Lanka Collection (page 5)

Visit of the Prince of Wales to India - elephants
Visit of the Prince of Wales to India. Cover of the Special Supplement to the Illustrated London News, 8th January 1876. The Prince (later King Edward VII)

Grand Oriental Hotel, Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
Grand Oriental Hotel, York Street, Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1910

Sinhalese village, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). The Sinhalese are an Indo-Aryan ethnic group native to the island, making up 75% of the total population. Date: circa 1920s

Scene on Wellawatte Canal, Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
Scene on the Wellawatte Canal, suburb of Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1905

Kadugannawa Railway Station, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
Aerial view (from Dawson Tower), Kadugannawa Railway Station, Kandy District, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1930

Street scene, Colpetty, Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
Street scene, Colpetty (Kollupitiya), district of Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1910

Scene in Victoria Park, Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1910

New Rest House, Negombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
Front view of New Rest House, Negombo, Western Province, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1940

Fort Frederick Gate, Trincomalee, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
Gate inside Fort Frederick (Fort Fredrick, Fort of Triquillimale), Trincomalee, Eastern Province, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), dating back to the 17th century, with Portuguese and Dutch origins

Anuradhapura Hotel, Anuradhapura, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
Anuradhapura Hotel, Anuradhapura, North Central Province, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1910s

Naval Hospital, Trincomalee, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
Naval Hospital, Trincomalee, Eastern Province, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1908

Kandy Lake and Queens Hotel, Kandy, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
Kandy Lake and Queens Hotel, Kandy, Central Province, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1910s

Typical village scene, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
Typical village scene with ox-drawn cart, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1930s

Cinnamon Gardens, Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
Cinnamon Gardens and Eye Hospital, suburb of Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1910

Princes Club, Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1910

Clock tower, Chatham Street, Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
Clock tower and lighthouse, Chatham Street, Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1910

Tea plantation workers, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
Tea plantation workers in the fields, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1930

Tea Estate and Factory, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
General view, Tea Estate and Factory, Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Date: circa 1930

Menu card, Sundae Tea Rooms, Colombo, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), offering fragrant Ceylon Tea, delicious ice creams and sundaes, iced fruit drinks, fancy cakes, dainty sandwiches, etc. Date: circa 1930

Romantic couple on boat, Ceylon (Sri Lanka)
Romantic couple on a boat, Ceylon (Sri Lanka), with verse. circa 1910

Rice Merchant and Money Lender - Sri Lanka - A Chettiar. The white horizontal lines adorning his body identify him as a follower of the Hindu God Shiva. Date: circa 1920s

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

Buddhist goddess, Tara. Bronze statue. 8th century. From Sri Lanka. British Museum. London. Englan. United Kingdom

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

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

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

SRI LANKA. POLONNARUWA. Polonnaruwa. Colossal statue of Reclining Buddha (14 m.) at the Gal Vihara or Rock Temple (12th c.). Monks praying

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

Two bulls locking horns, Sri Lanka
Two Bulls at One Shot -- two bulls (male buffalo) locking horns with hunters in the background, ready to fire. 1854

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

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

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