Naquin Mosque at Fort Agra
An extremely rare postcard from India where stamps have been cut and pasted on the domes of the mosque.
Collotype
Sir Pertab Singh [Pratab Singh of Idar]
![Sir Pertab Singh [Pratab Singh of Idar]](https://www.paperjewels.org/sites/default/files/styles/square_thumbnail/public/slides/pratap-singh-colour.jpg?itok=uXeXaXC1 "Sir Pertab Singh [Pratab Singh of Idar]")
A stunning example of what a well-tinted, non-discoloured postcard looks like some 120 years later.
Sir Pratab Singh (1845-1922) made it on to many postcards as one of the best known Indian officers in the British Indian army, having served from the
Village Scene
A unusually upturned (emptied) cart with yoke pointing to sky.
Goorkha Soldiers
These Gurkha soldiers were possibly photographed in the firm's Darjeeling studio (opened 1890) or Simla a few years later.
Bhistee (Water Carrier)
One could argue that the bhistee was the most common male postcard type at the turn of the 20th century.
Toda Mund
A very well-reserved color view of a Today village, postmarked to France May 23, 1917.
Vernag Sacred Stream, Kashmir
Postmarked Rawalpindi on November 27, 1907 and addressed to Mrs. A.A. Frears [sp?], WInthrop Arc., New Haven, Connecticut, U.S.A.: "Rawalpindi, Nov. 26 A very Merry Xmas & Happy New Year to you all.– Lovingly, C.B. Porter."
This sacred stream lies
The Indian Army - Indian Hairstyle
Note the hookah on the ground, next to the soldier unraveling his turban, a sight for French spectators captured here on a postcard.
[Original caption] L'Armee de l'Inde – La Coiffure de l'Hindou
Attock from Khairabad (Indus Flood)
Attock Fort from the Frontier side during what would have been high flood in the early 20th century.
Prisoner of War Camp 2 Munster in Wunsdorf 1916 Roll Call
Prisoners, many of whom would have been from India, lining up at the German prisoner of war camp in Munster.
