Sri Lanka (nation)
Found in 1187 Collections and/or Records:
A banyan tree, 1901-04-12 - 1901-04-15
A complete suit made from the sack tree [bark-cloth tree], Antiaris innoxia, Riti, 1890 - 1920
71 x 117 mm.
A creeper at Peradeniya, 1870 - 1879
218 x 275 mm. Photograph by Scowen & Co.
A creeper, Peradeniya, 1886
265x214mm.
A forest scene, 1924
The caption printed on the reverse reads: 'Wild deer and wild boar in Ceylon jungle'.
A general view of Kandy, 1901-04-12 - 1901-04-15
A group of Ceylon treeferns, 1907
Half-plate. (Found in Ceylon only) at Hakgalla.
A group of native dancers who performed
342 x 268 mm (hand-coloured).
A group of screw pines, pandanus fascicularis, 1891
153 x 108 mm.
A hackery, 1886
145x100mm.
A heap of cocoa pods, 1880 - 1920
210 x 277 mm.
A journey from Singapore to Colombo, 2007
This is a copy of the original document in which Bagnall describes his final days in Singapore, his evacuation by ship, its sinking by bombs the following day, and how he eventually reached safety in Colombo on 14 March (11 sheets).
A Kandyan chief, 1901-04-12 - 1901-04-15
A Kandyan lady, 1901-04-12 - 1901-04-15
A new clearing for young seedling rubber trees, 1900
285 x 235 mm.
A panoramic view of Colombo, embracing lake and harbour, 1901-04-12 - 1901-04-15
Panorama extending over four joined pages.
[A plumbago mine], 1886
132 x 182 mm.
A productive coconut plantation, 1890 - 1910
147 x 102 mm.
A rubber factory, 1924
The caption printed on the reverse reads: 'A rubber factory, showing the process of making crepe rubber'.
A rubber factory, 1924
The caption printed on the reverse reads: 'A rubber factory, showing the process of making crepe rubber'.
A Selangor volunteer's escape, 1960 - 1969
A copy of Nias's account of his wartime service in Malaya. He was involved in demolition work during the retreat to Singapore. After its fall he and a number of comrades escaped in a dinghy and an old yacht, reaching Sumatra, from whence he was evacuated to Sri Lanka and the United Kingdom (6 sheets). Nias’s diary was published in ‘British Malaya’, June 1942, 16-17. The collection is accompanied by a letter from Professor A. L. McLeod to Hugh Bryson.
A tea factory, Peradeniya, Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka], 1890 - 1899
Approximately 200 x 140 mm. Photogravure. Probably photographed by F. Skeen.
A tea plantation, 1934
78 x 53 mm.
A transport of tea, 1924
The caption printed on the reverse reads: 'Tea being taken for shipment in one of the Colombo Canals'.
A valuable plumbago mine: workers coming up, 1880 - 1920
210 x 277 mm. A view from near the base of a shaft, with workers posed on the wooden scaffolding.