The Ceylon Plates
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Electric tram among umbrellas and carts on Main Street. Main Street, Pettah, Colombo.
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Electric tram among umbrellas and carts on Main Street

Main Street, Pettah, Colombo
Early 1900s

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Reference
TCP-L93

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