Camel Car with Dunlop Tyres - Karachi

A captivating blend of technologies: in the back railway cars, transporting bags of wheat which find their way on to camel carts with brand name rubber tires. Camels were a popular means of transport in Karachi through the 1950s.

Postmarked Bombay, March 23, 1940, sent to Miss M. Pain, 23 Monterey Road, Eastbourne, Sussex, England.

"22/3/40. Thought you would like this to make you laugh. I have plenty of these around here. Mad things they wander aimlessly about and you have to run out of the way. Hope you are well, and had a nice Easter. Love, Pete."