Ceylon-Colombo Street Scene
A rich color palette pervades this scene.
A rich color palette pervades this scene.
Maybe it is the hookahs and Arab head dress of the main in the green robe smoking a cigarette, but this seems to be a scene in Bombay bazaar. The electrotype (imprint on the back) matches that of Clifton & Co.
A nice representation of a small portion of the human labor – a dozen people here – that went into the preparation and production of a commodity like tea.
One of the popular postcard views of this hillstation now in Pakistan and once on the major route to Kashmir from Punjab. Murree adheres tightly to a steep hillside. Note how the Protestant Church is on top, and the "native bazaar" descends below.
A delicately hand-tinted postcard, with the green stalks breathing life into the frozen men.
Compare to the halftone color version of the same photograph.
A storied building, still standing, which was everything from a Governor's residence to Admiralty House and the first High Court of Bombay.
Note how this advertisement for family life in the cantonment shows a woman and pram on the verandah.
A very nicely composed collotype, with the road leading the eye into the dense scene from the foreground.
A very early postcard of fakirs or sadhus, usually shown individually in close-up. Combridge & Co.