A less typical side view of the famous "dancing girl" of Mohenjo-daro, part of a packet of eighteen picture postcards of Harappa and Mohenjo-daro for Rs. 1 and two annas only, that might also be a reprint of the series in Pakistan from the 1950s.
Founded as early as 1834, what became the Peninsular and Oriental Steam Navigation Company still survives and P. & O. Cruises today, it is the oldest continuously operating cruise line in the world.
[Original caption] A well is generally situated in the principal street of a Burmese village. It is surrounded by a wall and crossed by a heavy beam of wood to which pulleys are attached, through which run ropes with hooks at the ends, by means of…
David Mordecai (1909-73) was a photographer in Kolkata from the Iraqi-Jewish community who had a commercial practice which published postcards in color. Note the man on skis in the foreground.
Indian policemen and soldiers were an integral part of the British Empire's law and order apparatus in its Hong Kong colony. William Quin, after becoming Captain Superintendent in 1862, initiated direct recruitment from India.
One of the longest bridges built during the Raj, the original Naini Bridge was opened in 1865. This curious postcard was likely based on a photograph that was then high stylized during production, and while halftone dots are visible in some parts of…
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.
[Original caption] Hooseinabad, (Bird's Eye View) Lucknow. 1,000 yards beyond the Turkish Gate is the Hooseinabad Imambara, and opposite, a beautiful garden, with Clock Tower 220 feet high.
[Original caption] Holwell Monument. John Zephaniah Holwell was the leader of the little band of Europeans left in peril after the Sack of Calcutta by the Nawab of Bengal in June 1756.
