India Tea Growers Post Card [back]
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The back of the Mumtaz-i-Mahal postcard, with an advertising message for tea and the ink stamp of the sales agent.
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Salutations de Kandy [Greetings from Kandy]
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This was probably an advertising card for the Queen's Hotel, Kandy Lake, near the Temple of the Buddha's Tooth, and one of Sri Lanka's oldest continuously operating hotels, opened in 1869.
Edler & Krische is often misattributed as a French postcard
Sinhalese
[Original] Cingalais Constipation ses Consequences Veritables Grains de Sante ou Docteur Franck, ([For] Constipation and its
consequences. Spirits beneficial to health from Doctor Franck.) [end]
An early advertising postcard for Doctor Franck's
Genuine Bull Durham
One of America's most recognized international brands around the turn of the century, this was one of 33 postcards advertising the tobacco firm's product.
No Hobson's Choice at Taraporevala's
A clever advertising postcard from what what Bombay's leading bookseller and major postcard publisher at the turn of the century.
JRE Hall Line Shipping - Karachi
An early advertising postcard for the Hall Line, which was bought by the larger Ellerman Lines in 1903 (the firm lasted under this name until 2004). Note how nicely a traditional boat and fisherman populate the foreground, a sailing boat in the
Indian soldiers starting for the front
About 130,000 Indian troops served in France during World War I, and about 9,000 died. These soldiers were revered in France for helping to liberate the country from the Germans.
Colman's Mustard Absolutely Pure
It is surprising how many brand's have survived since the turn of the century, Colman's Mustard of Norwich in the UK being part of a group that includes Lipton's, Nestle and Singer.
True's Elixir Is Now Sold In India
One of those fascinating advertising postcards that sheds light in the little remembered tonics and remedies that coursed the world in the 19th and 20th centuries – and still do. True's Elixir was developed by Dr.
