Bhowani Peith (Street) Poona.
"Bhowani Street" in Pune refers to a street in Bhavani Peth (also spelled "Bhowani Peith" in colonial-era usage), one of the seventeen historic peths (wards/neighborhoods) that constitute old Pune.
Divided back
Sinhalese
[Original] Cingalais Constipation ses Consequences Veritables Grains de Sante ou Docteur Franck, ([For] Constipation and its
consequences. Spirits beneficial to health from Doctor Franck.) [end]
An early advertising postcard for Doctor Franck's
Lucknow. La Martiniere No. 2.
La Martiniere was intended as a palace, became a tomb and is now a school.
La Martinere of Lucknow consists of two schools, one for the boys and another for girls, located on different campuses.
Manure Dryers, India
[Verso, in pencil] "You think your job is bad?" [end]
Cooly Woman with her child
Postmarked Calcutta January 12, 1912 and sent to Ed Froehmer [sp?], Seward, Nebraska, USA.
[Verso] "Calcutta, India January 1012. This is the way that an Indian mother carries her child."
Inoculation against Plague, Bombay.
Postmarked May 7, 1904, Sea Post Office, Mumbai. Addressed to “Miss. R. Kennedy, Viewmont Drive, Gilshochill, Mary Hill, Glasgow, Scotland.”
“Dear Ruby, when I see you I shall be able to explain this p.c. [postcard] to you. With my love, John [sp?]”
The P.W.D. Office, Lahore
Probably built in the early 20th century, the Public Works Department built and maintained most of the civic infrastructure in Lahore during the colonial period, including courts, colleges and museums.
Entrance Gate to Secundra Bagh, Lucknow (where 2000 mutineers were killed)
Stormed during the Second Relief of Lucknow, inside the gateway thousands of people were killed in what is sometimes termed a mass killing by British troops, but on this postcard is celebrated as a battle triumph.
[Ritz Hotel]
![[Ritz Hotel]](https://www.paperjewels.org/sites/default/files/styles/square_thumbnail/public/slides/ritz-hotel_0.jpg?itok=6mJycLJX "[Ritz Hotel]")
Originally the Hill Fort Palace of the Nawab of Hyderabad, the Government of India leased the property to the RItz Hotel Company around 1955 which operated a hotel here for decades.
[Connaught Circle, Delhi]
![[Connaught Circle, Delhi]](https://www.paperjewels.org/sites/default/files/styles/square_thumbnail/public/slides/connaught-circle_0.jpg?itok=eaSsOHfD "[Connaught Circle, Delhi]")
Connaught Circle was built as part of Lutyen's Delhi between 1929 and 1933 to be the principal commercial plaza of New Delhi. Rangoon Studio was a well-known photographic studio at 58, Janpath and seems to have closed later as rents rose.
