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EU: Colombo. Locals in a sailboat and bathers on the beach (1912)

1912 Colombo, Sri Lanka

Local residents sail a small boat while others bathe along the shore at Colombo in 1912, capturing everyday coastal life in what was then the capital of British Ceylon.

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