EU: Scenery with boats on the beach of Colombo (1913)
1913 Colombo, Sri Lanka
Boats rest on the beach at Colombo, Sri Lanka, in this 1913 photograph, showing the small craft used by fishermen along the island's western coast to work the waters of the Indian Ocean.
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