Carlton Hotel
Built in the 1890s by an Englishman, the hotel remains operational under the same name as a venue for marriages and Bollywood films as well a temporary residence for many a politician.
1920-1929
Clifton Karachi
Although this is a different view and title, the crowds suggest it was made during the Maha Shivratri Hindu Festival shown in another postcard.
Royal Air Force (R.A.F.) Karachi Flyby
British Royal Air Force biplanes watched by spectators in Karachi. The R.A.F. frequently used aircraft like these in the northwest on the border with Afghanistan against tribal militias.
Main Station, Sukkur
This gem of a railway station was built in 1891.
Rawalpindi City
This is probably a Kodak real photo postcard taken in Saddar Bazaar in Rawalpindi. On the back is written "Pindi City I am standing on the road." One can see a British soldier bottom center facing the camera, left arm on his hip.
Woodstock College for Girls - Mussoorie
Billed as Asia's oldest boarding school, it was founded by American missionaries in 1854 and until recently provided an American-style education and is now co-educational.
Shaukat Ali entering Prison
Shaukat Ali was charged with sedition in Karachi for encouraging Indian army troops to not serve in the British army, and sent to prison in Karachi's central jail.
The Motor Stand, Murree Hill
Motor travel made accessing hill stations much easier; note the the 1920s eras car and smaller buses in this image on the road from Rawalpindi to Murree (the transportation company advertised on the sign is the "Simla Motor Service"). The trip into
The Indian Courtyard
This promotional postcard for the British Empire Exhibition in London in 1924 was signed by Ernest Maitland Coffin (1868-1944), apparently a successful commercial artist.
Ahmed din Buildings Rawalpindi
A real-photo postcard printed the wrong way around. By the late teens it was becoming more common for publishers to print postcards on photographic paper the size and with the backing of postcards; this was possibly commissioned by Ahmed Din.
