An early postcard by R. Jalbhoy, a Karachi photographer who established his practice around 1890 and later would become a reputable dealer for Kodak and various European photographic goods on Elphinstone Street.
Probably the earliest postcard of Government College, Lahore (now renamed Government College University or GCU), and mislabeled by the publisher, Fred Bremner (he got it right on future versions).
The ninth oldest museum in the world and the oldest in India, what is now known as the Indian Museum Kolkata was started in 1814 by the Asiatic Society of Bengal. A Danish botanist, Nathaniel Wallich, is considered its founder.
Compare this to an earlier color postcard of the Albert Museum by the same firm from the same image, made when color printing of postcards from photographs was much less sophisticated, at least on a level where costs were low enough for mass…
A very early postcard of Jaipur, made from an albumen print, title and photographer visible in white where it was inscribed onto the albumen negative. The color was applied through hand-tinting.
The successful colorization of what was originally a black and white photograph is exemplary. The fruit is nearly tangible, and matches the sari, the purple grapes are echoed on her bangles, the background is suitably subdued, the red and white of…
The Hindu Martand Temple, built during the 8th century, was dedicated to Surya the Sun Goddess. It was a favorite of early photographers in Kashmir, including Fred Bremner, probably the first of them to publish his photographs as postcards of…
Note the liquor bottle, likely whisky and soda on the tray in the khitmatgar's hands. Postcards like were used to illustrate every domestic staff member, giving colonists who might send a card like this to friends and relatives in Europe the chance…
This woman, in a similar pose on a postcard published by and from a photograph by Fred Bremner, was called "A Punditani (Hindu) Kashmir." Inasmuch as titles were fluid, the same image, above, was called "A Daughter of Noah Dal Lake Kashmir" in a…
