Singapore - Chinois Coiffeur un Indien [Chinese Dresses Hair of an Indian]
There are few postcards available of Indians who worked, often as indentured labor, in other British possessions before Independence.
There are few postcards available of Indians who worked, often as indentured labor, in other British possessions before Independence.
A fine example of hand-tinting and documentation on a postcard. Note how the barber's entire work kit is proudly displayed at the bottom of the image, all of which fits into a leather satchel.
Among the first postcards printed in India, from a lithograph by The Ravi Varma Press' chief lithographer, Paul Gerhardt.