1929 Photogravure Negombo Sri Lanka Ceylon Gulf of Mannar Beach Coconut Trees AT1 11 x 19 cm

11 x 19 cm

This is an original 1941 color print ad for the Stewart Warner Company located in Chicago

Nash Ambassador Eight and La Fayette automobiles

as well as Prince and Green Streets in New York

1929 Photogravure Negombo Sri Lanka Ceylon Gulf of Mannar Beach Coconut Trees AT1 11 x 19 cmThis is an original 1929 photogravure of the beach of the Gulf of Mannar near Negombo, Sri Lanka. The photogravure features a stern looking woman with her hands on her hips speaking with her possible lover. The beach is lined with coconut trees. Negombo was originally a big producer of cinnamon. Now their main source of income comes from the fish industry and tourism. The photographer of this image is Dr. Martin Hrlimann of Berlin, Germany. His