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Main Street, Pettah, thick with people and umbrellas. Pettah, Colombo.
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People

Main Street, Pettah, thick with people and umbrellas

Pettah, Colombo
1900s

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Named on the print, matched to a published caption, an unmistakable landmark, or identified by the collection’s owner.
On the print
"Main Street, Colombo"
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Date not confirmed
Identified by
Visual identification; place and date compared with Lankapura captions
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Reference
TCP-P63

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