The Ceylon Plates
Collection / Architecture
Grand Oriental Hotel, corner view. York Street, Fort, Colombo.
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Architecture

Grand Oriental Hotel, corner view

York Street, Fort, Colombo
c. 1880–1900

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Handwritten, partly legible: possibly "Colombo 1892"
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TCP-A11

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