EU: Colombo, Sri Lanka. Locals and tourists on the beach (1913, img1)
1913 Colombo, Sri Lanka
Local residents and foreign visitors mingle on a Colombo beach in this 1913 image, taken when the city was the administrative center of British Ceylon and a regular stop for travelers arriving by sea.
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