[Panoramic view of the] Ismailia Canal [at Ismailia]. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Landscape Photography Panorama in three parts. A note on the reverse reads: 'Nos 4, 5, 6, should be mounted together something as they are now arranged, so as to open out together & shew[sic] the panoramic view they are intended to make. Subjects = canals; irrigation; water supplie...
Genre: Landscape Photography Subjects = Location = Ceylon; Galle; Sri Lanka Photograph of Galle Harbour in Sri Lanka (Ceylon) from the ramparts, taken by an unknown photographer in the 1860s. Galle, on the south-western coast of the island, has a natural harbour and is one of the most anci...
Coffee Estate: muster of hands, new clearing. Photographer: Unknown
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Genre: Historical Events Large group of labourers in front of a shed. The land in the background is undergoing deforestation in preparation for coffee planting. Subjects = coffee plantations Location = Ceylon; Sri Lanka