EU: Colombo (Sri Lanka). Fisherman's boat and Cleveland high-sea passenger steamer in the harbor (1913)
1913 Colombo, Sri Lanka
A local fisherman's boat passes near the ocean liner Cleveland in Colombo harbor in this 1913 photograph. The image contrasts small-scale local fishing craft with the large passenger steamers that made Colombo one of the busiest ports on the route to Asia.
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