The Statue, Memorial Well, Cawnpore
[Original caption] The Statue, Memorial well.
[Original caption] The Statue, Memorial well.
[Original caption] Grand Hotel Avenue – The town of Simla is beautifully laid out.
[Original caption] Gwalior Fortress has figured in Indian history since the sixth-century and is situated on a precipitous, flat-topped, isolated sandstone hill, 300 feet above the town.
Probably the earliest Tuck's postcard of the Taj Mahal, from a Bourne & Shepherd photograph, before writing was allowed on the back.
[Original caption] A beautiful palace of red sandstone built either by Akbar (1556-1605) or by Jahanghir (1605-1627). The great central court, its pillars, the carving and ornamentation, are all pure Hindu.
A rare Tuck's "Real Photograph" postcard of India, which they seem to have offered in response to the market around the 1930s. The Mexican writer Octavio Paz describes the scene in 1951 when he first approached Bombay by ship:
"An arch of stone
This is what collectors call a "brushstroke" postcard, where the printer has slightly embossed the image.
[Original caption] Catholic Cathedral, Lahore. Among the many fine buildings in modern Lahore the noble church in the picture is well worthy of notice. The many trees in its vicinity give quite an English appearance.
[Original caption] Government House - Calcutta has been called a City of palaces: Government House is the Palace of the Viceroy.
[Original caption] A Begging Fakir.