and Pericopsis ponapensis

Sir Robert Brownrigg
SIR ROBERT BROWNRIGG British general, Governor of Ceylon (Sri Lanka) from 1811 to 1820. Date: 1759 - 1833

Sri Lanka - Sinhalese Girl carrying a Water Jar (Chatty). The Sinhalese are the main ethnic group of Sri Lanka. Date: circa 1910s

Native Children - Sri Lanka - the boy standing on the left is shading his fellows with a large banana leaf

Rankoth Vehera Stupa - Sri Lanka
Rankoth (Rankot) Vehera (Golden Pinnacle) Stupa, is the 4th largest stupa in Sri Lanka. Built by King Nissanka Malla (1187-1196), it is 55 metres in height 185 metres in circumference

Hindu Juggernaut Car - Ceremony at Colombo
Hindu Juggernaut Procession - Ceremony at Colombo, Sri Lanka. The word juggernaut is derived from the Sanskrit Jagannatha (meaning Lord of the universe)

Sri Lanka - Moon Stone and Steps - Anuradhapura

SS Warwickshire, 1902
Illustration of the Steamship Warwickshire, the latest addition to the Bibby Line, 1902. Built by Harland and Wolff, Belfast

Buddhism - Temple Elephants carrying the sacred tooth, Kandy
Buddhism - Temple Elephants carrying the sacred tooth relic at the Perahera Procession, Kandy, Sri Lanka - during the Kandy Esala Perahera (The Festival of the Tooth). Date: circa 1920s

Prince of Wales at Perahara Festival at Kandy Ceylon 1876
Prince of Wales, (later Edward VII), Perahara Festival at Kandy Ceylon. Date: 1876

Royal visit to India: Prince of Wales presented with address
Royal visit to India: Mr Layard presenting to the Prince of Wales (later King Edward VII) the address of the municipal council at Colombo, Ceylon, 1876 Date: 1876

Landing Jetty, Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
The Landing Jetty, with people and boats, Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1910

View of York Street, Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), looking towards the Jetty. Date: circa 1908

The Cingalee (or Sunny Ceylon) by James Tanner
The Cingalee by James T. Tanner (17 October 1858 18 June 1915), with music by Lionel Monckton (18 December 1861 15 February 1924)

Street scene with bullock taxi, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1910

Hindu Vale Festival with Juggernaut, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
Hindu Vale Festival with Silver Juggernaut Car and crowds of people, with the sea in the background, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1905

Train on Government Railway, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
Train on Government Railway connecting Colombo and Kandy, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Seen here passing an overhang known as the Lions Mouth Tunnel, Moragolla Mountain, near Kadugannawa. Date: circa 1910

Fishing boat on the sea, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1910

Padda barge in full sail, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1910

Catamarans on the beach, Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1905

Ferry boat, Lewella, Kandy, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
Ferry boat with passengers and outrigger, Lewella, a suburb of Kandy, Central Province, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1910

Adams Peak from Maskeliya, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
View of Adams Peak (Sri Pada, Sri Paadaya) from Maskeliya, Central Province, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1910

United Club, Nuwara Eliya, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
United Club (club house and pavilion), Nuwara Eliya, Central Province, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), a hill country retreat for British colonialists and tea barons. Date: circa 1908

Trincomalee Bay, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
Trincomalee Bay, Eastern Province, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1910s

Civil Hospital, Trincomalee, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
Civil Hospital, Trincomalee, Eastern Province, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1910s

Mount Lavinia Grand Hotel, Mount Lavinia, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
Mount Lavinia Grand Hotel, Hotel Road, Mount Lavinia, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1900

Bathing at Mount Lavinia, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
Bathing beach and terrace building at Mount Lavinia, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1920

Road to Mount Lavinia, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1910

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