EU: Stadsgezicht Colombo (?) begin jaren 40. (1940)
1940 Colombo, Sri Lanka
A view of Colombo, then under British colonial rule as the capital of Ceylon, photographed around 1940. The city served as the island's principal port and administrative center.
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