Discontinued after 1949 when Rajasthan province was created and acceded to India, the Sun Procession celebrated the descent of the Maharajah's family from the sun goddess Surya.
This card was sent to a Miss Rosemead in Sussex, England.
[Original caption] Shot Near West Ridge Barracks, Rawalpindi 1/4/21 [end]
The Peshawar firm of P.D.
Kolkata-based Bourne & Shepherd was one of the oldest photographic studios in India, and certainly one of the most famous, having built its reputation on the albumen photography of Samuel Bourne during the 1860s.
The coconut is a large palm, growing to 30m tall, and is found throughout the tropical world, for decoration as well as for its many culinary and non-culinary uses; virtually every part of the coconut palm has some human use.
One of the less common "nautch girl" or dancing women postcards where the toll of the profession is visible on the sitter's face.
[Original caption] Connemara Library. A fine group of buildings including the Museum in the centre, the Technical Institute and the Connemara Library. The last named includes a fine reading room, with a collection of works relating to Madras.
Religious groups in opposition to the British found refuge in tribal areas bordering Afghanistan throughout the colonial period
The British fought a nearly continuous series of campaigns against various tribes and groups led by Muslim religious
One of the best in Tuck's Native Life in India series, a cool contrast of blue and marble, showing the guards at the Golden Temple in Amritsar.
[Original caption] The Sikh Akalis are one section of the famous "fakirs" or native priests of India.
Another humorous postcard depicting the hazards of ordinary class life under the Raj. The pre-written card says: "Not so bad. eh? A bit rough at the end of the month though. Yours -------" Running out of money, being in debt, or fleeing India in
One of the finest of Dhurandhar's postcards, which satirizes and draws attention to the novelty of the postcard – that anyone could read it, including and especially the postman.
