The Guardians of The Gate
Part of an eight card set depicting the same roles but different types who fill them in India and Britain, durwan being defined as "a live-in doorkeeper, especially in an apartment building."
Men
Fruit Sellers
A gorgeously coloured collotype with the anonymous note on the front: "They are nearly as nice as ruby lips. best."
Dandy
Although the word "dandy" originally referred to boatmen on the Ganges (Hobson-Jobson, 1906, p.
An Indian Road Scene, Putiya, Rajshahi, Bengal
Very few pre-Partition postcards exist of what was then East Bengal, and is today Bangladesh.
Hard Life in India
Addressed to Mr. R.W. Leming, 3 Duff St., Poplar, London and postmarked Calcutta G.P.O. August 5, 1913: "A/S Inverie What do you think about this. I hope this will find you all well. It is very hot here. Will send some more later. Kind regard to all.
A Baluchi Ploughman
A postcard evocative of the hard toil required to plow fields given the upturned rocky soil. Note the large dog crouching on the right behind the farmer.
Armee Indio-Anglaise - Cordonnier Indien [Indian Shoemaker]
![Armee Indio-Anglaise - Cordonnier Indien [Indian Shoemaker]](https://www.paperjewels.org/sites/default/files/styles/square_thumbnail/public/slides/armee-indio-anglaise-cordonnier-indien.jpg?itok=Ghc3gIlV "Armee Indio-Anglaise - Cordonnier Indien [Indian Shoemaker]")
A striking portrait of an Indian shoemaker in France during World War I, who would have accompanied the 130,000 or so Indian troops who fought on the Western front during the first two years of the war.
Fruit Sellers
A delicately hand-tinted postcard, with the green stalks breathing life into the frozen men.
A Native Group
Postcard from a painting by Mortimer Menpes for the book INDIA by Flora Ann Steel. Published by A. & C. Black & Co.
Group of Indian Fakirs
A very early postcard of fakirs or sadhus, usually shown individually in close-up. Combridge & Co.
