Genre: Landscape Photography River scene with a girder bridge. Subjects = bridges Location = Ceylon; Galle; Sri Lanka Photograph of a river scene with a girder bridge near Galle in Sri Lanka (Ceylon), taken by Bourne and Shepherd in the 1860s. Galle, on the island's south-western coast is ...
Genre: Ethnographical Photography Carte de visite sized print of a bheestie or water carrier emptying his leather skin of water into a large bowl. Duplicate of Photo 127 (94). Subjects = bhistis (water carriers); occupations; water carriers
Group of palms. Peradenia Botanical Gardens, near Kandy. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Landscape Photography The following palms are identified: 'Wild Date Palm', 'Kattoo-Kittal', 'Talipot', 'Palmetto', 'Areca', 'Behind young cocoa nut, the Grand Rattan, Thwaite's snuffbox'. Subjects = palm trees; trees & plants Location = Ceylon; Peradeniya; Sri Lanka
Malay houses in Province Wellesley [Pinang]. Photographer: Feilberg, Kristen
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Genre: Landscape Photography View looking across a river towards a Malay kampong on the Pinang mainland. Photograph probably by Feilberg. Subjects = architecture (vernacular); dwellings; rural life; villages Location = Malaysia; Pinang
Malay village near the P. & O. wharves, Singapore. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Landscape Photography View of a Malay kampong on the water's edge, the houses raised on stilts. Photograph of the area to the west of the town. Subjects = architecture (vernacular); dwellings; rural life; villages