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Sri Lanka (nation)

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Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 1243 Collections and/or Records:

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Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka] - Talagala Rubber Est, 1910 - 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/398
Scope and Contents

A view showing a European man and workers on land partially cleared and planted out with rubber trees.

Dates: 1910 - 1911
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka] - Tapping; Talagala Estate, 1910 - 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/400
Scope and Contents

A view showing a worker tapping a rubber tree.

Dates: 1910 - 1911
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka] Tea Factory, Maskeliya, 1910 - 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/375
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A view showing a tea factory perched on thickly vegetated hillside. This slide is a duplicate of another in this box which identifies the actual estate and the location as Matale. Consequently, this one appears to be wrongly captioned: Maskeliya and Matale are situated at almost opposite edges of the central tea-growing area of Ceylon, Maskeliya on the slopes of Adam's Peak in the south and Matale in the north.

Dates: 1910 - 1911
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka], Watagoda, 1910 - 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/348
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A well-focused view showing devil-dancers in wooden masks posed for the camera.

Dates: 1910 - 1911
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka] - Watagoda, 1910 - 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/372
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A rather dark view showing PCA and Maude standing outside their bungalow, a small building with corrugated iron roof.

Dates: 1910 - 1911
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka] - Watagoda; bathing Xmas Day, 1910-12-25

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/361
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A view showing a man preparing for a swim beside a series of cascades.

Dates: 1910-12-25
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Ceylon [i.e. Sri lanka] - Watagoda; coolie lines [historic title], 1910 - 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/373
Scope and Contents

A rather blurred slide showing a Sinhalese family standing in front of their small house.

Dates: 1910 - 1911
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka] - Watagoda Est, 1910 - 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/362
Scope and Contents

A view looking along a river gorge on the estate.

Dates: 1910 - 1911
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka] - Watagoda Est, 1910 - 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/370
Scope and Contents

A view showing a group of estate workers.

Dates: 1910 - 1911
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka] - Watagoda. Factory, 1910 - 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/368
Scope and Contents

A view looking down from a hillside onto a river valley and the estate buildings.

Dates: 1910 - 1911
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka] - Watagoda - HPA, 1910 - 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/355
Scope and Contents

A portrait of HPA standing in a garden.

Dates: 1910 - 1911
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka] - Watagoda - HPA, 1910 - 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/356
Scope and Contents

A view showing HPA and an unidentified woman standing on a tree-shaded garden path.

Dates: 1910 - 1911
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka] - Watagoda; HPA, 1910 - 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/358
Scope and Contents

A view showing HPA standing on a tree-shaded path.

Dates: 1910 - 1911
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka] - Watagoda, Matale [?], 1910 - 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/369
Scope and Contents

A slightly hazy view looking up towards buildings on a hillside, with thick vegetation in the foreground. There appears to be a mistake in the captioning of this slide: Matale lies well to the north of Kandy while Watagoda lies about twenty miles south.

Dates: 1910 - 1911
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka] - Watagoda - PCA, 1910 - 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/357
Scope and Contents

A view showing PCA inspecting tea plants.

Dates: 1910 - 1911
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka] - Watagoda, PCA. 1911, 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/365
Scope and Contents

A view showing PCA scouring a channel in a rubber tree.

Dates: 1911
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka] - Watagoda, PCA and Maude, 1910 - 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/364
Scope and Contents

A view showing PCA and Maude inspecting a rubber tree.

Dates: 1910 - 1911
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka]; Watagoda; PCA, Maude, 1910 - 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/354
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A view showing PCA and (presumably) his wife Maude in their drawing room looking through an album of some sort.

Dates: 1910 - 1911
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka] - Watagoda; PCA's room, 1910 - 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/352
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A view showing a bedroom with photographs lining the walls. PCA is presumably the manager of the estate at Watagoda seen in the following slides. Watagoda, at a height of 4400 feet above sea level and situated about 20 miles south of Kandy and close to Nuwara Eliya, lies within the area that produced both tea and rubber.

Dates: 1910 - 1911
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka] - Watagoda; PCA's Room, 1910 - 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/353
Scope and Contents

A view of a bedroom with the ghost-image of PCA sitting on the bed.

Dates: 1910 - 1911
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka] - Watagoda Rubber; HPA, 1910 - 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/366
Scope and Contents

A view showing HPA beside a rubber tree.

Dates: 1910 - 1911
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka] - Watagoda Rubber; HPA. 1911, 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/367
Scope and Contents

A view showing HPA beside a rubber tree.

Dates: 1911
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka] - Watagoda; Tahinongal Fete, 1910 - 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/347
Scope and Contents

A view showing devil-dancers in wooden masks posed for the camera.

Dates: 1910 - 1911
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka] - Watagoda Tea Est, 1910 - 1911

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/371
Scope and Contents

A view showing tea pickers at work on a hillside.

Dates: 1910 - 1911
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).
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Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka], Watagoda; Xmas Day, 1910, 1910-12-25

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Reference Code: GBR/0115/RCS/Y3011B(LS)/359
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A view showing a man undressing for a swim beside a series of cascades.

Dates: 1910-12-25
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: Unless restrictions apply, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using the Manuscripts Reading Room at Cambridge University Library. For further details on conditions governing access please contact mss@lib.cam.ac.uk. Information about opening hours and obtaining a Cambridge University Library reader's ticket is available from the Library's website (www.lib.cam.ac.uk).