Sri Lanka (nation)
Found in 1189 Collections and/or Records:
Avisawella, 1907
Quarter-plate. The Royal Mail Coach and the town. [With coach in foreground (indistinct) and thatched huts lining roadway beyond.]
Avisawella, the Royal Mail Coach, 1907
Quarter-plate. [Coach and passengers on road through trees]
Badulla 1883, 1883
225 x 168 mm. Showing a group of Europeans posed on the thatched grandstand at the Badulla sports meeting.
Balling cinnamon, 1880 - 1920
280 x 211 mm. Showing Singhalese workers tying cinnamon canes into cylindrical bundles, with a European standing beside two packaged bales of ‘Kaderane superfine’ cinnamon.
Bamberella Bungalow, with the Knuckles in the background, 1868
147 x 105 mm. General view of the tea estate bungalow, with the hills of the Knuckles beyond.
Bamboos in Peradeniya Gardens, Kandy, 1870 - 1900
276 x 218 mm. Showing a clump of giant bamboos on the bank of the Mahaweli Ganga in the Peradeniya Botanical Gardens. The caption inscribed on the plate reads: 'Dendrocalamus giganteus. Giant bamboo. Height over 100 ft.'
Banyan tree, 1870 - 1879
281 x 213 mm. Presumably in the Peradeniya Botanic Gardens. Photograph by Scowen & Co.
Banyan tree, Kalutara, 1870 - 1879
280 x 213 mm. View looking along the main road in Kalutara towards the famous banyan tree which forms an archway over the road. Photograph by Scowen & Co.
Banyan tree, Peradeniya, 1886
280x210mm.
Barracks, Colombo, 1875, 1875
208 x 153 mm. View looking north from the Galle Face, across a small portion of the lake, towards the four two-storied barracks buildings, built in echelon in order not to impede sea breezes. A fifth building is out of the picture to the right. The barracks are built on the foundation of the wall of the old Dutch Fort. The rooftops of the Fort area can be seen beyond the barracks, with the Clock Tower rising above the other buildings. Photographer unknown.
Beach scene near Mount Lavinia, Colombo, Ceylon, 1960 - 1969
193 x 139 mm. As captioned.
Beginning of Incline (1 in 45), Allagalla Peak, 1867
277 x 215 mm. View looking along the line of the Colombo-Kandy Railway as it enters an embanked curve at the start of the Kadugannawa Incline. This is presumably part of the Deckande Bank (see Y303A/7). Allagalla Mountain towers against the skyline in the background. Photographer unknown, probably W.L.H. Skeen & Co.
Bishop De Mel on his way to a Confirmation Service at Talampitiyer, 1958, 1958
107 x 95 mm. glossy print with three copies and 56 mm. negative.
Black Pool, on road to Pattipolla, 1890 - 1899
155 x 110 mm.
Blockyard at Galle Buck Dec 1876, 1876-12
258 x 208 mm. View of the rail depot at the Galle Buck blockyard, with stone blocks stacked beside the line and the two three ton gantry cranes in operation.
Bob Crabbe’s wedding, Maskeliya, 1879, 1879
251 x 194 mm. Showing a large group posed in front of a bungalow. Robert A. Crabbe was a planter at Brownlow, a tea and coffee estate of about 580 acres in the Maskeliya district, during the 1870s and early 1880s.
Boehmeria nivea, Ramie or china grass, 1890 - 1899
107 x 152 mm.
Bope Bridge, Point de Galle, 1871
288 x 229 mm. View looking along a creek or river towards an iron girder bridge, with two men in a catamaran in the foreground and dense vegetation on either side of the stretch of water.
Borassus flabellifer (Palmyra Palm), 1880 - 1920
210 x 278 mm. Showing a tall Palmyra palm growing among other trees on a grassy slope.
Botanical Gardens showing cabbage palms, Peradeniya, Ceylon, 1960 - 1969
169 x 241 mm. View looking along the avenue of cabbage palms in the Royal Botanical Gardens, Peradeniya.
Brazen Palace, Anuradhapura Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka], 1910
Captioned 'No. 60' on the reverse.
Breakwater during South-West Monsoon, 1880 - 1889
271x211mm. Showing surf breaking over the breakwater, with shipping at anchor in the protected harbour beyond.
Breakwater during S.W. Monsoon, 1890 - 1899
278 x 217 mm. (mounted on card). Carbon print shows a similar view to the Y303G/1.
Breakwater during S.W. Monsoon June 1879, 1879-06
258 x 209 mm. View from the root of the breakwater showing waves breaking over the constructed part, with calm sea inside the harbour.
Breakwater from Battenburgh Bastion March 1878, 1878-03
258 x 209 mm View looking down onto the first section of the breakwater under construction, with the two ‘Titan’ cranes in operation and various pieces of material lying beside the railway track in the foreground.