General Post Office, Calcutta
Sepia postcards were printed in a brown colour instead of black inks, and went in and out of fashion from the early 1900s through the 1940s.
Sepia
Sampling and Weighing Cotton
Mumbai grew from the 1860s through the 1890s largely because of the international cotton trade, which went from exporting cotton to textile manufacturing mills dotting the city.
Dr. Keshav Baliran Hedgewar
A rare postcard of the man who founded the RSS, the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh, an Indian nationalistic, right-wing Hindu organization that continues to play a prominent role in Indian politics, in 1925 in Nagpur following his disillusionment with
Shirshal [Sher Shah] Bridge, Multan
![Shirshal [Sher Shah] Bridge, Multan](https://www.paperjewels.org/sites/default/files/styles/square_thumbnail/public/slides/shirshal-bridge-multan.jpg?itok=6c5R4IWK "Shirshal [Sher Shah] Bridge, Multan")
The ongest bridge over the Chenab River in western Punjab was built in the early 1870s with thick fortified turrets. Named after a famous Sufi saint in the area, it is still in use.
Panwala (Betel Nut Dealer)
A rather impressive portrait, from a slightly low angle, giving the boy a certain grandeur. Unfortunately, a most rarely postcarded occupation.
South Mall and Lake Naini-Tal
Gangi Sah was one of the first postcard publishers from Nainital, if not the earliest.
Main Station, Sukkur
This gem of a railway station was built in 1891.
Rawalpindi City
This is probably a Kodak real photo postcard taken in Saddar Bazaar in Rawalpindi. On the back is written "Pindi City I am standing on the road." One can see a British soldier bottom center facing the camera, left arm on his hip.
An Indian Well
A rustic sepia view of a well in the northern SIndhi city of Jacobabad, named after the British General John Jacob (1812-1858), and today one of the hottest places in the world, with a mean temperature of almost 100 degrees Fahrenheit (37 degrees
La Guerre French - Front
A very nicely stamped postcard, with the upside down figure, symbol of France, if the the "language" of stamp positioning holds in this case, asking "Do you remember me?"
The photograph is also exceptional, with its details of the men's kits, the
