While this postcard is from the early 1900s, as late as 1938 Murray's Handbook for India, Burma and Ceylon still recommended Costorphan's Hotel, with Cecil (Faletti's), Grand and Elysium to its travelers to the hillstation.
[Original caption] “Chowringhee, Calcutta. Chowringhee Road runs past the sumptuous edifice of the Bengal Club and the nest residential quarter of Calcutta to St. Paul’s Cathedral.
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.
Originally the Hill Fort Palace of the Nawab of Hyderabad, the Government of India leased the property to the RItz Hotel Company around 1955 which operated a hotel here for decades.
The Grand Hotel on Chowringhee Road, colonial Calcutt's main corridor, is now the Oberoi Grand Hotel. Built in the late 19th century, it was used by thousands of troops in World War II and today is among the most luxurious in India.
Built in the 1890s by an Englishman, the hotel remains operational under the same name as a venue for marriages and Bollywood films as well a temporary residence for many a politician.
Postmarked Calcutta January 18, 1918 and addressed to Mrs. Louise Fisher, 3820 Michigan Ave., Kansas City, Missouri, U.S.A.: "1/18 We are leaving Calcutta today for Ceylon. Perhaps we shall hear from you there. We hope you are well and happy.
The 1902 Guide to Poona (p. 60) had ad ad for this hotel, described as "A Select Hotel for European Gentry, Entirely under new and excellent European management. European Manageress. Home Comforts, Cleanliness, and First Class Cuisine guaranteed.
[Original caption] Grand Hotel Avenue – The town of Simla is beautifully laid out. The Viceregal residences on Observatory Hill, the Mayo Orphanage, the Town Hall, and Bishop Cotton's School and Government offices are its chief architectural…
