Trifolya Gate palace, Jaipur
A very rectangular two-colour stencil proves very effective in bringing this postcard to life.
Collotype
The Marina, Madras
The 6.0 km long stretch is the second largest urban beach in the world (after Cox's Bazaar in Bangladesh), shown here with part of the Senate House, the administrative heart of the University of Madras, built in the late 1870s.
Recollections of Darjeeling
Note how every frame is labelled and the entire ensemble unusually titled "Recollections," which was only occasionally used on multi-view postcards, with "Greetings" the standard term.
Addressed to a Miss H. Scott, c. Dr. J.H.
Punjaub Rose
Behind an arsenal of jewelry in a photographer's studio sits a young girl.
Native Wrestlers
Curiously this view was not one of the more popular Clifton & Co. postcards, one of the first publishers in the city, despite its many scenes and informational value. From the building columns and the firm's location it is likely to be from Bombay.
Takht-e-Suleman and River Jhelum
[Verso in ink, no name] "My first mooring place. The mountain in background supplies Srinagar reservoir at Hewan [? Hokar Sar?] - situated at its base. No man or beast may walk upon it.
An Indian Well
A rustic sepia view of a well in the northern SIndhi city of Jacobabad, named after the British General John Jacob (1812-1858), and today one of the hottest places in the world, with a mean temperature of almost 100 degrees Fahrenheit (37 degrees
Shravak Temple, Girnar
One of the earliest postcards of this collection of Jain Temples which date from roughly the 8th century through 15th century, although there is apparently evidence of the area as a site of pilgrimage from the 3rd century BCE.
View of Benares
An early multi-coloured view of Varanasi.
Cotton Pickers
Many early Bombay postcards focused on the cotton trade, the source, with opium, of much of the city's early wealth.
