[Original caption] Numgumbakum Bridge. To the west of George Town named after King George V, Emperor of India, are the suburbs of Egmore and Nungumbakum adorned with mansions embowered in spacious parks that make Madras 'a city of magnificent…
A wonderfully hand-tinted postcard by Spencer & Co., with its signature red used with great balance across the girl's clothing. The jewelry makes one wonder whether some of them are really school girls.
The successful colorization of what was originally a black and white photograph is exemplary. The fruit is nearly tangible, and matches the sari, the purple grapes are echoed on her bangles, the background is suitably subdued, the red and white of…
Today goatskins, pigskins and earthen pitchers have given way to plastic jars and bottles and huge, lumbering dripping water tankers that supplement inadequate piped water supplies in towns and cities throughout South Asia.
A postcard that sums up the fantasy of colonial life for Europeans. The dog resting by the tub is to Indians most unhygienic, but to Europeans the ultimate Raj bathroom accessory.
Combridge & Co. were among the earliest publishers of India postcards, a number of which they printed as cyanotypes, a blueish monochrome print popular around the turn of the century. This building still exists, but is now the Madras Club.
A daub of red anchors the eye in this fine composition. Moore Market was opened in 1900, and destroyed by a mysterious fire in 1985, after which the land was repurposed for the Chennai Suburban Railway station.
