An interesting postcard from many angles. It is an early advertising card for a cinema in Pune, part of a series published by the proprietor A.C. Patel who established his cinema there in 1916 and this may well have been published as part of an…
A rare landscape postcard by Dhurandhar, who is best known for his portraits of Bombay types. This however was one of the most famous battles in Maharashtran history when, in 1659, the forces of Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj (for whom numerous…
The term mendicant refers to begging or relying on charitable donations, and is most widely used for religious followers or ascetics who rely on charity to survive.
[Original caption] Numgumbakum Bridge. To the west of George Town named after King George V, Emperor of India, are the suburbs of Egmore and Nungumbakum adorned with mansions embowered in spacious parks that make Madras 'a city of magnificent…
Clark's Hotel seems to have used postcard effectively to promote itself at the turn of the century. From an 1875 Benares Guidebook: "We will now proceed to inform the traveller how he is to act on arrival at the East Indian Railway station at Mogul…
[Original caption] Dreams in Stone, Temple of Halebid, Mysore State. Two most remarkable temples are here, the smaller of the two, star-shaped with 16-points, had a porch that from base to top was carved with sculptures of the best Indian art.
Better known as Aitchison College, the name it was given shortly after the foundation stone of this building was lain in 1886, "Chief's College" still continued to be used long afterwards given that it was originally founded in Ambala as a school…
A wonderfully hand-tinted postcard by Spencer & Co., with its signature red used with great balance across the girl's clothing. The jewelry makes one wonder whether some of them are really school girls.
Darjeeling owes its name to a blend of the Tibetan words namely "Dorje" (thunderbolt) and "ling" (place), that translates to "The land of the thunderbolt."
