Raphael Tuck & Sons

Calcutta. Devil Dancers.

[Original caption] Devil Dancers, Calcutta. The Devil Dancer with his painted body, hideous mask, and fantastic head-dress is supposed to strike terror unto the beholder; as a rule he but succeeds in amusing him.

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Pagodas by Moonlight

[Original caption] Pagodas by Moonlight. A group of pagodas in Mandalay by the brilliant light of a tropical moon. [end]

Edith Pinhey, married to a judge in Bombay, was an artist and one of the few women to have signed Tucks postcards of the

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Jeypore Street Scene. Native Regiment on the March.

[Original caption] Street Scene. Native Regiment on the March. The army of Rajputana is about 14,000 strong. The men are soldiery and of fine physique.

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View in Bazaar, Cawnpore.

[Original caption] View in Bazaar, Cawnpore.

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Christmas Greetings Exterior of the Zenana, Agra

A special embossed Christmas greetings version of this early Tuck's Agra postcard.

[Original caption] Exterior of Zenana, Agra. Here white marble pavilions look out on delicate inlaid pillars and finely perforated screen's thence across the Jumna.

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Kashmir The Dhal lake

[Original caption] The Dhal Lake is situated amid the most beautiful scenery of the native India State of Kashmir.

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Types of India. The Household Washes the baby.

[Original caption] The Household Washes the baby. "East is East and West is West and never the twain shall meet." So says Kipling and he ought to know for he was born in India.

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Ceylon A Typical Low Country Village

[Original caption] A Low Country Village. The picture shows a typical scene in the flat country parts of Ceylon.

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Ladakus Border of Thibet {Ladhakis Border of Tibet]

[Original caption] Ladakus, on the Thibetan border. These men, who are in reality travelling merchants or hawkers, are natives of Thibet, and during the summer months they journey via Kashmir into the Indian provinces.