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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(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1169(1)
Title:
Galle Face looking towards Echelon Barracks, Colombo, Ceylon. Photographer: Plâté, A. W. A.
Scope & Content:
Postcard view, looking northwards along the seafront towards the barracks.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1900s
Extent:
1 item

3. Photo 1169(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1169(2)
Title:
Fishermen on the seashore, Colombo, Ceylon. Photographer: Plâté, A. W. A.
Scope & Content:
Postcard view, showing a group of fishermen with their boat, among palm trees on the shore.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1900s
Extent:
1 item

4. Photo 1169(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1169(3)
Title:
'At eventide,' Mount Lavinia, Colombo, Ceylon. Photographer: Plâté, A. W. A.
Scope & Content:
Postcard view, showing fishing boats on the beach at sunset.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1900s
Extent:
1 item

5. Photo 1169(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1169(4)
Title:
Sunset and palms by the seashore, Wellawette, Colombo, Ceylon. Photographer: Plâté, A. W. A.
Scope & Content:
Postcard view, looking towards a sailing boat moored offshore.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1900s
Extent:
1 item

6. Photo 1169(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1169(5)
Title:
Beside the Kelaniya River, Colombo, Ceylon. Photographer: Plâté, A. W. A.
Scope & Content:
Postcard view, looking along a palm-fringed road beside the Kelaniya River, with a bullock cart in the foreground.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1900s
Extent:
1 item

7. Photo 1169(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1169(6)
Title:
Fishing boat, Ceylon. Photographer: Plâté, A. W. A.
Scope & Content:
Postcard view, showing an outrigger boat at the water's edge.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1900s
Extent:
1 item

8. Photo 1169(7)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1169(7)
Title:
Rickshaw and bullock hackery, Colombo, Ceylon. Photographer: Plâté, A. W. A.
Scope & Content:
Postcard view, showing a rickshaw and a bullock cart on a Colombo street.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1900s
Extent:
1 item

9. Photo 1169(8)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1169(8)
Title:
Hindu temple, Colombo, Ceylon. Photographer: Plâté, A. W. A.
Scope & Content:
Postcard view, showing the street façade of the temple.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1900s
Extent:
1 item

10. Photo 1169(9)

Reference (shelfmark):
Photo 1169(9)
Title:
View from the upcountry railway, Ceylon. Photographer: Plâté, A. W. A.
Scope & Content:
Postcard view, looking across hilly country, with terrace agriculture in the foreground.
Collection Area:
Visual Arts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
1900s
Extent:
1 item