Another version of one of the most popular images of Parsee women in the late 19th, early 20th centuries. Sent to Miss E. Starr, 813 Fulham Road, Fulham, London S.W., England and postmarked Karachi July 29, 1905.
Bombay’s modern municipal headquarters was planned after the municipal corporation’s formation (1865), with the foundation stone for the new building laid in 1884.
The Bombay High Court is one of the oldest High Courts of India. Constructed of black basalt, the Bombay High Court building was built in the 1870s and faces the Oval Maidan where aspiring young cricketers hone their paces.
Hindu woman wearing a white sari. Getting the shades and printing correct, especially the white, on this card would have required great skill, and apparently was done by the leading early German postcard printer Knackstedt and Roder.
A very popular image, also published in a hand-colored version by D. Macopolo & Co.
Postmarked with no message at the Sea Post Office, likely Bombay May 6, 1905 and sent to Miss Adelaide McConway (sp?), 252 Bishop St., Montreal, Canada.
Clifton & Co. published many studio-posed, ethnographic type postcards like this one, made from an albumen print with the firm's title and name inscribed in the negative and visible at the bottom of the frame on this court-sized card.
Founded in 1900, this club for European and Indian members still operates in its original premises, a fine example of South Bombay's Indo-Sarcenic architecture.
Bimla Kumari was an Indian actress who appeared in films throughout the 1930s, 40s, and 50s and was primarily known as a supporting actress. She may not be as widely remembered as Devika Rani, but she contributed to the early days of Indian cinema.
