Hill Milk Women

This postcard is likely based on a portrait by Johnston & Hoffmann of 22 Chowringhee [also Chourangi] Road, Kolkata, one of the most storied photographic firms in British India. Founded in 1880, "their undertaking was successful from its commencement, and they began to win a reputation for high-class workmanship which has solidified and expanded with the passing of the years. No firm of photographers in India has kept more in line with every new improvement and invention of process and result than Messrs Johnston and Hoffmann, who operate in all modern processes. . .. In households throughout India their name is seen on portraits of exquisite style and fashion." (Allister Macmillan, Seaports of India & Ceylon, W H & L Collingridge, London, 1928)