A Charcoal Seller, Dalhousie
A charcoal seller she may have been, but the nose ring, choker and hookah suggest she had other skills too. This is likely a woman as she seems to be dressed in a typical Pahari style of the era.
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Watson's Hotel, Bombay
Built between 1867 and 1869, Watson's Hotel was India's first cast-iron building and one of the earliest examples of prefabricated architecture.
Indian Pavilion from Lake
The Indian Pavilion was one of the larger country pavilions at the 1924 British Empire Exhibition held in Wembley, London. Ernest Coffin (1868-1944) was a British artist and illustrator active in the early 20th century.
Ziarat, Baluchistan
No doubt one of the earliest and very few postcards of this remote hillstation in Balochistan, some 80 miles from Quetta through a juniper forest.
Ripon Hospital, Simla
The Ripon Hospital in Shimla, now known as Deendyal Upadhyay Zonal Hospital, has a rich history dating back to the British colonial era.
The Golden Temple
The Gurdwara Panja Sahib, is a highly revered Sikh shrine located in the town of Hasanabdal in Attock District, Punjab, Pakistan is associated with Guru Nanak, the founder of Sikhism.
Prayer in Juma Masjid, Delhi
This is a superbly hand-tinted postcard, with both swathes of color (pink and blue) and individual color specs in the crowd mixed with the black ink of the collotype enhancing the effect of a real crowd praying.
Indian Fakir [Indischer Fakir]
![Indian Fakir [Indischer Fakir]](https://www.paperjewels.org/sites/default/files/styles/square_thumbnail/public/slides/indischer-fakir.jpg?itok=M4M-SrmQ "Indian Fakir [Indischer Fakir]")
An Austrian cyanotype (blue-dyed) postcard, where imprinted on the back before the name is "Wohlgeboren Herrn/Frau" which literally means "well born" or "of good birth," which translates into English as "Honorable" or "Esquire." THe honorific was
Greetings from Rawalpindi - Silk
This silk postcard has this message on the back "Dear Amy I hope you will keep the card as a souvenir of Rawalpindi and read mark learn and inwardly digest the reading Your with love Bill."
Club and Ground, Kasauli Hill
A thickly embossed and framed postcard, a treatment that seems to be more prevalent among hillstation postcards.
