Dreams in Stone, Temple of Halebid, Mysore State
This is what collectors call a "brushstroke" postcard, where the printer has slightly embossed the image.
This is what collectors call a "brushstroke" postcard, where the printer has slightly embossed the image.
A small advertising card for Chocolat Antoine, a chocolate firm in Brussels, Belgium, celebrating the far reach of the postal services – the uniformed deliverer, stamp and village woman watching in muted awe.
Tipu Sultan, perhaps the last formidable ruler the British had to defeat before taking over South India was killed on May 4th, 1799 at the end of the Fourth Anglo-Mysore War.
[Original caption] The Durbar Hall. Mysore State palace. The palace is built in Hindu style, the front supported by four fantastically carved wooden pillars.