Collotype

[Verso, in pencil] "You think your job is bad?" [end]

Postmarked Calcutta January 12, 1912 and sent to Ed Froehmer [sp?], Seward, Nebraska, USA.

[Verso] "Calcutta, India January 1012. This is the way that an Indian mother carries her child."

Postmarked May 7, 1904, Sea Post Office, Mumbai. Addressed to “Miss. R. Kennedy, Viewmont Drive, Gilshochill, Mary Hill, Glasgow, Scotland.”

“Dear Ruby, when I see you I shall be able to explain this p.c. [postcard] to you. With my love, John [sp?]”

Probably built in the early 20th century, the Public Works Department built and maintained most of the civic infrastructure in Lahore during the colonial period, including courts, colleges and museums.

Stormed during the Second Relief of Lucknow, inside the gateway thousands of people were killed in what is sometimes termed a mass killing by British troops, but on this postcard is celebrated as a battle triumph.

The Moti Masjid inside Agra Fort was a private royal mosque commissioned by the Mughal emperor Shah Jahan and built in the mid-17th century, using white marble that gave it the “pearl” name.

Known as the 'Old Fort' of Delhi, the Purana Qil'a, lies on the eastern edge of Delhi, along the river Jumna.

Informative preaching sessions in villages were usually held in the central part of the villages by American and British missionaries.

Bhistees supplied water to households and regiments

In the past, water carriers used cured hides of animals to carry water. Today animal hides have been replaced by bottles and jars of plastic.

"In any town in India the European Club is the spiritual citadel, the real seat of the British power, the Nirvana for which native officials and millionaires pine in vain," wrote George Orwell in his first novel, Burmese Days (Chapter 2).