The Bowachi
One of Moorli Dhur's series on Indian domestic staff shows a cook cutting a bird with a knife between his toes while smoking a hookah. Many publishers – Johnston & Hoffman in Kolkata, Higginbothams in Chennai, Thacker, Spink & Co.
Ambala
Memorial Well, Cawnpore
Perhaps no image was more common in 19th century British albums from India than the Memorial Well at Cawnpore [Kanpur]. It was a tribute to the women and children apparently executed in unclear circumstances by rebellious Indian soldiers under the
The Market, Kasauli
Kasauli is a cantonment hillstation not far from Shimla in Himachal Pradesh. It was founded in 1842, with a small strip of a bazaar typical of other small towns, although here originally photographed with a dramatic and welcoming diagonal.
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General View of Old Fort, Mooltan
Multan, although a large city and railway junction in southern Punjab, does not appear frequently on postcards.
General View of Old Fort Mooltan
Compare this hand-colored view to the identical more detailed black-and-white postcard of the old fort and mausoleum of Shah Rukn-e-Alam.
Dhobi (Washingman)
Moorli Dhur & Sons dominated postcard publishing in the Punjab after the turn of the century, with numerous series and views of cities all over northern India.
The Wonderful Art of Taking Things Easy
[Verso] Postmarked Trimulgherry, 23 Sept. 1910 (?) and addressed to "Mr. and Mrs. A. Barnes, 67 Frog Road (?), St. Denys, Southhampton, Hanks. England. Dear Both, I hope you and boys are quite well. Thought you would like a card.
Not so bad. eh? what !! A bit rough at the end of the month though.
Another humorous postcard depicting the hazards of ordinary class life under the Raj. The pre-written card says: "Not so bad. eh? A bit rough at the end of the month though. Yours -------" Running out of money, being in debt, or fleeing India in
