Colombo Fruit Market Ceylon - Vendors Under Colonial Arcade - Postcard SP24

Halftone photographic postcard depicting the Colombo Fruit Market, Ceylon (present-day Sri Lanka), published by A.W. Andrée, Ceylon, c.1900. A large gathering of market vendors and shoppers fill the foreground beneath a colonial open-air arcade, with baskets and trays of tropical produce covering the ground.

Scene Details:

• Dozens of vendors, buyers, and bystanders in traditional Ceylonese, Tamil, and Malay dress filling the scene
• Foreground: flat trays and baskets laden with bananas, coconuts, melons, and root vegetables
• Background: ornate iron-arched colonial market hall with stone columns and decorative trim
• Two principal vendors seated centre-frame in white shirts and sarong wrapping; several standing
• Red caption text: "COLOMBO" upper right, "Fruit Market" lower centre
• Publisher printed vertically on left border: "A. W. Andrée, Ceylon"

Postal Markings:

• UPU undivided back: "Union Postale Universelle — Ceylon (Ceylan) — Post Card"
• "The address only to be written on this side"
• Pink/red printed text with British royal coat of arms
• Unused; no stamp, no postmark, no address, no message
• Undivided back dates card to pre-1907

This card has some dark stains at the bottom left edge region. Please zoom into and look closely at the front and back photos to view condition, and feel free to send me a message if you have any questions. Thank you, D