| RCS contains: |
|---|
| <-- See earlier |
|---|
| Y303D |
The Knuckles (Colombo, 1868) |
| Y303E |
Photograph collection of John Abercromby Alexander |
| Y303F |
Plumbago in Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka], c.1886 |
| Y303G |
Views in Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka], 1890s |
| Y303H |
Arrival of Sir Edward Stubbs in Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka], December 1933 |
| Y303I |
Holbrook Tea Estate, Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka] |
| Y303J |
The Ceylon War Council, 1942 |
| Y303K |
Photographs of Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka], (?)1950s |
| Y303L |
Photographs of Ceylon, 1960s |
| Y303M |
W.A. Davis Retirement Photograph 1935 |
| Y303N |
Kandyan Chiefs 1874 |
| See later --> |
|---|
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Holbrook Tea Estate, Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka]
| Title |
Holbrook Tea Estate, Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka] |
| Reference |
GBR/0115/Y303I |
| Creator |
Unknown |
| Covering Dates |
circa 1920-circa 1929 |
| Extent and Medium |
4 images; Good condition. |
| Repository |
Cambridge University Library: Royal Commonwealth Society Library |
|
| Content and context |
|
A collection of loose prints mounted on card and measuring approximately 195 x 145 mm.
The Holbrook estate was established in the early 1870s and was situated three miles from Lindula in the Dimbula area.
|
Access and Use
|
Please cite as Cambridge University Library: Royal Commonwealth Society Library, Holbrook Tea Estate, Ceylon [i.e. Sri Lanka], Y303I |
| Further information |
|
Indexed
This collection level description was entered by SG using information from the original typescript catalogue.
This collection is available on microfiche: South Asia, fiche number 96.
|
| Index Terms |
| Asia |
| Sri Lanka |
| RCS/Y303I contains: |
|
1
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[Manager's house, Holbrook Estate]. 196 x 146 mm. View looking across the garden towards the house, with two servants standing in the foreground and tea bushes growing on the hillside beyond. The house is a two storey affair with a corrugated iron roof.
Good condition.. |
circa 1920-circa 1929 |
|
2
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[Factory buildings, Holbrook Estate]. 203 x 144 mm. View looking across a slope planted out with tea, towards the factory building, with estate workers' quarters at the right.
Good condition.. |
circa 1920-circa 1929 |
|
3
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[Factory buildings, Holbrook Estate]. 204 x 148 mm. View looking acroos a slope planted out with tea, towards the factory building, with estate workers' quarters at the right.
Good condition.. |
circa 1920-circa 1929 |
|
4
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[Tea plucking scene, Holbrook Estate]. 199 x 147 mm. Showing tea pluckers at work on a hillside on the Holbrook Estate.
Good condition.. |
circa 1920-circa 1929 |
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