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032-003183671 Subject Postcards

1. Photo 1169

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1169
Title:
Postcards of Sri Lanka and Burma. Photographer(s)/Publisher(s): Plâté, A. W. A., John and Co., Ahuja, D. A.
Scope & Content:
Collection of 27 miscellaneous postcards (black-and-white and coloured), prints 1-25 showing scenes in Sri Lanka, the remaining two of Burma.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1900s
Extent:
27 items

2. Photo 1169(24)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1169(24)
Title:
Estate coolies, Ceylon. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Postcard view ('M. D. Uduman's copyright...Published by 'The Travellers Mart, 4 York and Baillie Street, Colombo'), a group portrait of estate labourers (a man, two women and a child).
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1900s
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 1169(23)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1169(23)
Title:
Landing jetty, Colombo. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Postcard view ('M. D. Uduman's copyright...Published by 'The Travellers Mart, 4 York and Baillie Street, Colombo'), looking along the pier, with boats for transporting passengers moored in the foreground and steamers at anchor in the harbour beyond.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1900s
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 1169(27)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1169(27)
Title:
Rangoon Jail. Photographer: Ahuja, D. A.
Scope & Content:
Coloured postcard view, showing a courtyard inside the prison, with lines of squatting prisoners and two European officials in the centre.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1900s
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 1169(21)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1169(21)
Title:
Banyan tree over highway, Ceylon. Photographer: John and Co
Scope & Content:
Postcard view.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1900s
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 1169(20)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1169(20)
Title:
Native villagers, Ceylon. Photographer: John and Co
Scope & Content:
Postcard view, showing a group of village men and women.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1900s
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 1169(25)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1169(25)
Title:
[Woman tapping rubber, Ceylon.] Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Postcard view ('M. D. Uduman's copyright...Published by 'The Travellers Mart, 4 York and Baillie Street, Colombo'), showing a woman posed beside a rubber tree.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1900s
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 1169(16)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1169(16)
Title:
Negombo Canal and padda boats, Ceylon. Photographer: Plâté, A. W. A.
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Coloured postcard view, showing boats on the Negombo Canal.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1900s
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 1169(10)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1169(10)
Title:
Elephant at work, Ceylon. Photographer: Plâté, A. W. A.
Scope & Content:
Postcard view, showing a man mounting his elephant.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1900s
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 1169(18)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1169(18)
Title:
A fisherman, Ceylon. Photographer: Plâté, A. W. A.
Scope & Content:
Coloured postcard, a half-length portrait of a Sri Lankan fisherman.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1900s
Extent:
1 item