1920-1929

[Woman at loom]

[Woman at loom]

K. Lall & Co. were a publisher of interesting real photo postcards, like this one of a cotton spinner, whose flat composition speaks to a style of portrait photography not common among photographers.

G. K. Gokhale

G. K. Gokhale

Gopal Krishna Gokhale (1866–1915) was a leading moderate nationalist, social reformer and parliamentarian in early 20th‑century India, best known as founder of the Servants of India Society and as an important political mentor to both M. K.

Calcutta. Grand Hotel

Calcutta. Grand Hotel

The Grand Hotel on Chowringhee Road, colonial Calcutt's main corridor, is now the Oberoi Grand Hotel. Built in the late 19th century, it was used by thousands of troops in World War II and today is among the most luxurious in India.

Rawalpindi City

Rawalpindi City

An early real photo postcard of Rawalpindi. These allowed amateurs to directly shoot a postcard in camera, and end up with a photograph which a hundred years later has been faded but can be restored with modern digital tools as this one has been.

R.A.F. Camp Pishin

R.A.F. Camp Pishin

An early British Royal Air Force base in Pishin, Balochistan, near the Afghan border and what was then Northwest Frontier Province where the British were engaged in suppressing tribal resistance throughout the 192s and 1930s.

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