Ceylon's black 'white wings'

Two girls native to Ceylon pose with brooms to demonstrate their jobs of street-cleaning.

Publication date: 1933-10-29

Size: 18 x 10 cm

Publisher: Tribune Company

Print type: grayscale

Language:

• English

Geography:

• Kandy (Sri Lanka)

Subject(s):

• Cleaning personnel--1930-1940
• Sri Lankans--Women--Sri Lanka--Kandy--1930-1940
• Street cleaning--Sri Lanka--Kandy--1930-1940

Genre(s):

• Photographs
• Portrait photographs

Type(s):

• still image
• text

Copyright(s):

• These materials are either in the public domain, according to U.S. copyright law, or permission has been obtained from rights owners. The digital version and supplementary materials are available for all educational uses worldwide.

Is part of:

• The Janet A. Ginsburg Chicago Tribune Image Collection

Source(s):

• Chicago Sunday Tribune (October 29, 1933), Graphic Section/Camera News Review, p. 2

Format(s):

• application/pdf
• image/jpeg

Contributor(s):

• Associated Press