Sri Lanka In The 1880s: Rare Historical Photos Capture Life In Ceylon In The Late 19th Century

#1 A ruined Buddhist temple carved from a rock at Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka, 1880s.

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#2 The Pettah neighborhood in Colombo (Ceylon, today Sri Lanka), 1880.

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#3 Giant Banyan trees, Sri Lanka, 1880s.

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#4 Kandy Lake in Ceylon, 1880s.

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#5 Native quarters in Colombo, Sri Lanka, 1880s.

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#6 Colombo Harbour, Sri Lanka, 1880s.

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#7 Dhobis under Palmyras, Sri Lanka, 1880s.

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#8 Tea Harvesters Bringing Leaves to Weight Scales, Sri Lanka, 1880s.

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#9 The intricately carved stone entrance to a Hindu temple, Sri Lanka, 1885.

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#10 Main street of Colombo, Sri Lanka, 1880s.

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#11 Worshippers and monks at the Buddhist shrine of Adam’s Peak, Sri Lanka, 1885.

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#12 The Grand Orienta Hotel at Colombo, Sri Lanka, 1885.

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#13 Workers on the Nanu Oya Extension Railway, Sri Lanka, 1883.

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#14 Ferry boat in Ceylon, 1880s.

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#15 A driver and his passenger in a rickshaw in Kandy, Sri Lanka, 1880s.

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#16 Adam’s Peak Falls in Sri Lanka, 1880s.

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#17 Village, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 1880s

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#18 Brahma Temple, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 1880s

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#19 Buddhist priests, Sri Lanka, 1880s

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#20 Colombo, Ceylon, 1880s

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#21 Country road, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 1880s

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#22 Elephants, Sri Lanka, 1880s

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#23 Giant bamboo, Sri Lanka, 1880s

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#24 Kandy, Sri Lanka, 1880s

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#25 Negumbo Canal, Sri Lanka, 1880s

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#26 Sanquhar estate, Pussellawa, Sri Lanka, 1880s

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#27 Sinhalese fishing boat, Sri Lanka, 1880s

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#28 Snake charmers, Sri Lanka, 1880s

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#29 Tamil coolie picking tea, Sri Lanka, 1875

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#30 The base of a Dagoba in Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka, 1880s

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#31 The lake, Kandy, Sri Lanka, 1880s

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#32 Buddhist monks and worshippers gather at Anoy, Sri Lanka, for the exposition ceremony of the Buddha’s tooth, 1880s.

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#33 Elephants carrying shrines and worshippers in a Buddhist procession in Colombo, Sri Lanka, 1880.

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#34 Construction of the Nanu Oya Extension Railway, Ceylon, 1883

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#35 Indian religious festival with a parade of elephants at Peschava in Ceylon (Sri Lanka), 1880s.

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#36 Railway viaduct, Ceylon, 1883.

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#37 Indian boy and girl in Ceylon (Sri Lanka), 1880.

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#38 Several Sri Lankan men carry a white woman and boy in a litter, 1880s.

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#39 A white family taking tea on the lawn of their estate in Ceylon, 1880s.

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#40 People and a camel on a wide street in a city in Ceylon, ca. 1880s.

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#41 Four male Singhalese dancers in traditional costum, Sri Lanka, 1880s.

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#42 A group of men dressed in white robes standing next to another group of men, several of whom carry straw fans, Sri Lanka, 1880s.

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#43 Men line a narrow street in Ceylon, 1899.

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#44 Tamil women and men in Ceylon, 1880.

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#45 A native family , Sri Lanka, 1880.

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#46 Moorish Coolies, Sri Lanka, 1880s.

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#47 Malay boys and girls, Sri Lanka, 1880s.

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#48 Family with bullock cart in Ceylon, 1800s.

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#49 Buddist perahera in Sri Lanka, 1880s.

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#50 Village scene near Kandy, Sri Lanka, 1880s

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#51 Country road, Colombo, Sri Lanka, 1880s

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