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When the RES Headquarters was rebuilt in 1934-36, gifts of timber for panelling and furnishing were obtained from Empire Governments, companies and individuals. Many were destroyed during the bombing of 1941 and replacement gifts were received. This file coordinates pre and post-war correspondence.

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These files include annual reports, accompanied in some cases by explanatory letters, reports of annual general meetings, statements of accounts and other papers.

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Album containing panoramic photographs, 300 x 115 mm (actual print surface 290 x 105 mm.), on linen hinges bound by the India Office Library. Includes typed list of contents bound in at the beginning of the album.

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Correspondence.

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Album containing prints, of a total size of 300 x 185 mm. (actual print surface 260 x 165 mm.), on linen hinges bound by the India Office Library. Includes typed list of contents bound in at the beginning of the album.

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A view showing a group of Europeans gathered on a garden path. No information has been traced concerning the identity of this man.

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British propaganda posters from the Second World War, printed in England by A.C. Ltd, listing the countries comprising the British Empire. At the centre of each poster is the face of a soldier from a particular colonial force.

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A photograph of a map of Sri Lanka.

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Showing a lady sitting in a rickshaw pulled by a young Sinhalese. The woman is probably Maude, wife of PCA.

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A view showing a verandahed bungalow, probably the rest house seen in Y3011B(LS)/387.

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75 x 120 mm.

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125 x 75 mm.

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Postcards showing views in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka).

Scope and Contents Album of prints measuring approximately 275 x 210 mm. or 210 x 265 mm., generally one to a page and each with a typed caption. The captions have been used as titles and may include language which is offensive, inaccurate or inappropriate. They have been retained to reflect the context of the collection's creation. The photographs show groups and portraits of people in Ceylon, especially Kandy, and views of the outlying country, including surf boats, fishing canoes, railways, Buddhist...

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Includes a number of photographs of tea estates.

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A view looking down onto tennis courts, with a game in progress. Exact location unknown.

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A view looking out over wooded country. The buildings that are visible bear no resemblance to other photographs of the Boer prisoner-of-war camp (the nearest are certainly tea estate buildings). An interesting photographic record of the camp at Diyatalawa entitled 'Illustrations of Life in the Boer Camp' was made by A.W. Andrée, a Colombo photographer, in 1901.

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Monochrome gravure postcards of Ceylon, published by Raphael Tuck and Sons for the British Empire Exhibition 1924.

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A view showing a huge statue (about 24 feet high) of Buddha carved from a rock face at the Kalu Gal Wihara, or Black Rock Cave.

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Showing a lady sitting in a rickshaw pulled by a young Sinhalese. The woman is probably Maude, wife of PCA.

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A group portrait of eight young Singalese girls.

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A view showing a group of Europeans gathered on a garden path.

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A view showing C.P. Hayes and (?) wife on a garden path.

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A view showing three devil dancers performing.

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The postcard is addressed to Miss Gillian Dold, London. It contains a brief note and is signed 'Daddy'.