Lanka Collection (page 11)

Sri Lanka - Main Street at Pettah with local shops Date: 1932

Sri Lanka - Giant Bamboo Plants
Giant 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 Seller
A Fruit Shop in Sri Lanka Date: 1932

A Local Covent Garden - Colombo, Ceylon
A Local Covent Garden (!) - Colombo, Sri Lanka Date: 1910s

Buffalo hunt, Sri Lanka
The Charge of Sixpences -- a buffalo hunt in Ceylon (Sri Lanka). 1854

Buffalo and hunter on horseback, Sri Lanka
Charge in High Reeds -- a buffalo emerging from reeds confronts a hunter on horseback in Ceylon (Sri Lanka). 1854

Hunters stalking herd of elephants, Sri Lanka
Stalking a Herd -- hunters spying on a herd of elephants in Ceylon (Sri Lanka). 1854

Hunters and elephants in long grass, Sri Lanka
Hard at it -- hunters in the middle of a herd of elephants in long grass in Sri Lanka. 1854

Fishermen - Sri Lanka
Fishermen returning home with their catch - Sri Lanka Date: circa 1934

Kandyan Chiefs - Sri Lanka Date: circa 1910s

Memorial pilar on Swami Rock, Tricomalee, Sri Lanka
Swami 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 1880
Two Sri Lankan couples: the men wear ornate hats Date: 1880

Events / Ceylon 1650S
A clash between the Dutch and Portugese during their struggle for supremacy in Ceylon Date: 1650s

Racial / Sri Lanka / Dancers
Two 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 Hotel
Colombo, 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 tea
Picking and weighing Green Tea in Sri Lanka

Buddha in Vihara Maha Devi Park, Colombo, Sri Lanka
A seated Buddha in the Vihara Maha Devi Park, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Buddhas in a temple, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Seated Buddhas in a multi-religious temple in Colombo, Sri Lanka

Sculptures, Sri Sivasubramaniya Swamy Temple, Colombo, Sri L
Sculptures at the Sri Sivasubramaniya Swamy Temple in Colombo, Sri Lanka -- a venue for the annual Hindu Vel Festival

Trading houses and twin towers, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Colonial style trading houses and the twin towers of the World Trade Centre in the Fort area of Colombo, Sri Lanka

Loading containers at Colombo, Sri Lanka
Loading containers at the busy port of Colombo, Sri Lanka

Sri Sivasubramaniya Swamy Temple, Colombo, Sri Lanka
The Sri Sivasubramaniya Swamy Temple in Colombo, Sri Lanka -- a venue for the annual Hindu Vel Festival

Town Hall, Colombo, Sri Lanka
The Town Hall in Colombo, Sri Lanka. The building was completed in 1927

French battleship WWII
French battleship Richelieu at Trincomalee, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), as seen from the USS Saratoga. Behind can be seen the HMS Queen Elizabeth

The Wharf - Colombo, Sri Lanka

Sri Lankan Chief
A Sri Lankan Kandyan chief in his finery

Poster depicting tea picking in Ceylon
Poster for the Empire Marketing Board, depicting women picking tea in Ceylon

Better impressions by sea
Poster encouraging people to travel by sea for Better Impressions. Places visited on the way include the UK, Egypt, Sudan, East and South Africa, the Persian Gulf, India, Ceylon, Pakistan, Malaya

Sri Lanka - Pettah Mosque, Colombo

Sri Lanka - Tamil Woman

Colombo - Sri Lanka
Scenes from Colombo, Sri Lanka, including an elephant, the Harbour and the Galle Face Hotel

Singhalese Villager - Sri Lanka
A young man from a Singahlese Village in Sri Lanka poses for a photograph amid some banana plants, holding a seriously lethal-looking cleaver!

Temple at Kochchikade, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Buddhist Temple at Kochchikade, Colombo, Sri Lanka

Tapping a rubber tree - Ceylon
A woman in Ceylon tapping a rubber tree with traditional techniques

Point de Galle Lighthouse, Ceylon, 1847
Engraving of a lighthouse intended for the Point de Galle, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). The lighthouse was built out of cast-iron plates, secured by nuts, bolts and iron cement

Sacred Banyan
The BANYAN, a species of fig- tree, is sacred to Hindus : the most renowned grows near Anuradhapura, ancient capital of Sir Lanka, where Gautama became the Buddha

The Preparation of Cinnamon in Ceylon
Series of illustrations in The Graphic showing the preparation of cinnamon in Ceylon (modern day Sri Lanka). 1. Cutting cinnamon sticks. 2. Peeling the Sticks. 3. Stretching the Cinnamon Bark. 4

A Surf-Boat, Sri Lanka, 1887
Engraving of a Sri Lankan (then Ceylon) surf-boat, under sail, riding the waves, from The Graphic, 1887. With an outrigger and fairly large sail, this vessel looks a stout craft

Polonnaruwa / Buddha
GAL VIHARA near POLONNARUWA, in Sri Lanka. A sculpture of Buddha reclining next to the Venerable Ananda, one of his disciples

Polonnaruwa / Buddhism
A guardian at the steps of the VATA DAGA in the quadrangle of Polonnaruwa, the ancient capital of Sri Lanka from the 11th to the 13th century

Elephant / Keepers 1930S
A temple elephant with two keepers, Sri Lanka

Elephants / Bathing 1930S
Temple elephants about to bathe in the Katugastota River, Sri Lanka

Banyan Baptism, Ceylon
The ceremony of giving a child its name among the Banians

Mission, Sri Lanka - 2
Christian mission at Navacouli - the church, the church house, and armed men

Devil Dancers / Sri Lanka
Three Sri Lankan devil dancers in full costume in a strong triangular pose with two barrel drummers

British Depose King / 1815
British officials depose the king of Kandy

Sri Lankan Boy Scouts
A party of boy scouts from Ceylon (Sri Lanka), rehearsing at Clapham, London, on their way to the World Jamboree in Hungary

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