EU: Gezicht op Colombo (Ceylon) begin jaren 40. (1940)
1940 Colombo, Sri Lanka
Dutch for 'view of Colombo, Ceylon, early 1940s,' this photograph shows the harbor city of Colombo during the period of British colonial rule that continued until Ceylon, present-day Sri Lanka, gained independence in 1948.
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