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City Baths, Anuradhapura, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)Ancient City Baths, Anuradhapura, North Central Province, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1910
Street scene, Pettah, Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)Street scene, Pettah, native district of Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1920
Queens House, Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)Queens House (now Presidents House), Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1910
Plumbago preparation, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)Plumbago (Leadwort) preparation, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1910
Chatham Street, Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), with a clock tower and lighthouse at the far end. Date: circa 1920
Peshawar Barracks, Peshawar Cantonment, British India (now in Pakistan). Date: circa 1910
Hastings Memorial, Peshawar City, British IndiaMemorial to Colonel E C Hastings (d.1884) and street scene, Peshawar City, British India (now in Pakistan, called Chowk Yadgar). Date: circa 1910s
Sadar Bazaar, Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh, IndiaSadar Bazaar, Jabalpur (Jubbulpore), Madhya Pradesh, India, with various shops. Date: circa 1910
Chattar Manzil, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, IndiaChattar Manzil (Umbrella Palace), Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India, with the Gomti River in the foreground. Date: circa 1910
Mayo Gate and Iron Pillar, Delhi, India. circa 1910
Civil Hospital, Belgaum, Karnataka, IndiaCivil Hospital, Belgaum (Belagavi), Karnataka, India. Date: circa 1910
Military prison, Trimulgherry, Secunderabad, IndiaMilitary prison, Trimulgherry (Tirumalagiri), suburb of Secunderabad, India. Date: circa 1910
Laswarree Gate, Trimulgherry Fort, Secunderabad, IndiaLaswarree Gate, entrance to Trimulgherry (Tirumalagiri) Fort, Secunderabad, India. Date: circa 1910
Deccan British War Hospital, Poona, Maharashtra, IndiaDeccan British War Hospital, Poona (Pune), Maharashtra, India, used as a military hospital during the First World War. Date: circa 1910s
Bristol Hotel, Chowringhee, Calcutta, IndiaBristol Hotel, Calcutta Cycle Co and W Leslie & Co, Chowringhee, Calcutta (Kolkata), India. Date: circa 1910
Christiansborg Castle, Ghana, Gold Coast, West AfricaChristiansborg Castle, east of Accra, Ghana, Gold Coast, West Africa, residence of the Governor. Date: circa 1920s
Manica Road, Salisbury, Rhodesia (Zimbabwe)Manica Road, Salisbury (now Harare), Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe). Date: circa 1908
Town House and Kopje, Salisbury, Rhodesia (Zimbabwe)Town House (City Hall) and Kopje, Salisbury (now Harare), Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) Date: circa 1933
Selbourne Avenue, Bulawayo, Rhodesia (Zimbabwe)Selbourne Avenue, Bulawayo, Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe), with the Matabele Rebellion Memorial in the middle. Date: circa 1920
Khojak Tunnel and railway, Balochistan, British IndiaKhojak 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
White Barracks, Quetta, Balochistan, British IndiaWhite Barracks, with radio masts on the left, Quetta, Balochistan, British India (now in Pakistan). Date: circa 1910s
Group photo, Masonic Lodge, Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, IndiaGroup photo, Rock of Gwalior Masonic Lodge, Jhansi, Uttar Pradesh, India. Date: circa 1930s
Illuminated clock tower, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, IndiaIlluminated clock tower at night, Allahabad, Uttar Pradesh, India, at the time of a trade exhibition. Date: circa 1911
Connaught Hotel, Poona, Maharashtra, IndiaConnaught Hotel, Poona (Pune), Maharashtra, India. Date: circa 1910s
Blighty Tea Rooms, Bangalore, Karnataka, IndiaThe Blighty Tea Rooms, Bangalore (Bengaluru), Karnataka, India. Date: circa 1910
The British Empire - Mane of the Lion names the territoriesThe British Empire - The mane of the Lion names the principal territories. Date: circa 1910s
Askari Monument, Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania, East AfricaAskari 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
Salim Road, Mombasa, Kenya, East Africa. Date: circa 1940
Wood factory in Grand-Bassam, Ivory CoastInterior of a wood factory of a colonial agent (factorerie) in Grand-Bassam in the south of Ivory Coast (then French West Africa)
8th Battery RFA Camp, Bangalore, India8th Battery, 13th Brigade, RFA Camp, with field guns and ammunition carts, Bangalore, India. Date: 1912
Baird barracks, Bangalore, Karnataka, IndiaBaird barracks, Cubbon Road, Bangalore (Bengaluru), Karnataka, India. circa 1910
Barracks, Ooty (Ootacamund), Tamil Nadu, IndiaBarracks with parade and gun salute, Ooty hill station (Ootacamund, Udhagamandalam), Tamil Nadu, India. Date: circa 1910
Football match at Nainital hill station, Uttarakhand, IndiaFootball match in progress at Nainital hill station, Uttarakhand, India. circa 1907
Downtown Luanda, Angola, Portuguese West AfricaDowntown Luanda, capital of Angola, Portuguese West Africa. Date: circa 1900s
Panorama, Lourenco Marques, Mozambique, East AfricaPanoramic view of the City Square, Praca Mouzinho de Albuquerque, Lourenco Marques (now Maputo), capital city of Mozambique, Portuguese East Africa. Date: circa 1905
National Bank of India, Mombasa, Kenya, East AfricaAerial view, National Bank of India Ltd (left), and Colonial Stores (right), Mombasa, Kenya, British East Africa. Date: circa 1904
Government House, Nairobi, Kenya, East Africa. circa 1930
Sudan - Dinka PortersPorters 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
Timgad, Algeria - public latrines in Roman ruinsThe 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
The Italo-Turkish War - Tripoli occupied by ItalyThe Italo-Turkish War - A postcard celebrating Tripoli being captured by Italy in 1911. Date: circa 1912
Santo Domingo (Dominican Republic). Hispaniola. Map in 1646
India. British colonial era. Banquet at the palace of Rais in Mynere. Engraving by Hildibrand. Colored. The Illustrated World, 1882
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
Rif War - French-Moroccan Machine Guns in Atlas MountainsRif 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
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
Group photo, King George V and Queen Mary in IndiaGroup 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
Diamond mining in German south west Africa (now Namibia). Date: circa 1910
King George V in Coronation Durbar robes and crownKing George V (1865-1936, reigned 1910-1936). Seen here in his Coronation Durbar robes and crown. Date: circa 1911