A Jungle Village, Ceylon
[Original caption] A Jungle Village. The jungle villages of Ceylon are picturesque in the extreme, and rendered more so by the abundance of tropical verdure.
1910-1919
Hindu Religious Beggar
A striking studio portrait in which the viewer's eyes are drawn by to subject's wide-open gaze. Was he asked not to blink? Or did the photographer amend the negative?
Armee Anglo-Indienne – Type de soldat Indien [British Indian Army - Indian Soldier]
![Armee Anglo-Indienne – Type de soldat Indien [British Indian Army - Indian Soldier]](https://www.paperjewels.org/sites/default/files/styles/square_thumbnail/public/slides/armee-anglo-indienne-seated-soldier.jpg?itok=qs0W3abw "Armee Anglo-Indienne – Type de soldat Indien [British Indian Army - Indian Soldier]")
Postmarked Dec. 3, 1914, this portrait would have been made soon after the first soldiers from India arrived in France, where their presence was widely celebrated in the press and on postcards.
A Marwaree Woman
One can imagine that the textiles worn by the woman are vibrant with color, and the postcard could be spectacular hand-tinted, but the stripes still make for a billowing effect in black and white.
Quetta. The Brewery Bridge.
Opened in 1886 by the Murree Brewery Company, the brewery was destroyed in the Quetta Earthquake of 1935 and never rebuilt (the Murree Brewery Company continues to flourish in Pakistan).
Handwritten on the back of this card, no.
P. & O. S.S. "Macedonia" at Bombay
(10,000 Tons, 14,000 Horse-Power)
Founded as early as 1834, what became the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company still survives and P. & O. Cruises today, it is the oldest continuously operating cruise line in the world.
Darjeeling. River Teesta from Bazaar.
The River Teesta descends from Sikkim at an elevation of over 20,000 feet through Darjeeling and then merges with the Brahmaputra in Bangladesh . This postcard is a good example of how a collotype, well-tinted and with a glossy finish can almost look
Burma. At the Well.
[Original caption] A well is generally situated in the principal street of a Burmese village.
Bhistee (Water Carrier)
One could argue that the bhistee was the most common male postcard type at the turn of the 20th century.
Troops of the British Empire - Hongkong Constabulary
Indian policemen and soldiers were an integral part of the British Empire's law and order apparatus in its Hong Kong colony. William Quin, after becoming Captain Superintendent in 1862, initiated direct recruitment from India.
