Clive Street, Calcutta
[Original caption] Clive Street, Calcutta.
Raphael Tuck & Sons
General Post Office, Calcutta
Sepia postcards were printed in a brown colour instead of black inks, and went in and out of fashion from the early 1900s through the 1940s.
Asia Butterflies
- Symphera Nais. India.
- Ixias latifasciata. India and South China.
- Zephyrus dums. Sikkim.
- 4. Eramia pulchella. Assam.
[Original caption] Butterflies and Moths pass through three very distinct stages before they attain the perfect form viz.: 1. The
Aitken's Post, Bailey Guard.
[Original caption] Held by Lieut. Aitkens during the defnense of the Residency. Here fifteen to twenty defenders were killed daily. From Johann's house opposite an African known as "Bob, the Nailer," fired incessantly and never missed a shot. [end]
Chowringhee, Calcutta
[Original caption] “Chowringhee, Calcutta. Chowringhee Road runs past the sumptuous edifice of the Bengal Club and the nest residential quarter of Calcutta to St. Paul’s Cathedral.
Group of Bhooteas, Darjeeling
A very early Tuck's postcard of India, and likely among the earliest of Darjeeling. Made from an albumen photograph by Bourne & Shepherd, whose credit is visible on the bottom right of the photograph.
The Massacre Ghat
In one of the earliest series of postcards of India by Tuck, four of the six Kanpur postcards recalled events a half-century earlier; the "Mutiny," as the British called this major uprising against their rule remained very much part of colonial
Lama Beggars
[Original caption] A Lama Beggar. The Lamas are priests of the great Buddhist religion.
A Jungle Village, Ceylon
[Original caption] A Jungle Village. The jungle villages of Ceylon are picturesque in the extreme, and rendered more so by the abundance of tropical verdure.
Narsingarh Entrance to Old Fort
[Original caption] Narsingarh–Entrance to Old Fort. Narsingarh is the capital of the state of that name in Central India.
