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273 x 213 mm. View from the vicinity of the Governor’s stand during the Diamond Jubilee celebrations of 29th June 1897, looking eastwards along the Esplanade towards the Temple of the Tooth. A large crowd of spectators, mainly school children, stands in the foreground. Photographer unknown, probably W.L.H. Skeen & Co.

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270 x 212 mm. View looking along Colombo Street, with bunting, flags and other decorations lining the road way. Photographer unknown, probably W.L.H Skeen & Co.

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The garden is a public garden. (Fisher).

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The garden is a Public Garden. (Fisher). [Close-up of fountain].

Scope and Contents 203 x 148 mm. View, probably from the clock tower, looking northwards onto Queen’s House, with shipping at anchor on the roadstead beyond. The house, a square two storey affair with verandahs running around the house on both floors and with a main entrance with Port cochere on Queen Street, was the Governor’s residence in Colombo. A colonnade walk leads to other wings (not visible) in the foreground. The house is set in four acres of gardens and was largely rebuilt from an earlier version by...

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With fountain in foreground and house beyond. [The building was constructed circa 1856 to replace the governors former residence at Mount Lavinia (which then became the Mount Lavinia Hotel). The house is surrounded by an eight acre garden and the main entrance is opposite the G.P.O in Queen Street].

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The printed caption on the reverse reads: 'M.B. Uduman's Copyright No. 33. Printed in Saxony. Published by 'The Travellers Mart', 14 York and Ballie Street, Colombo'.

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212x272mm. Head on view showing a locomotive negotiating the curve, with a sheer drop on the left, at Sensation Rock on the Colombo-Kandy railway.

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138 x 107 mm. General view of the line and station at Kadugannawa. The Dawson memorial can just be made out in the distance. See Y303A/30.

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273x213mm. View showing one of the many picturesque waterfalls in the Rambodda district, with thickly wooded hills on either side.

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276x211mm. View looking along the road which passes beneath a section of overhanging cliff on the route between Nuwera Eliya and Rambodda.

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209 x 271 mm. View from the summit looking down onto the winding road that follows the path of the hillside through the pass. The Rambodda Pass runs through the Piduru Range between Bampola and Nuwera Eliya. Tea estate buildings and quarters can be seen along the side of the road.

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107 x 104 mm. glossy print with two copies and 56 mm. negative.

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207 x 154 mm. Showing a European seated in a rickshaw in garden at back of Queen’s House Colombo. It has not been determined whether the pencilled caption refers to the person photographed or to a cricket club.

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99 x 132 mm

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280x215mm.

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95 x 141 mm.

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211 x 278 mm. Showing a Travellers’ palm growing beside a path, probably in Peradeniya Botanical gardens.

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120 x 95 mm.

Scope and Contents From the File: A collection of platinum prints, 280 x 225 mm, mounted in a volume bound in red leather with 'The Royal Visit to Ceylon April, 1901' and the Royal Arms on the front cover. They are by various photographers and record the visit of the Duke and Duchess of Cornwall and York (later H.M. King George V and H.M. Queen Mary) 12-15 April, 1901. The prints are mounted on cardboard pages and have printed captions, which have been recorded as found. They may include language which is...

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286 x 221 mm. View looking up towards stone walls, probably fortifications on the lower slopes of Sigirya, with a vertical rock face rising at the right. Photograph probably by Joseph Lawton.

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279 x 211 mm. Showing four men seated in a row on the ground in front of a bungalow, with piles of cinnamon branches beside them from which they are stripping the bark.

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279 x 212 mm. Showing a row of workers seated on a verandah splitting coconuts, with a pile of kernels in the wooden trough in front of them.

Scope and Contents Reproductions of colour illustrations (with some duplicates) from S.W. Baker, ‘Rifle and hound in Ceylon’ (1854), C. O’Brien, ‘A series of fifteen views in Ceylon’ (1864), and V. Legge, ‘A history of the birds of Ceylon’ (1881).1 Town and lake of Kandy, 1864 2 Colombo Harbour, 1864 3 Porte of Galle from the P&O Company station on Closenburg Island , 18644 View near Point de Galle, Ceylon, 1864 5 Group of palms at the entrance of the Royal Botanic Gardens,...

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197 x 144 mm. View from the front garden looking towards the bungalow, presumably the property of George William Rudd of the firm of Rudd Brokers. Photographer unknown.