EU: Colombo (Sri Lanka). Street with plank carts pulled by oxen (1913)
1913 Colombo, Sri Lanka
A street in Colombo, Sri Lanka, with plank carts drawn by oxen is the subject of this 1913 photograph, documenting the transport of goods through the city at a time when animal-drawn carts remained common alongside newer forms of transit.
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