Mount Lavinia Beach, Colombo, Ceylon

Mount Lavinia Beach, Colombo, Ceylon. The photographer is looking along the palm tree fringed beach which has outcrops of rock on it. A number of local boats are drawn up on the shore; they have dugout hulls with sewn bulwark planking and an outrigger and two of them have a sail set to dry. This is a copy negative of a photographic print and has been incorrectly captioned Trinidad.

Object Details

ID: P95814
Type: Sheet film negative
Display location: Not on display
Creator: Marine Photo Service
Date made: 1928-1939
Credit: National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London
Measurements: Overall: 116 mm x 166 mm