Breakwater Works, Colombo, 1898 [c. 1875-80]. Photographer: Colombo Apothecaries Company
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Genre: Landscape Photography View of the works at the base of the breakwater, with piles of masonry stacked beside the railway line being shifted with gantry cranes. The breakwater was completed in 1885 and this view appears to date from an early stage in its construction. With cannons on the f...
Canton. Wa Lum Temple. Photographer: Rusfeldt, Emil
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Genre: Architectural Photography View showing the rows of sculptures inside the temple. The accompanying letterpress caption note reads: 'No. 317. In this temple there are about 500 of these wood cut images which are called '500 genii' whose postures are unlike each other, and the pots in front...