The Ceylon Plates
Collection / Architecture
Rickshaw and carriages at the entrance of the Galle Face Hotel. Galle Face, Colombo.
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Architecture

Rickshaw and carriages at the entrance of the Galle Face Hotel

Galle Face, Colombo
1890s

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Reference
TCP-A8

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