Men, women and children with baskets and picked tea leaves, Sri Lanka, ca. 1921

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The background has hills with tea plants, while in the foreground men, women, and children sit on the ground sorting tea leaves into woven baskets. One man with a cane stands observing.
“Men, Women and Children with Baskets and Picked Tea Leaves, Sri Lanka, ca. 1921.” n.d. Accessed February 17, 2026. https://digitalcollections.lib.washington.edu/digital/collection/ic/id/114.

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Most of the Ceylon tea gardens are situated at elevations between 3,000 and 8,000 feet in two areas of the southwestern part of the island, to the east of Colombo and in the Galle district on the southern point. In the hot, steamy plains and foothills, th

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