The significance of Buddhism in Burma [Myanmar] reflected in a landscape dotted with pagodas. Shwegyin is close to the Indian border on the western side of Myanmar. This was actually a tiny pagoda on a rock (note the man on the right).
An atmospherically tinted postcard by the Murree-based photographer and publisher D. Baljee. Few publishers surpassed Baljee in the quality of color added to black-and-white postcards in the firm's studio by hand-colorists, one postcard at a time…
A less common, fairly casual, finely hand-tinted street scene in a then smaller city. Note the progression of house styles from mud-baked through stone with finely wrought balconies, and the clock-tower in Rajasthani-style atop a collection of shops…
[Original caption] Cavalry of the Gods. Srirangam, near Trichinopoly. The great temple of Sri Rangam is the largest in India. The outer enclosure 2475 feet by 2880 feet contains a bazaar.
[Original caption] Through the portals of the INDIAN PAVILION twentieth-century London is left behind and the visitor enters the atmosphere of mystery and romance which characterizes the East.
[Original caption] Fakirs. The Fakirs are a large body of religious fanatics. They go naked or in filthy rags, and partake only of the meanest food, and that without request or thanks.
