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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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Mar Nala, Srinagar (Kashmir)

Before the Mar Nala (canal) was built, the excess water of the Dal Lake flowed into river Jhelum at Habba Kadal. This view was published by F.

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Historical records in Chennia mention Nungambakkam as one of the three villages (in addition to Egmore and Chetput) that the British East India Company purchased in 1743 to form the port city of Madras.

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Sacrificing a Goat for a Religious Festival

[Original caption] Sacrificing a Goat for a Religious Festival.

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[Peshawar Bazaar]

A real photo postcard of Peshawar bazaar showing a minaret of Mahabat Khan mosque, built in the 17th century. This postcard was sent to a Mr.

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Eid Mubarak Pyramids

An Eid Mubarak card from Lahore in the 1930s.

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Bruce Road, Quetta. Summer

One of the nice things about early postcards like this one of the main street (now known as Jinnah Road) in Quetta, Balochistan are the businesses and names that they reveal. In this case, two stores down from U.N.