Greetings from Mhow
There are 14 images in this carefully constructed postcard of a cantonment town in Central India now known as Dr. Ambedkar Nagar (after the first great leader of India's Dalit community). The publisher, K.
People
Mowbrays Road, Madras
Mowbray's Road in Madras (now Chennai) was named after George Mowbray, who arrived in Madras in 1771. Originally a bullock cart track, it was acquired by George Mowbray in the late 18th century and led to Mowbray's garden house, which became the
Katkari
Paul Gerhardt made a number of postcards of the people around the Ravi Varma press in Karli, outside Bombay, including the Katkari in Maharashtra.
Late Motilal Nehru Day, Karachi
Motilal Nehru was the father of Jawaharlal Nehru, and a very popular politician during the early struggle for Independence, and twice President of the Indian National Congress.
A Jungle Village, Ceylon
[Original caption] A Jungle Village. The jungle villages of Ceylon are picturesque in the extreme, and rendered more so by the abundance of tropical verdure.
Burma. At the Well.
[Original caption] A well is generally situated in the principal street of a Burmese village.
Village Scene
A unusually upturned (emptied) cart with yoke pointing to sky.
Clifton Karachi
Although this is a different view and title, the crowds suggest it was made during the Maha Shivratri Hindu Festival shown in another postcard.
We Often Go Rattling Along In These Rickety "Rickshaws"
Part of a series of calendar and regular postcards by the Kolkata artist Merton Lacey made for US troops in the city supporting the Allied front against Japan and supporting China during World War II.
Rawalpindi City
This is probably a Kodak real photo postcard taken in Saddar Bazaar in Rawalpindi. On the back is written "Pindi City I am standing on the road." One can see a British soldier bottom center facing the camera, left arm on his hip.
