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EU: Straatgezicht in Colombo, Ceylon (1940) [67b94150]

1940 Colombo, Sri Lanka

This companion street view of Colombo, also dated 1940, documents the city's urban fabric on the eve of Ceylon's more direct involvement in the Second World War, as the colonial port carried on its ordinary daily business.

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