EU: Straatgezicht in Colombo (1900)
1900 Colombo, Sri Lanka
A street scene in Colombo, photographed in 1900, showing the everyday activity of the port city during the British colonial period in Ceylon, when it served as a major waypoint on Indian Ocean trade routes.
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