EU: Passar (markt) te Colombo (Ceylon) begin jaren 40. (1940)
1940 Colombo, Sri Lanka
A market scene in Colombo, Ceylon, from around 1940, showing the everyday commerce that took place in the island's largest city and chief trading port.
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