"Caparisoned Elephant, Kandy, Ceylon"

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Database ID35531
InstitutionUniversity of Regina Archives and Special Collections
Fonds/CollectionTheodore Allen Heinrich fonds
File/Item Reference11. Photographs and Negatives - India, 11-2779-5 (Box 199)
Scope and contentMonotone postcard of a caparisoned elephant in Kandy, the English name for the city of Maha Nuvara (Senkadagalapura) in Ceylon (Sri Lanka). Caparison means ornamental coverings worn by an animal.
Physical description/extent1 postcard; 15 x 10.5 cm
Date produced[194-]
Date Range(s)1940-1949
PublisherCeylon Pictorials
Copyright holderPublic domain
SubjectsFlora and Fauna
Language of cardEnglish
Postcard styledivided back
deckled edge
Postcard mediareal photograph
Place - imageKandy, Ceylon
Sri Lanka
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