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The Bund, Poona

The Bund, Poona

An almost technicolor-blue tinted collotype. The bund or dam at Pune was one of the most postcarded views from the city. Built by Sir Jamsetjee Jeetbhoy, a Bombay philanthropist, cotton and opium merchant, it was completed in 1869.

An Indian School Room

An Indian School Room

Addressed to Miss Hoggan, Spindle Cottage, Styal Road, Wilslow, Cheshire, England and postmarked Karachi October 15, 1925: "How would you like to take a class like this? Mummie tells me you have gone back to school and that you are in a higher form.

Bombay Beauty

Bombay Beauty

Around the turn of the century, women of Bombay were on the cutting-edge of popular fashion, photographed in studio settings like this one and extensively postcarded.

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