EU: Colombo, Sri Lanka: Strassenszene mit Ochsenkarren und Einheimischen vor Laeden (1913)
1913 Colombo, Sri Lanka
Ox carts and local residents pass shopfronts in a street scene from Colombo, Sri Lanka, photographed in 1913 during the era when the city served as the island's main colonial port and a hub for trade in tea, rubber and other exports.
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