Toda Mund
A very well-reserved color view of a Today village, postmarked to France May 23, 1917.
Ootacamund
Toda Temple
This Toda temple still stands and is in use. The photographer's lettering scratched into the negative echoes the camera tilt.
From Elk Hill, Ootacamund
Nicholas Studios in Madras and Ootacamund was one of the premiere South Indian photography firms starting in the 1850s. Their long history and that of A.T.W. Penn is nicely covered in the book by Christopher Penn, The Nicholas Brothers and A.T.W.
View of Ootacamund
Most big Madras studios and retailers had branches in Ooti, among them Wiele & Klein, publisher of this very early court-sized view, possibly the earliest of the hillstation.
A Toda House, Its Master and Mistress.
[Original caption] A Toda House _ Its Master and Mistress.
