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Rawalpindi City

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.

Native Wrestlers

Native Wrestlers

Curiously this view was not one of the more popular Clifton & Co. postcards, one of the first publishers in the city, despite its many scenes and informational value. From the building columns and the firm's location it is likely to be from Bombay.

Silversmith

Silversmith

Looking at this collection of craftsmen and spare surroundings of the workshop, one realizes how much of the fine silver work from Kashmir was a matter of manual labor and skills.

Comrades

Comrades

"India, with no less alacrity, has claimed her share in the common task. Every class and creed, British and Native, Princes and People, Hindoos and Mahomedans, vie with one another in a noble and emulous rivalry.

An Indian Well

An Indian Well

A rustic sepia view of a well in the northern SIndhi city of Jacobabad, named after the British General John Jacob (1812-1858), and today one of the hottest places in the world, with a mean temperature of almost 100 degrees Fahrenheit (37 degrees

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