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Colonial Collection (page 15)

Background imageColonial Collection: City Baths, Anuradhapura, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)

City Baths, Anuradhapura, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
Ancient City Baths, Anuradhapura, North Central Province, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1910

Background imageColonial Collection: Street scene, Pettah, Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)

Street scene, Pettah, Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
Street scene, Pettah, native district of Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1920

Background imageColonial Collection: Queens House, Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)

Queens House, Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
Queens House (now Presidents House), Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1910

Background imageColonial Collection: Plumbago preparation, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)

Plumbago preparation, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
Plumbago (Leadwort) preparation, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1910

Background imageColonial Collection: Chatham Street, Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)

Chatham Street, Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), with a clock tower and lighthouse at the far end. Date: circa 1920

Background imageColonial Collection: Peshawar Barracks, Peshawar Cantonment, British India

Peshawar Barracks, Peshawar Cantonment, British India (now in Pakistan). Date: circa 1910

Background imageColonial Collection: Hastings Memorial, Peshawar City, British India

Hastings Memorial, Peshawar City, British India
Memorial to Colonel E C Hastings (d.1884) and street scene, Peshawar City, British India (now in Pakistan, called Chowk Yadgar). Date: circa 1910s

Background imageColonial Collection: Sadar Bazaar, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India

Sadar Bazaar, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, India
Sadar Bazaar, Jabalpur (Jubbulpore), Madhya Pradesh, India, with various shops. Date: circa 1910

Background imageColonial Collection: Chattar Manzil, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India

Chattar Manzil, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
Chattar Manzil (Umbrella Palace), Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India, with the Gomti River in the foreground. Date: circa 1910

Background imageColonial Collection: Mayo Gate and Iron Pillar, Delhi, India

Mayo Gate and Iron Pillar, Delhi, India. circa 1910

Background imageColonial Collection: Civil Hospital, Belgaum, Karnataka, India

Civil Hospital, Belgaum, Karnataka, India
Civil Hospital, Belgaum (Belagavi), Karnataka, India. Date: circa 1910

Background imageColonial Collection: Military prison, Trimulgherry, Secunderabad, India

Military prison, Trimulgherry, Secunderabad, India
Military prison, Trimulgherry (Tirumalagiri), suburb of Secunderabad, India. Date: circa 1910

Background imageColonial Collection: Laswarree Gate, Trimulgherry Fort, Secunderabad, India

Laswarree Gate, Trimulgherry Fort, Secunderabad, India
Laswarree Gate, entrance to Trimulgherry (Tirumalagiri) Fort, Secunderabad, India. Date: circa 1910

Background imageColonial Collection: Deccan British War Hospital, Poona, Maharashtra, India

Deccan British War Hospital, Poona, Maharashtra, India
Deccan British War Hospital, Poona (Pune), Maharashtra, India, used as a military hospital during the First World War. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageColonial Collection: Bristol Hotel, Chowringhee, Calcutta, India

Bristol Hotel, Chowringhee, Calcutta, India
Bristol Hotel, Calcutta Cycle Co and W Leslie & Co, Chowringhee, Calcutta (Kolkata), India. Date: circa 1910

Background imageColonial Collection: Christiansborg Castle, Ghana, Gold Coast, West Africa

Christiansborg Castle, Ghana, Gold Coast, West Africa
Christiansborg Castle, east of Accra, Ghana, Gold Coast, West Africa, residence of the Governor. Date: circa 1920s

Background imageColonial Collection: Manica Road, Salisbury, Rhodesia (Zimbabwe)

Manica Road, Salisbury, Rhodesia (Zimbabwe)
Manica Road, Salisbury (now Harare), Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). Date: circa 1908

Background imageColonial Collection: Town House and Kopje, Salisbury, Rhodesia (Zimbabwe)

Town House and Kopje, Salisbury, Rhodesia (Zimbabwe)
Town House (City Hall) and Kopje, Salisbury (now Harare), Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) Date: circa 1933

Background imageColonial Collection: Selbourne Avenue, Bulawayo, Rhodesia (Zimbabwe)

Selbourne Avenue, Bulawayo, Rhodesia (Zimbabwe)
Selbourne Avenue, Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), with the Matabele Rebellion Memorial in the middle. Date: circa 1920

Background imageColonial Collection: Khojak Tunnel and railway, Balochistan, British India

Khojak Tunnel and railway, Balochistan, British India
Khojak Tunnel (Shela Bagh Tunnel) on the Quetta railway, Qilla Abdullah District, Balochistan Province, British India (now in Pakistan), near the border with Afghanistan. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageColonial Collection: White Barracks, Quetta, Balochistan, British India

White Barracks, Quetta, Balochistan, British India
White Barracks, with radio masts on the left, Quetta, Balochistan, British India (now in Pakistan). Date: circa 1910s

Background imageColonial Collection: Group photo, Masonic Lodge, Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, India

Group photo, Masonic Lodge, Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, India
Group photo, Rock of Gwalior Masonic Lodge, Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, India. Date: circa 1930s

Background imageColonial Collection: Illuminated clock tower, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India

Illuminated clock tower, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India
Illuminated clock tower at night, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India, at the time of a trade exhibition. Date: circa 1911

Background imageColonial Collection: Connaught Hotel, Poona, Maharashtra, India

Connaught Hotel, Poona, Maharashtra, India
Connaught Hotel, Poona (Pune), Maharashtra, India. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageColonial Collection: Blighty Tea Rooms, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Blighty Tea Rooms, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
The Blighty Tea Rooms, Bangalore (Bengaluru), Karnataka, India. Date: circa 1910

Background imageColonial Collection: The British Empire - Mane of the Lion names the territories

The British Empire - Mane of the Lion names the territories
The British Empire - The mane of the Lion names the principal territories. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageColonial Collection: Askari Monument, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, East Africa

Askari Monument, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, East Africa
Askari Monument at Dar-es-Salaam, Tanganyika (now Tanzania). It is a memorial to the Askari soldiers who fought in the British Carrier Corps during the First World War. Date: circa 1930

Background imageColonial Collection: Salim Road, Mombasa, Kenya, East Africa

Salim Road, Mombasa, Kenya, East Africa. Date: circa 1940

Background imageColonial Collection: Wood factory in Grand-Bassam, Ivory Coast

Wood factory in Grand-Bassam, Ivory Coast
Interior of a wood factory of a colonial agent (factorerie) in Grand-Bassam in the south of Ivory Coast (then French West Africa)

Background imageColonial Collection: 8th Battery RFA Camp, Bangalore, India

8th Battery RFA Camp, Bangalore, India
8th Battery, 13th Brigade, RFA Camp, with field guns and ammunition carts, Bangalore, India. Date: 1912

Background imageColonial Collection: Baird barracks, Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Baird barracks, Bangalore, Karnataka, India
Baird barracks, Cubbon Road, Bangalore (Bengaluru), Karnataka, India. circa 1910

Background imageColonial Collection: Barracks, Ooty (Ootacamund), Tamil Nadu, India

Barracks, Ooty (Ootacamund), Tamil Nadu, India
Barracks with parade and gun salute, Ooty hill station (Ootacamund, Udhagamandalam), Tamil Nadu, India. Date: circa 1910

Background imageColonial Collection: Football match at Nainital hill station, Uttarakhand, India

Football match at Nainital hill station, Uttarakhand, India
Football match in progress at Nainital hill station, Uttarakhand, India. circa 1907

Background imageColonial Collection: Downtown Luanda, Angola, Portuguese West Africa

Downtown Luanda, Angola, Portuguese West Africa
Downtown Luanda, capital of Angola, Portuguese West Africa. Date: circa 1900s

Background imageColonial Collection: Panorama, Lourenco Marques, Mozambique, East Africa

Panorama, Lourenco Marques, Mozambique, East Africa
Panoramic view of the City Square, Praca Mouzinho de Albuquerque, Lourenco Marques (now Maputo), capital city of Mozambique, Portuguese East Africa. Date: circa 1905

Background imageColonial Collection: National Bank of India, Mombasa, Kenya, East Africa

National Bank of India, Mombasa, Kenya, East Africa
Aerial view, National Bank of India Ltd (left), and Colonial Stores (right), Mombasa, Kenya, British East Africa. Date: circa 1904

Background imageColonial Collection: Government House, Nairobi, Kenya, East Africa

Government House, Nairobi, Kenya, East Africa. circa 1930

Background imageColonial Collection: Sudan - Dinka Porters

Sudan - Dinka Porters
Porters of the Dinka people, the major ethnic group of South Sudan - shown here as part of a group transporting the baggage of (seemingly) a group of colonial officials. Date: circa 1910s

Background imageColonial Collection: Timgad, Algeria - public latrines in Roman ruins

Timgad, Algeria - public latrines in Roman ruins
The ruins of what was once Timgad, a Roman colonial town in Algeria, founded by the Emperor Trajan around 100AD. The city is known for being one of the best surviving examples of the grid plan in

Background imageColonial Collection: The Italo-Turkish War - Tripoli occupied by Italy

The Italo-Turkish War - Tripoli occupied by Italy
The Italo-Turkish War - A postcard celebrating Tripoli being captured by Italy in 1911. Date: circa 1912

Background imageColonial Collection: Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic). Hispaniola. Map in 1646

Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic). Hispaniola. Map in 1646

Background imageColonial Collection: India. British colonial era. Banquet at the palace of Rais i

India. British colonial era. Banquet at the palace of Rais in Mynere. Engraving by Hildibrand. Colored. The Illustrated World, 1882

Background imageColonial Collection: Francisco Javier Eugenio de Santa Cruz y Espejo (1747-1795)

Francisco Javier Eugenio de Santa Cruz y Espejo (1747-1795). Medical pioneer, writer and lawyer of mestizo origin in colonial Ecuador. 18th century colored engraving

Background imageColonial Collection: Rif War - French-Moroccan Machine Guns in Atlas Mountains

Rif War - French-Moroccan Machine Guns in Atlas Mountains
Rif War - French-Moroccan Machine Gun post in the Atlas Mountains, Morocco. The Rif War was an armed conflict fought during the first half of the 1920s between the colonial power Spain

Background imageColonial Collection: The British Empire - Britannia looks out to sea

The British Empire - Britannia looks out to sea from her perch atop the White Cliffs of Dover, defender of a proud nation, yet with her sights set further afield... Date: circa 1900

Background imageColonial Collection: Group photo, King George V and Queen Mary in India

Group photo, King George V and Queen Mary in India
Group photo, including King George V and Queen Mary with British and Indian dignitaries during their visit to India for the Coronation Durbar ceremony. Date: circa 1911

Background imageColonial Collection: Diamond mining in German south west Africa

Diamond mining in German south west Africa (now Namibia). Date: circa 1910

Background imageColonial Collection: King George V in Coronation Durbar robes and crown

King George V in Coronation Durbar robes and crown
King George V (1865-1936, reigned 1910-1936). Seen here in his Coronation Durbar robes and crown. Date: circa 1911



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